Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Reduce Number of Ministers If Number of MPs Reduced — 9 Feb 2011 at 19:39

The majority of members of the House of Lords voted against requiring the number of ministers to be reduced in line with any reduction in the number of MPs.

The House of Lords was considering the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill[1]. The amendment rejected in this vote was:

  • Amendment 27F :After Clause 11, insert the following new Clause-
  • "Variation in limit of number of holders of ministerial offices
  • (1) The House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 is amended as follows.
  • (2) For section 2(1) substitute-
  • "(1) The number of holders of offices specified in Schedule 2 to this Act (in this section referred to as Ministerial offices) entitled to sit and vote in the House of Commons at any one time, whether paid or unpaid, must not exceed 95 if the number of constituencies in the United Kingdom is 650."
  • (3) After section 2(1) insert-
  • "(1A) If the number of constituencies in the United Kingdom decreases below 650, the limit on the number of holders of Ministerial offices entitled to sit and vote in the House of Commons referred to in section 2(1) must be decreased by at least a proportionate amount."
  • (4) In subsection (2), after "subsection (1)", insert "or subsection (1A)"."

Had the amendment been agreed the above text would have been added after clause 11[2].

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NamePartyVote
The Archbishop of YorkBishopaye
Lord Ashcroft Conaye
Lord Forsyth of DrumleanCon (front bench)aye
Lord Ahmad of WimbledonConno
Baroness Anelay of St JohnsCon (front bench)tellno
Lord Astor of HeverCon (front bench)no
Earl Attlee Con (front bench)no
Lord Bates Con (front bench)no
Baroness Berridge Conno
Lord Black of BrentwoodCon (front bench)no
Lord Boswell of AynhoConno
Lord Bowness Con (front bench)no
Viscount Bridgeman Con (front bench)no
Lord Brooke of Sutton MandevilleCon (front bench)no
Lord Brougham and Vaux Con (front bench)no
Baroness Browning Conno
Baroness Buscombe Conno
Earl Cathcart Conno
Lord Chadlington Conno
Baroness Chalker of WallaseyConno
Lord Colwyn Con (front bench)no
Lord Crathorne Con (front bench)no
Lord Crickhowell Con (front bench)no
Baroness Cumberlege Conno
Lord de Mauley Con (front bench)no
Lord Denham Conno
Lord Dixon-Smith Con (front bench)no
Lord Dobbs Conno
The Earl of DundeeCon (front bench)no
Baroness Eaton Conno
Viscount Eccles Conno
Baroness Eccles of MoultonCon (front bench)no
Lord Edmiston Conno
Lord Faulks Conno
Lord Feldman Con (front bench)no
Lord Feldman of ElstreeCon (front bench)no
Lord Fellowes of West StaffordConno
Lord Fink Conno
Baroness Fookes Con (front bench)no
Lord Framlingham Conno
Lord Freud Con (front bench)no
Lord Gardiner of KimbleCon (front bench)no
Baroness Gardner of ParkesCon (front bench)no
Lord Garel-Jones Conno
Lord Geddes Con (front bench)no
Lord Glentoran Conno
Lord Goodlad Con (front bench)no
Viscount Goschen Conno
Lord Grade of YarmouthConno
Lord Green of HurstpierpointCon (front bench)no
Lord Hamilton of EpsomConno
Baroness Hanham Con (front bench)no
Lord Harris of PeckhamConno
Lord Henley Con (front bench)no
Baroness Heyhoe Flint Conno
Lord Higgins Conno
Lord Hill of OarefordCon (front bench)no
Lord Hodgson of Astley AbbottsConno
Baroness Hooper Con (front bench)no
Earl Howe Con (front bench)no
Lord Hunt of WirralCon (front bench)no
Lord Inglewood Con (front bench)no
Lord James of BlackheathConno
