Armed Forces (Flexible Working) Bill — Clause 1 — Part Time Service in the Armed Forces and Breaks from Full-Time Service — 11 Oct 2017 at 17:00
The majority of members of the House of Lords voted in favour of allowing members of the armed forces to serve part time and against allowing a member of the regular armed services to take breaks from full-time service.
The House of Lords was considering the Armed Forces (Flexible Working) Bill [1].
The amendment rejected in this vote was:
- Clause 1, page 1, leave out lines 6 and 7 and insert—“(ha) enabling a person serving with a regular force to take breaks from full-time service subject to prescribed conditions
At the time of the vote Clause 1 began:
- Regular forces: part-time service and geographic restrictions
- (1) The Armed Forces Act 2006 is amended as follows.
- (2) Section 329 (terms and conditions of enlistment and service) is amended in accordance with subsections (3) and (4).
- (3) In subsection (2)—
- (a) after paragraph (h) insert—
- “(ha) enabling a person to serve with a regular force on a part-time basis;”, and ...
Lines 6-7 refer to subclause (3)(a)
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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 | 2 | 8.3% |
| Con | 163 (+2 tell) | 2 | 64.7% |
| Crossbench | 7 | 41 (+2 tell) | 28.6% |
| DUP | 3 | 0 | 75.0% |
| Green | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Independent Ulster Unionist | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Judge | 1 | 3 | 28.6% |
| Lab | 0 | 4 | 2.0% |
| LDem | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Non-affiliated | 4 | 1 | 15.2% |
| Total: | 179 | 54 | 29.0% |
All lords Eligible to Vote - sorted by name
Includes lords who were absent (or abstained) from this vote.