Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Turnout Threshold for Alternative Vote Referendum to be Binding — 7 Feb 2011 at 18:50
The majority of members of the House of Lords voted to make the referendum on using the "alternative vote" system for electing MPs non-binding on the Government if less than 40% of the electorate took part.
The House of Lords was considering the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill[1]. The motion agreed in this vote was:
- Amendment A1: Clause 1, page 1, line 5, at end insert-
- "( ) If less than 40% of the electorate vote in the referendum, the result shall not be binding."
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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 | 2 | 0 | 8.3% |
| Con | 133 (+1 tell) | 1 | 60.5% |
| Crossbench | 27 | 6 | 17.4% |
| DUP | 0 | 2 | 50.0% |
| Independent Labour | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 0 | 138 (+2 tell) | 56.7% |
| LDem | 65 (+1 tell) | 0 | 68.0% |
| UUP | 2 | 0 | 50.0% |
| Total: | 229 | 148 | 48.2% |
Rebel Voters - sorted by party
Lords for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party. You can see all votes in this division, or every eligible lord who could have voted in this division
| Name | Party | Vote |
| Lord Hamilton of Epsom | Con | aye |
| Lord Elystan-Morgan | Crossbench | aye |
| Lord Haskins | Crossbench | aye |
| Lord Kilclooney | Crossbench | aye |
| The Countess of Mar | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |
| Viscount Montgomery of Alamein | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |
| Lord Patel of Bradford | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |
| Baroness Richardson of Calow | Crossbench | aye |