Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Minimum of 35 MPs for Wales — 26 Jan 2011 at 19:57
The majority of members of the House of Lords voted against requiring a minimum of 35 MPs for Wales.
The House of Lords was considering the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill[1]. The motion rejected in this vote was:
- Amendment 89BA: Clause 11, page 11, line 26, at end insert-
- "(5) If the number of constituencies allocated to Wales under sub-paragraph (3) is fewer than 35, an additional allocation shall be made to Wales to ensure that it has 35 constituencies.
- (6) Where an additional allocation is made under sub-paragraph (5) above, sub-paragraph (7) shall apply in place of rule 2.
- (7) The electorate of any constituency in Wales shall be-
- (a) no less than 95% of the Welsh electoral quota; and
- (b) no more than 105% of that quota;
- the "Wales electoral quota" meaning W/P, where W is the electorate of Wales and P is the number of constituencies allocated to Wales."
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Party Summary
Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.
What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.
What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.| Party | Majority (Not-Content) | Minority (Content) | Turnout |
| Bishop | 0 | 1 | 4.0% |
| Con | 118 (+1 tell) | 0 | 54.3% |
| Crossbench | 14 | 17 | 16.4% |
| Independent Labour | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 0 | 124 (+2 tell) | 51.6% |
| LDem | 60 (+1 tell) | 0 | 65.6% |
| PC | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
| UUP | 1 | 0 | 25.0% |
| Total: | 193 | 144 | 43.9% |
All lords Eligible to Vote - sorted by party
Includes lords who were absent (or abstained) from this vote.