Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — 40 Percent Turnout Threshold to make AV Referendum Binding — 7 Feb 2011 at 16:35
The majority of members of the House of Lords voted to require a 40% turnout in the referendum of using the "Alternative Vote" system for electing MPs for the referendum result to be binding.
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 | 0 | 1 | 4.2% |
| Con | 118 (+1 tell) | 10 | 57.8% |
| Crossbench | 25 | 49 | 38.9% |
| Independent Labour | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 0 | 151 (+2 tell) | 61.9% |
| LDem | 71 (+1 tell) | 0 | 74.2% |
| UUP | 1 | 1 | 50.0% |
| Total: | 215 | 213 | 55.0% |
All lords Eligible to Vote - sorted by party
Includes lords who were absent (or abstained) from this vote.