Royal Albert Hall Bill [HL] — Third Reading — Amendment — 29 Jan 2025 at 17:15
Moved by Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts
After Clause 4, insert the following new Clause-“Restrictions on powers to exclude members(1) No power exercisable under section 4 has effect unless-(a) it is approved by a sub-committee of the council of which the independent members of the council will form a majority; and (b) an undertaking has been given by all members who are trustees that any tickets for seats received from the exercise of the power to alter the number of events from which seat holders are excluded must only be sold by the trustee or relatives of the trustee through a ticket return scheme operated or approved by the Corporation.(2) In this section “relative” means in relation to any person any of the following―(a) that person’s spouse;(b) that person’s civil partner;(c) any brother, sister, aunt or uncle of that person or of that person’s spouse or civil partner;(d) any lineal descendant of that person or of a person mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c).(3) In this section “trustee” means a member of the Council of the Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences.”Member’s explanatory statementThis is to ensure that any power to exclude members from the Hall can only be exercised when approved by a sub-committee of which the independent members of the council form a majority and that any tickets for seats received as a result of the changes proposed in the Bill may only be sold through a ticket return scheme. This is because of the potential conflict of interest of the charity’s trustees. In the absence of this provision those seat holders, who are also trustees and so control the Hall, are able to resell tickets made available to them through third party websites at above the face value of the tickets.
Ayes 207, Noes 45.
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 (Content) | Minority (Not-Content) | Turnout |
Bishop | 1 | 0 | 4.0% |
Con | 19 (+1 tell) | 33 (+2 tell) | 18.5% |
Crossbench | 35 | 2 | 21.8% |
DUP | 1 | 4 | 83.3% |
Green | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
Independent Labour | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Judge | 3 | 0 | 33.3% |
Lab | 69 (+1 tell) | 1 | 39.2% |
LDem | 54 | 0 | 66.7% |
Non-affiliated | 10 | 2 | 24.0% |
UUP | 2 | 0 | 66.7% |
Total: | 196 | 42 | 29.3% |
Rebel Voters - sorted by party
Lords 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 lord who could have voted in this division
Name | Party | Vote |
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon | Con | aye |
Baroness Altmann | Con | aye |
Baroness Anelay of St Johns | Con (front bench) | aye |
Lord Balfe | Con | aye |
Baroness Berridge | Con (front bench) | aye |
Lord Blackwell | Con (front bench) | aye |
The Earl of Dundee | Con | aye |
Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie | Con (front bench) | aye |
Lord Fuller | Con | aye |
Lord Hamilton of Epsom | Con | aye |
Baroness Hodgson of Abinger | Con | aye |
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | Con | tellaye |
Lord Horam | Con | aye |
Lord Howard of Rising | Con (front bench) | aye |
Lord Lansley | Con | aye |
Lord Lexden | Con (front bench) | aye |
Baroness Monckton of Dallington Forest | Con | aye |
Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne | Con (front bench) | aye |
Baroness Noakes | Con (front bench) | aye |
Lord Norton of Louth | Con (front bench) | aye |
Lord Aberdare | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
Lord Richards of Herstmonceux | Crossbench | no |
Lord Weir of Ballyholme | DUP | aye |
Lord Campbell-Savours | Lab | no |
Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee | Non-affiliated | no |
Baroness Hoey | Non-affiliated | no |