Baroness Jenkin of KenningtonConno
Lord Jenkin of RodingCon (front bench)no
Lord King of BridgwaterConno
Lord Kirkham Conno
Baroness Knight of CollingtreeConno
Lord Lamont of LerwickConno
Lord Lang of MonktonConno
Lord Lexden Conno
Lord Lingfield Conno
The Earl of LiverpoolConno
The Marquess of LothianCon (front bench)no
Lord Luke Con (front bench)no
Lord Lyell Conno
Lord MacGregor of Pulham MarketCon (front bench)no
Lord Mancroft Con (front bench)no
Lord Maples Conno
Lord Marland Con (front bench)no
Lord Marlesford Conno
Lord Mawhinney Conno
Lord Mayhew of TwysdenCon (front bench)no
Lord McColl of DulwichCon (front bench)no
The Duke of MontroseConno
Baroness Morris of BoltonCon (front bench)no
Lord Moynihan Conno
Lord Naseby Con (front bench)no
Baroness Neville-Jones Con (front bench)no
Baroness Newlove Conno
Lord Newton of BraintreeConno
Baroness Noakes Con (front bench)no
Lord Northbrook Conno
Baroness O'Cathain Con (front bench)no
Lord Palumbo Conno
Lord Patten Conno
Lord Patten of BarnesConno
Baroness Perry of SouthwarkCon (front bench)no
Lord Popat Conno
Baroness Rawlings Con (front bench)no
Lord Reay Conno
Lord Renton of Mount HarryCon (front bench)no
Lord Risby Conno
Baroness Ritchie of BromptonCon (front bench)no
Lord Rotherwick Conno
Lord Ryder of WensumConno
Lord Sanderson of BowdenConno
Lord Sassoon Con (front bench)no
Baroness Seccombe Conno
The Earl of SelborneCon (front bench)no
Lord Selkirk of DouglasConno
Lord Selsdon Con (front bench)no
Baroness Shackleton of BelgraviaConno
Baroness Sharples Conno
Lord Shaw of NorthsteadCon (front bench)no
Lord Sheikh Conno
Baroness Shephard of NorthwoldCon (front bench)no
The Earl of ShrewsburyCon (front bench)no
Lord Spicer Conno
Lord St John of FawsleyConno
Baroness Stedman-Scott Con (front bench)no
Lord Stewartby Conno
Baroness Stowell of BeestonConno
Lord Strathclyde Con (front bench)no
Lord Taylor of HolbeachCon (front bench)no
Lord Tebbit Conno
Viscount Trenchard Conno
Lord Trimble Con (front bench)no
Lord True Conno
Baroness Verma Con (front bench)no
Baroness Warsi Con (front bench)no
Lord Wasserman Conno
Lord Wei Conno
Baroness Wheatcroft Conno
Baroness Wilcox Con (front bench)no
Lord Wolfson of SunningdaleConno
Viscount Younger of LeckieConno
The Earl of ClancartyCrossbenchaye
Lord Elystan-Morgan Crossbenchaye
Baroness Grey-Thompson Crossbenchaye
Lord Kilclooney Crossbenchaye
Lord Low of DalstonCrossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Martin of SpringburnCrossbenchaye
Baroness Masham of IltonCrossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Mawson Crossbenchaye
Lord Palmer Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Patel Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Patel of BradfordCrossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Rees of LudlowCrossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Robertson of Port EllenCrossbenchaye
Lord Rowe-Beddoe Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Williamson of HortonCrossbenchaye
Lord Aberdare Crossbenchno
Lord Alton of LiverpoolCrossbenchno
Lord Bew Crossbenchno
Lord Condon Crossbenchno
Baroness Cox Crossbenchno
Viscount Craigavon Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Dear Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Hannay of ChiswickCrossbench (front bench)no
Baroness Hollins Crossbenchno
Lord Hylton Crossbench (front bench)no
Baroness O'Neill of BengarveCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Rana Crossbenchno
Lord Stevens of KirkwhelpingtonCrossbenchno
