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% |
All lords Eligible to Vote - sorted by party
Includes lords who were absent (or abstained) from this vote.