House of Lords Reform Bill — Second Reading — 10 Jul 2012 at 21:51

The majority of MPs voted in favour of giving the House of Lords Reform Bill^[1] its second reading; expressing support for the general principles of the bill and allowing it to continue on its path to becoming law.

The key areas of the Bill as listed on its page on Parliament's webpage were given as:

most members will serve non-renewable 15 year terms
semi-open list elections for large regional seats in mainland Great Britain
Single Transferable Vote system for Northern Ireland
Members will be able to resign, and may be expelled or suspended
pay and allowances will be set by IPSA, with pay being related to the participation of the Member in the work of the House
the Parliament Acts will still apply to the reformed House of Lords.

House of Lords Reform was included in the 2010 coalition agreement.^[1]

The Bill was subsequently withdrawn.^[1]

[1] Parliament's webpage on the House of Lords Reform Bill

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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 are Boths? An MP can vote both aye and no in the same division. The boths page explains this.

What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.

Party	Majority (Aye)	Minority (No)	Both	Turnout
Alliance	1	0	0	100.0%
Con	193 (+1 tell)	89 (+2 tell)	0	93.1%
DUP	0	8	0	100.0%
Green	1	0	0	100.0%
Independent	0	1	0	100.0%
Lab	202	26	0	88.7%
LDem	53 (+1 tell)	0	0	94.7%
PC	2	0	0	66.7%
Respect	1	0	0	100.0%
SDLP	3	0	0	100.0%
SNP	6	0	0	100.0%
Total:	462	124	0	91.6%

Rebel Voters - sorted by party

MPs 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 MP who could have voted in this division

Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote

Name	Constituency	Party	Vote
Adam Afriyie	Windsor	Con	no
Sir David Amess	Southend West	Con	no
Steven Baker	Wycombe	Con	no
John Baron	Basildon and Billericay	Con	no
Guto Bebb	Aberconwy	Con	no
Andrew Bingham	High Peak	Con	no
Brian Binley	Northampton South	Con	no
Bob Blackman	Harrow East	Con	no
Nicola Blackwood	Oxford West and Abingdon	Con	no
Peter Bone	Wellingborough	Con	tellno
Graham Brady	Altrincham and Sale West	Con	no
Angie Bray	Ealing Central and Acton	Con	no
Julian Brazier	Canterbury	Con	no
Andrew Bridgen	North West Leicestershire	Con	no
Steve Brine	Winchester	Con	no
Conor Burns	Bournemouth West	Con	no
Dan Byles	North Warwickshire	Con	no
Alun Cairns	Vale of Glamorgan	Con	no
Bill Cash	Stone	Con	no
Christopher Chope	Christchurch	Con	no
James Clappison	Hertsmere	Con	no
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown	The Cotswolds	Con	no
Geoffrey Cox	Torridge and West Devon	Con	no
Tracey Crouch	Chatham and Aylesford	Con	no
Philip Davies	Shipley	Con	no
David Davis	Haltemprice and Howden	Con	no
Nick de Bois	Enfield North	Con	no
Caroline Dinenage	Gosport	Con	no
Nadine Dorries	Mid Bedfordshire	Con	no
Richard Drax	South Dorset	Con	no
George Eustice	Camborne and Redruth	Con	no
Mike Freer	Finchley and Golders Green	Con	no
Richard Fuller	Bedford	Con	no
Zac Goldsmith	Richmond Park	Con	no
James Gray	North Wiltshire	Con	no
Andrew Griffiths	Burton	Con	no
Richard Harrington	Watford	Con	no
Simon Hart	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire	Con	no
Alan Haselhurst	Saffron Walden	Con	no
Philip Hollobone	Kettering	Con	no
Adam Holloway	Gravesham	Con	no
Stewart Jackson	Peterborough	Con	no
Bernard Jenkin	Harwich and North Essex	Con	no
Gareth Johnson	Dartford	Con	no
Chris Kelly	Dudley South	Con	no
Eleanor Laing	Epping Forest	Con	no
Phillip Lee	Bracknell	Con	no
Edward Leigh	Gainsborough	Con	no
Charlotte Leslie	Bristol North West	Con	no
Julian Lewis	New Forest East	Con	no
Ian Liddell-Grainger	Bridgwater and West Somerset	Con	no
Peter Lilley	Hitchin and Harpenden	Con	no
Jonathan Lord	Woking	Con	no
Karen Lumley	Redditch	Con	no
Anne Main	St Albans	Con	no
Jason McCartney	Colne Valley	Con	no
Karl McCartney	Lincoln	Con	no
Anne McIntosh	Thirsk and Malton	Con	no
Louise Mensch	Corby	Con	no
Patrick Mercer	Newark	Con	no
Penny Mordaunt	Portsmouth North	Con	no
James Morris	Halesowen and Rowley Regis	Con	no
Jesse Norman	Hereford and South Herefordshire	Con	no
David Nuttall	Bury North	Con	no
Matthew Offord	Hendon	Con	no
Mark Pawsey	Rugby	Con	no
Andrew Percy	Brigg and Goole	Con	no
Christopher Pincher	Tamworth	Con	no
John Redwood	Wokingham	Con	no
Jacob Rees-Mogg	North East Somerset	Con	no
Simon Reevell	Dewsbury	Con	no
Malcolm Rifkind	Kensington	Con	no
Laurence Robertson	Tewkesbury	Con	no
Andrew Rosindell	Romford	Con	no
David Ruffley	Bury St Edmunds	Con	no
Richard Shepherd	Aldridge-Brownhills	Con	no
Nicholas Soames	Mid Sussex	Con	no
Bob Stewart	Beckenham	Con	no
Rory Stewart	Penrith and The Border	Con	no
Gary Streeter	South West Devon	Con	no
Graham Stuart	Beverley and Holderness	Con	no
Peter Tapsell	Louth and Horncastle	Con	no
David Tredinnick	Bosworth	Con	no
Andrew Turner	Isle of Wight	Con	no
Charles Walker	Broxbourne	Con	no
Robin Walker	Worcester	Con	no
Robert Walter	North Dorset	Con	no
Chris White	Warwick and Leamington	Con	no
Craig Whittaker	Calder Valley	Con	tellno
John Whittingdale	Maldon	Con	no
Nadhim Zahawi	Stratford-on-Avon	Con	no
Adrian Bailey	West Bromwich West	Lab	no
Kevin Barron	Rother Valley	Lab	no
Margaret Beckett	Derby South	Lab	no
Stuart Bell	Middlesbrough	Lab	no
David Blunkett	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough	Lab	no
Ronnie Campbell	Blyth Valley	Lab	no
Ann Clwyd	Cynon Valley	Lab	no
Jim Cunningham	Coventry South	Lab	no
Jim Dowd	Lewisham West and Penge	Lab	no
Frank Field	Birkenhead	Lab	no
Mike Gapes	Ilford South	Lab	no
Dai Havard	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	Lab	no
Stephen Hepburn	Jarrow	Lab	no
Kate Hoey	Vauxhall	Lab	no
Kelvin Hopkins	Luton North	Lab	no
George Howarth	Knowsley	Lab	no
Gerald Kaufman	Manchester, Gorton	Lab	no
Siobhain McDonagh	Mitcham and Morden	Lab	no
Andrew Miller	Ellesmere Port and Neston	Lab	no
Madeleine Moon	Bridgend	Lab	no
Geoffrey Robinson	Coventry North West	Lab	no
Frank Roy	Motherwell and Wishaw	Lab	no
Barry Sheerman	Huddersfield	Lab	no
Dennis Skinner	Bolsover	Lab	no
Graham Stringer	Blackley and Broughton	Lab	no
Derek Twigg	Halton	Lab	no

House of Lords Reform Bill — Second Reading — 10 Jul 2012 at 21:51

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