Welfare Reform Bill — Report (2nd Day) — 14 Dec 2011 at 17:09

The majority of Lords voted to weaken the government's proposals to penalise underoccupation by those receiving housing benefit. Iain Duncan Smith's views on this vote as quoted in The Telegraph.

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NamePartyVote
Lord Aberdare Crossbenchaye
Baroness Adams of CraigieleaLabaye
Lord Addington LDem (front bench)no
Lord Adonis Lab (minister)aye
Lord Ahmad of WimbledonConno
Lord Ahmed Labaye
Lord Alderdice LDem (front bench)no
Viscount Allenby of MegiddoCrossbenchaye
Lord Alton of LiverpoolCrossbenchaye
Lord Anderson of SwanseaLabaye
Baroness Andrews Lab (minister)aye
Baroness Anelay of St JohnsCon (front bench)tellno
Lord Armstrong of IlminsterCrossbenchaye
Lord Ashton of HydeConno
Earl Attlee Con (front bench)no
Lord Avebury LDemaye
Lord Bach Lab (minister)aye
Lord Baker of DorkingCon (front bench)no
Baroness Bakewell Labaye
Lord Bannside DUPaye
Lord Barnett Labaye
Lord Bassam of BrightonLab (minister)aye
Lord Beecham Lab (minister)aye
Lord Bell Conno
Lord Berkeley Labaye
Baroness Berridge Con (front bench)no
Lord Best Crossbench (front bench)tellaye
Lord Bew Crossbenchaye
Lord Bichard Crossbenchaye
Baroness Billingham Lab (minister)aye
Lord Bilston Lab (minister)aye
Lord Black of BrentwoodCon (front bench)no
Baroness Blackstone Labaye
Lord Blackwell Con (front bench)no
Lord Blencathra Conno
Lord Boateng Lab (minister)aye
Baroness Boothroyd Crossbenchaye
Lord Borrie Labaye
Lord Boswell of AynhoConno
Baroness Bottomley of NettlestoneConno
Lord Bowness Con (front bench)no
Lord Boyd of DuncansbyLabaye
Lord Bradley Labaye
Lord Bradshaw LDemno
Viscount Bridgeman Conno
Baroness Brinton LDemno
Lord Brittan of SpennithorneConno
Lord Brooke of AlverthorpeLabaye
Lord Brooke of Sutton MandevilleCon (front bench)no
Lord Brookman Labaye
Lord Brooks of TremorfaLabaye
Lord Brougham and Vaux Con (front bench)no
Lord Browne of BelmontDUPaye
Lord Browne of MadingleyCrossbenchaye
Baroness Browning Conno
Lord Burnett LDemno
Baroness Butler-Sloss Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Butler of BrockwellCrossbench (front bench)aye
Baroness Byford Conno
Lord Carter of ColesLab (minister)aye
Earl Cathcart Conno
Lord Cavendish of FurnessConno
Lord Chadlington Conno
Baroness Chalker of WallaseyConno
Lord Chidgey LDemno
Lord Chorley Crossbenchaye
Lord Christopher Lab (minister)aye
The Earl of ClancartyCrossbenchaye
Lord Clarke of HampsteadLabaye
Lord Clement-Jones LDem (front bench)no
Lord Clinton-Davis Lab (minister)aye
Lord Cobbold Crossbenchaye
Baroness Cohen of PimlicoLabaye
Lord Collins of HighburyLab (minister)aye
Lord Colwyn Con (front bench)no
Lord Condon Crossbenchaye
Lord Cope of BerkeleyCon (front bench)no
Lord Cormack Conno
Lord Cotter LDemaye
The Earl of CourtownConno
Baroness Coussins Crossbench (front bench)aye
Viscount Craigavon Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Crathorne Con (front bench)no
Baroness Crawley Lab (minister)aye
Lord Crickhowell Con (front bench)no
Baroness Cumberlege Conno
Lord Davies of OldhamLab (minister)aye
Lord Davies of StamfordLabaye
Lord de Mauley Con (front bench)no
Lord Dear Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Deben Conno
Lord Denham Conno
Lord Dholakia LDem (front bench)no
Lord Dixon Labaye
Lord Dobbs Con (front bench)no
Baroness Donaghy Labaye
Lord Donoughue Labaye
Baroness Doocey LDemno
Baroness Drake Labaye
Lord Dubs Lab (minister)aye
Lord Dykes LDem (front bench)no
Lord Eames Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Eatwell Lab (minister)aye
Viscount Eccles Conno
Baroness Eccles of MoultonCon (front bench)no
Lord Eden of WintonConno
Lord Edmiston Conno
Lord Elder Lab (minister)aye
Lord Elton Con (front bench)no
Lord Elystan-Morgan Crossbenchaye