Lord Walpole Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Walton of DetchantCrossbenchno
Lord Wilson of TillyornCrossbenchno
Lord Stoddart of SwindonIndependent Labouraye
Baroness Adams of CraigieleaLabaye
Lord Ahmed Labaye
Lord Anderson of SwanseaLabaye
Baroness Andrews Lab (minister)aye
Baroness Armstrong of Hill TopLabaye
Lord Bach Lab (minister)aye
Lord Bassam of BrightonLab (minister)tellaye
Lord Beecham Lab (minister)aye
Baroness Billingham Lab (minister)aye
Lord Bilston Lab (minister)aye
Baroness Blackstone Labaye
Lord Boateng Labaye
Lord Borrie Labaye
Lord Boyd of DuncansbyLabaye
Lord Bragg Lab (minister)aye
Lord Brett Lab (minister)aye
Lord Brooke of AlverthorpeLabaye
Lord Brookman Labaye
Lord Campbell-Savours Lab (minister)aye
Lord Carter of ColesLab (minister)aye
Lord Collins of HighburyLabaye
Lord Corbett of Castle ValeLabaye
Baroness Crawley Lab (minister)tellaye
Lord Davies of CoityLab (minister)aye
Lord Davies of OldhamLab (minister)aye
Lord Davies of StamfordLabaye
Lord Desai Labaye
Lord Dixon Labaye
Lord Donoughue Labaye
Baroness Drake Labaye
Lord Drayson Labaye
Lord Dubs Lab (minister)aye
Lord Eatwell Lab (minister)aye
Lord Elder Lab (minister)aye
Lord Evans of ParksideLabaye
Lord Falconer of ThorotonLab (minister)aye
Baroness Farrington of RibbletonLabaye
Lord Faulkner of WorcesterLab (minister)aye
Baroness Ford Labaye
Lord Foster of Bishop AucklandLabaye
Baroness Gale Lab (minister)aye
Lord Gavron Labaye
Lord Giddens Labaye
Lord Gilbert Labaye
Baroness Golding Labaye
Lord Gordon of StrathblaneLab (minister)aye
Baroness Gould of PotternewtonLab (minister)aye
Lord Graham of EdmontonLab (minister)aye
Lord Grantchester Lab (minister)aye
Lord Grocott Lab (minister)aye
Lord Harris of HaringeyLab (minister)aye
Lord Harrison Lab (minister)aye
Lord Hart of ChiltonLab (minister)aye
Lord Haworth Labaye
Baroness Hayter of Kentish TownLabaye
Baroness Healy of Primrose HillLab (minister)aye
Baroness Henig Lab (minister)aye
Lord Howarth of NewportLabaye
Lord Hoyle Labaye
Lord Hughes of WoodsideLabaye
Lord Hunt of Kings HeathLab (minister)aye
Lord Irvine of LairgLab (minister)aye
Lord Janner of BraunstoneLab (minister)aye
Lord Jones Labaye
Baroness Jones of WhitchurchLab (minister)aye
Lord Kennedy of SouthwarkLab (minister)aye
Baroness Kennedy of The ShawsLabaye
Lord Kestenbaum Labaye
Baroness King of BowLabaye
Lord King of West BromwichLabaye
Lord Kinnock Labaye
Baroness Kinnock of HolyheadLab (minister)aye
Lord Kirkhill Labaye
Lord Knight of WeymouthLab (minister)aye
Lord Lea of CrondallLabaye
Lord Levy Labaye
Baroness Liddell of CoatdykeLabaye
Lord Liddle Lab (minister)aye
Lord Lipsey Lab (minister)aye
Lord Lofthouse of PontefractLabaye
Lord MacKenzie of CulkeinLabaye
Lord Mackenzie of FramwellgateLabaye
Lord Maxton Lab (minister)aye
Lord McAvoy Lab (minister)aye
Baroness McDonagh Labaye
Lord McFall of AlcluithLabaye
Baroness McIntosh of HudnallLab (minister)aye
Lord McKenzie of LutonLab (minister)aye
Lord Mitchell Labaye
Lord Monks Labaye
Lord Moonie Lab (minister)aye
Lord Morgan Labaye
Baroness Morgan of DrefelinLab (minister)aye
Baroness Morgan of HuytonLabaye
Lord Morris of AberavonLabaye
Lord Morris of HandsworthLab (minister)aye
Lord Noon Labaye
Baroness Nye Labaye
Lord Parekh Labaye
Lord Pendry Labaye
Baroness Pitkeathley Lab (minister)aye
Lord Plant of HighfieldLab (minister)aye
Lord Prescott Labaye
Baroness Prosser Labaye
Baroness Quin Lab (minister)aye
Baroness Ramsay of CartvaleLab (minister)aye
Lord Rea Lab (minister)aye
Lord Rooker Labaye