Baroness Emerton Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Empey UUPno
Lord Evans of ParksideLabaye
Lord Evans of Temple GuitingLabaye
Lord Evans of WatfordLabaye
Lord Falconer of ThorotonLab (minister)aye
Viscount Falkland LDemaye
Baroness Falkner of MargravineLDem (front bench)no
Baroness Farrington of RibbletonLabaye
Lord Faulkner of WorcesterLab (minister)aye
Lord Faulks Conno
Lord Filkin Labaye
Lord Fink Conno
Baroness Finlay of LlandaffCrossbenchaye
Baroness Flather Conaye
Lord Flight Conno
Baroness Fookes Con (front bench)no
Baroness Ford Labaye
Lord Forsyth of DrumleanCon (front bench)no
Lord Foster of Bishop AucklandLabaye
Lord Foulkes of CumnockLab (minister)aye
Lord Fowler Conno
Lord Framlingham Conno
Lord Fraser of CarmyllieConno
Lord Freeman Conno
Lord Freud Con (front bench)no
Baroness Gale Lab (minister)aye
Baroness Garden of FrognalLDem (front bench)no
Lord Gardiner of KimbleConno
Baroness Gardner of ParkesCon (front bench)no
Lord Garel-Jones Conno
Lord Geddes Con (front bench)no
Lord German LDemno
Baroness Gibson of Market RasenLab (minister)aye
The Earl of GlasgowLDemno
Lord Glasman Labaye
Lord Glenarthur Con (front bench)no
Lord Glentoran Conno
Lord Gold Con (front bench)no
Baroness Golding Labaye
Lord Goodhart LDemno
Lord Goodlad Con (front bench)no
Lord Gordon of StrathblaneLab (minister)aye
Baroness Goudie Lab (minister)aye
Baroness Gould of PotternewtonLab (minister)aye
Lord Graham of EdmontonLabaye
Lord Grantchester Lab (minister)aye
Baroness Greengross Crossbenchaye
Lord Green of HurstpierpointCon (front bench)no
Lord Greenway Crossbenchaye
Lord Grenfell Labaye
Baroness Grey-Thompson Crossbenchaye
Lord Griffiths of FforestfachConno
Lord Grocott Labaye
The Bishop of GuildfordBishopaye
Lord Hall of BirkenheadCrossbenchaye
Lord Hameed Crossbenchaye
Lord Hamilton of EpsomConno
Baroness Hamwee LDem (front bench)no
Baroness Hanham Con (front bench)no
Lord Harries of PentregarthCrossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Harris of HaringeyLab (minister)aye
Lord Harrison Lab (minister)aye
Lord Hart of ChiltonLab (minister)aye
Lord Haskel Lab (minister)aye
Lord Haworth Labaye
Baroness Hayman Crossbenchaye
Baroness Hayter of Kentish TownLab (minister)aye
Baroness Healy of Primrose HillLabaye
Baroness Henig Lab (minister)aye
Lord Henley Con (front bench)no
Lord Hennessy of NympsfieldCrossbench (front bench)aye
Baroness Heyhoe Flint Conno
Lord Hill of OarefordCon (front bench)no
Baroness Hilton of EggardonLab (minister)aye
Lord Hodgson of Astley AbbottsConno
Lord Hollick Lab (minister)aye
Baroness Hollins Crossbenchaye
Baroness Hollis of HeighamLab (minister)aye
The Earl of HomeConno
Baroness Hooper Con (front bench)no
Lord Howarth of NewportLabaye
Earl Howe Con (front bench)no
Lord Howe of AberavonCon (front bench)no
Baroness Howe of IdlicoteCrossbenchaye
Lord Howell of GuildfordCon (front bench)no
Baroness Howells of St DavidsLab (minister)aye
Lord Howie of TroonLabaye
Lord Hoyle Labaye
Lord Hughes of WoodsideLabaye
Lord Hunt of Kings HeathLab (minister)aye
Lord Hussain LDemno
Lord Hylton Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Inglewood Con (front bench)no
Lord Jacobs LDemno
Lord James of BlackheathConno
Lord Jay of EwelmeCrossbenchaye
Baroness Jenkin of KenningtonConno
Lord Jenkin of RodingCon (front bench)no
Baroness Jolly LDemno
Lord Jones of CheltenhamLDemno
Baroness Jones of WhitchurchLab (minister)aye
Lord Jopling Con (front bench)no
Lord Jordan Labaye
Lord Judd Lab (minister)aye
Lord Kakkar Crossbenchaye
Lord Kennedy of SouthwarkLab (minister)aye
Baroness Kennedy of The ShawsLabaye
Lord Kilclooney Crossbenchaye
Baroness King of BowLabaye
Lord King of BridgwaterConno
Lord King of West BromwichLabaye
Lord Kinnock Labaye
Baroness Kinnock of HolyheadLab (minister)aye
Lord Kirkham Conno
Lord Kirkwood of KirkhopeLDem (front bench)aye