Lord Rosser Lab (minister)aye
Lord Rowlands Labaye
Baroness Royall of BlaisdonLab (minister)aye
Lord Sawyer Labaye
Baroness Scotland of AsthalLabaye
Lord Sewel Lab (minister)aye
Baroness Sherlock Labaye
Viscount Simon Lab (minister)aye
Lord Smith of FinsburyLabaye
Lord Smith of LeighLabaye
Lord Snape Labaye
Lord Soley Lab (minister)aye
Lord Stevenson of BalmacaraLab (minister)aye
Lord Stone of BlackheathLabaye
Baroness Symons of Vernham DeanLab (minister)aye
Lord Taylor of BlackburnLabaye
Baroness Taylor of BoltonLab (minister)aye
Lord Tomlinson Lab (minister)aye
Lord Touhig Labaye
Lord Tunnicliffe Lab (minister)aye
Lord Turnberg Labaye
Baroness Turner of CamdenLabaye
Baroness Wall of New BarnetLab (minister)aye
Baroness Warwick of UndercliffeLabaye
Lord Watson of InvergowrieLabaye
Lord West of SpitheadLabaye
Baroness Wheeler Lab (minister)aye
Baroness Whitaker Labaye
Lord Whitty Labaye
Baroness Wilkins Lab (minister)aye
Lord Wills Labaye
Lord Wood of AnfieldLabaye
Lord Young of Norwood GreenLab (minister)aye
Lord Addington LDemno
Lord Alderdice LDem (front bench)no
Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-HamdonLDemno
Lord Avebury LDemno
Baroness Barker LDemno
Baroness Benjamin LDemno
Baroness Bonham-Carter of YarnburyLDemno
Lord Bradshaw LDemno
Lord Burnett LDemno
Lord Carlile of BerriewLDem (front bench)no
Lord Chidgey LDemno
Lord Clement-Jones LDem (front bench)no
Lord Cotter LDemno
Lord Dholakia LDem (front bench)no
Baroness Doocey LDemno
Viscount Falkland LDemno
Baroness Garden of FrognalLDem (front bench)no
Lord German LDemno
The Earl of GlasgowLDemno
Lord Goodhart LDemno
Lord Greaves LDemno
Baroness Hamwee LDem (front bench)no
Baroness Harris of RichmondLDem (front bench)no
Lord Hussain LDemno
Baroness Hussein-Ece LDem (front bench)no
Baroness Jolly LDemno
Lord Jones of CheltenhamLDemno
Lord Kirkwood of KirkhopeLDem (front bench)no
Baroness Kramer LDemno
Lord Lee of TraffordLDem (front bench)no
Baroness Linklater of ButterstoneLDemno
Lord Loomba LDemno
Lord Macdonald of River GlavenLDemno
Lord Maclennan of RogartLDem (front bench)no
Baroness Maddock LDem (front bench)no
The Earl of Mar and KellieLDem (front bench)no
Lord Marks of Henley-on-ThamesLDemno
Lord McNally LDem (front bench)no
Lord Methuen LDem (front bench)no
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne DomerLDemno
Baroness Neuberger LDem (front bench)no
Lord Newby LDem (front bench)no
Baroness Nicholson of WinterbourneLDemno
Baroness Northover LDem (front bench)no
Lord Palmer of Childs HillLDemno
Baroness Parminter LDemno
Lord Phillips of SudburyLDemno
Lord Razzall LDem (front bench)no
Lord Rennard LDem (front bench)no
Lord Roberts of LlandudnoLDem (front bench)no
Lord Sharkey LDemno
Lord Sharman LDem (front bench)no
Baroness Sharp of GuildfordLDemno
Lord Shipley LDem (front bench)no
Lord Shutt of GreetlandLDem (front bench)tellno
Lord Stoneham of DroxfordLDemno
Lord Strasburger LDemno
Lord Teverson LDem (front bench)no
Lord Thomas of GresfordLDemno
Baroness Thomas of WinchesterLDem (front bench)no
Baroness Tonge LDem (front bench)no
Lord Tordoff LDemno
Lord Tyler LDem (front bench)no
Baroness Tyler of EnfieldLDemno
Lord Vallance of TummelLDemno
Lord Wallace of SaltaireLDem (front bench)no
Lord Wallace of TankernessLDem (front bench)no
Baroness Walmsley LDemno
Lord Watson of RichmondLDemno
Baroness Williams of CrosbyLDemno
Lord Willis of KnaresboroughLDem (front bench)no
Lord Rogan UUPaye
Lord Maginnis of DrumglassUUPno

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