Baroness Knight of CollingtreeConno
Lord Knight of WeymouthLab (minister)aye
Baroness Kramer LDemno
Lord Laming Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Lamont of LerwickConno
Lord Lawson of BlabyCon (front bench)no
Lord Layard Labaye
Lord Lea of CrondallLabaye
Lord Lee of TraffordLDem (front bench)no
Lord Lester of Herne HillLDem (front bench)no
Lord Levy Labaye
Lord Lexden Conno
Baroness Liddell of CoatdykeLabaye
Lord Liddle Lab (minister)aye
The Earl of LindsayConno
Lord Lingfield Conno
Baroness Linklater of ButterstoneLDemaye
Lord Lipsey Lab (minister)aye
Baroness Lister of BurtersettLabaye
The Earl of LiverpoolConno
Lord Lloyd of BerwickCrossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Loomba LDemno
The Marquess of LothianConno
Lord Low of DalstonCrossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Lucas Conno
Lord Luce Crossbenchaye
Lord Luke Con (front bench)no
Lord Lyell Conno
Lord Macdonald of River GlavenLDemaye
Lord MacGregor of Pulham MarketCon (front bench)no
Lord Mackay of ClashfernCon (front bench)no
Lord MacKenzie of CulkeinLabaye
Lord Mackenzie of FramwellgateLabaye
Baroness Maddock LDem (front bench)no
Lord Magan of CastletownConno
Lord Maginnis of DrumglassUUPaye
Baroness Mallalieu Lab (minister)aye
Lord Mancroft Con (front bench)no
Lord Mandelson Labaye
Lord Maples Conno
Lord Marland Con (front bench)no
Lord Marlesford Conno
Baroness Masham of IltonCrossbenchaye
Baroness Massey of DarwenLab (minister)aye
Lord Mawhinney Con (front bench)no
Lord Mayhew of TwysdenCon (front bench)no
Lord McAvoy Lab (minister)aye
Lord McCluskey Crossbenchaye
Lord McColl of DulwichConno
Baroness McDonagh Labaye
Lord McFall of AlcluithLabaye
Baroness McIntosh of HudnallLab (minister)aye
Lord McKenzie of LutonLab (minister)aye
Lord McNally LDem (front bench)no
Baroness Meacher Crossbenchaye
Lord Methuen LDem (front bench)no
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne DomerLDemaye
Lord Mitchell Labaye
Lord Monks Labaye
Viscount Montgomery of AlameinCrossbench (front bench)aye
The Duke of MontroseConno
Lord Moore of Lower MarshConno
Baroness Morgan of DrefelinCrossbenchaye
Lord Morris of AberavonLabaye
Baroness Morris of BoltonCon (front bench)no
Lord Morris of HandsworthLab (minister)aye
Lord Morris of ManchesterLabaye
Baroness Morris of YardleyLab (minister)aye
Lord Morrow DUPaye
Lord Naseby Con (front bench)no
Lord Neill of BladenCrossbenchaye
Baroness Neuberger LDem (front bench)aye
Lord Newby LDem (front bench)no
Baroness Newlove Conno
Lord Newton of BraintreeConaye
Lord Noon Labaye
Lord Northbrook Conno
Baroness Northover LDem (front bench)no
Lord Norton of LouthCon (front bench)no
Baroness Nye Labaye
Baroness O'Cathain Con (front bench)no
Baroness O'Neill of BengarveCrossbench (front bench)aye
Lord O'Neill of ClackmannanLab (minister)aye
Baroness Paisley of St George'sDUPaye
Lord Palmer Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Palmer of Childs HillLDemno
Lord Pannick Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Parekh Labaye
Baroness Parminter LDemno
Lord Patel Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Patel of BlackburnLabaye
Lord Patel of BradfordCrossbenchaye
Lord Patten Conno
Baroness Perry of SouthwarkCon (front bench)no
Baroness Pitkeathley Lab (minister)aye
Lord Ponsonby of ShulbredeLabaye
Baroness Prashar Crossbenchaye
Lord Prescott Labaye
Baroness Prosser Labaye
Baroness Quin Labaye
Lord Quirk Crossbench (front bench)aye
Baroness Ramsay of CartvaleLab (minister)aye
Lord Ramsbotham Crossbenchaye
Baroness Randerson LDemno
Baroness Rawlings Con (front bench)no
Lord Razzall LDem (front bench)no
Lord Rea Labaye
Lord Rees of LudlowCrossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Reid of CardowanLabaye
Baroness Rendell of BaberghLab (minister)aye
Lord Renton of Mount HarryCon (front bench)no
Lord Ribeiro Conno
Lord Richard Lab (minister)aye
Baroness Richardson of CalowCrossbenchaye
The Bishop of Ripon and LeedsBishopaye
Lord Risby Conno
Lord Rix Crossbenchaye
Lord Roberts of LlandudnoLDem (front bench)aye
Lord Rodgers of Quarry BankLDem (front bench)no
Lord Rogan UUPaye
Lord Rosser Lab (minister)aye
Lord Rotherwick Conno
Lord Rowlands Labaye
Baroness Royall of BlaisdonLab (minister)aye
Lady Saltoun of AbernethyCrossbenchaye
The Earl of SandwichCrossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Sassoon Con (front bench)no
Lord Sawyer Labaye
Baroness Scotland of AsthalLab (minister)aye
Baroness Scott of Needham MarketLDem (front bench)aye
Baroness Seccombe Conno
Lord Selkirk of DouglasConno
Lord Sewel Lab (minister)aye
Baroness Shackleton of BelgraviaConno
Lord Sharkey LDemno
Baroness Sharp of GuildfordLDemno
Baroness Sharples Conno
Lord Shaw of NorthsteadCon (front bench)no
Lord Sheikh Conno
Baroness Shephard of NorthwoldCon (front bench)no
Baroness Sherlock Labaye
Lord Shipley LDem (front bench)aye
The Earl of ShrewsburyCon (front bench)no
Lord Shutt of GreetlandLDem (front bench)tellno
Viscount Simon Lab (minister)aye
Viscount Slim Crossbenchaye
Baroness Smith of BasildonLab (minister)aye
Lord Smith of CliftonLDem (front bench)aye
Lord Smith of FinsburyLabaye
Lord Snape Labaye
Lord Soley Lab (minister)aye
Lord Soulsby of Swaffham PriorConno
Lord Spicer Conno
Lord St John of BletsoCrossbench (front bench)aye
Baroness Stedman-Scott Con (front bench)no
Lord Stephen LDemno
Baroness Stern Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Stevenson of BalmacaraLab (minister)aye
Lord Stewartby Conno
Lord Stoddart of SwindonIndependent Labouraye
Lord Stone of BlackheathLabaye
Baroness Stowell of BeestonCon (front bench)no
Lord Strathclyde Con (front bench)no
Lord Sutherland of HoundwoodCrossbenchaye
Baroness Symons of Vernham DeanLab (minister)aye
Lord Taverne LDemno
Lord Taylor of BlackburnLabaye
Baroness Taylor of BoltonLab (minister)aye
Lord Taylor of Goss MoorLDemaye
Lord Taylor of HolbeachCon (front bench)no
Lord Tebbit Conno
Lord Temple-Morris Labaye
Viscount Tenby Crossbenchaye
Lord Teverson LDem (front bench)no
Lord Thomas of GresfordLDem (front bench)no
Baroness Thomas of WinchesterLDem (front bench)aye
Baroness Thornton Lab (minister)aye
Baroness Tonge LDemaye
Lord Tordoff LDemaye
Lord Touhig Labaye
Lord Triesman Lab (minister)aye
Lord Trimble Con (front bench)no
Lord True Con (front bench)no
Baroness Trumpington Conno
Lord Tunnicliffe Lab (minister)tellaye
Lord Turnberg Labaye
Baroness Turner of CamdenLabaye
Lord Tyler LDem (front bench)no
Viscount Ullswater Con (front bench)no
Baroness Verma Con (front bench)no
Lord Wade of ChorltonCon (front bench)no
The Bishop of WakefieldBishopaye
Lord Wakeham Con (front bench)no
Lord Wallace of SaltaireLDem (front bench)no
Lord Wallace of TankernessLDem (front bench)no
Baroness Walmsley LDemno
Lord Walpole Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Walton of DetchantCrossbenchaye
Lord Warner Lab (minister)aye
Baroness Warnock Crossbenchaye
Baroness Warsi Con (front bench)no
Baroness Warwick of UndercliffeLabaye
Lord Wasserman Conno
Lord Wei Conno
Lord West of SpitheadLabaye
Baroness Wheatcroft Conno
Baroness Wheeler Lab (minister)aye
Baroness Whitaker Labaye
Lord Whitty Labaye
Lord Wigley PCaye
Baroness Wilcox Con (front bench)no
Baroness Wilkins Labaye
Lord Williams of ElvelLab (minister)aye
Lord Williamson of HortonCrossbenchaye
Lord Wilson of TillyornCrossbenchaye
Lord Winston Lab (minister)aye
Lord Wolfson of SunningdaleConno
Lord Wood of AnfieldLab (minister)aye
Lord Woolmer of LeedsLabaye
Viscount Younger of LeckieConno
Baroness Young of HornseyCrossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Young of Norwood GreenLab (minister)aye

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