Government Defeat in Lords on Welfare Reform Bill Wednesday 11/01/2012

On 11/01/2012 the government had a defeat in the House of Lords on an amendment to the Welfare Reform Bill: To exempt from the 12-month limit on contributory employment support claims those receiving cancer treatment and those unable to work as a result of cancer diagnosis, and to grant those people support until they are able to work.

This was defeat number 28 in the parliamentary session. Breakdown of Votes For Govt Against Govt Total No vote Conservative 123 0 123 96 Labour 0 163 163 76 Liberal Democrat 42 5 47 44 Crossbench 1 46 47 139 Bishops 0 2 2 24 Other 0 6 6 23 Total 166 222 388 402

Conservative Votes with the Government Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon Baroness Anelay of St Johns Earl Arran Lord Astor of Hever Earl Attlee Lord Black of Brentwood Lord Blackwell Lord Blencathra Lord Boswell of Aynho Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville Lord Brougham and Vaux Baroness Browning Baroness Byford Earl Cathcart Lord Cavendish of Furness Lord Chadlington Baroness Chalker of Wallasey Lord Cope of Berkeley Lord Cormack Earl Courtown Lord Crathorne Lord Crickhowell Lord De Mauley Lord Deben Lord Denham Lord Dixon-Smith Lord Dobbs Baroness Eaton Baroness Eccles of Moulton Lord Eden of Winton Lord Edmiston Lord Faulks Lord Feldman of Elstree Lord Fink Baroness Fookes Lord Framlingham Lord Freud Lord Gardiner of Kimble Baroness Gardner of Parkes Lord Garel-Jones Lord Geddes Lord Glenarthur Lord Grade of Yarmouth Lord Hamilton of Epsom Baroness Hanham Lord Henley Baroness Heyhoe Flint Lord Higgins Lord Hill of Oareford Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts Baroness Hooper Earl Howe Lord Howe of Aberavon Lord Howell of Guildford Lord Hunt of Wirral Lord Inglewood Lord James of Blackheath Baroness Jenkin of Kennington Lord Jenkin of Roding Lord Jopling Lord King of Bridgwater Lord Kirkham Baroness Knight of Collingtree Lord Lamont of Lerwick Lord Lang of Monkton Lord Lawson of Blaby Lord Lexden Lord Lingfield Earl Liverpool Marquess of Lothian Lord Luke Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market Lord Mackay of Clashfern Lord Marlesford Lord Mayhew of Twysden Lord McColl of Dulwich Baroness Miller of Hendon Duke of Montrose Baroness Morris of Bolton Lord Naseby Baroness Noakes Lord Northbrook Lord Norton of Louth Baroness O'Cathain Lord Palumbo Lord Patten Baroness Perry of Southwark Lord Popat Baroness Rawlings Lord Ribeiro Lord Risby Lord Roberts of Conwy Lord Rotherwick Lord Ryder of Wensum Lord Sanderson of Bowden Lord Sassoon Baroness Seccombe Lord Selkirk of Douglas Lord Selsdon Baroness Shackleton of Belgravia Lord Shaw of Northstead Baroness Shephard of Northwold Earl Shrewsbury Lord Spicer Lord Stewartby Baroness Stowell of Beeston Lord Strathclyde Lord Taylor of Holbeach Lord Trefgarne Lord Trimble Lord True Baroness Trumpington Lord Tugendhat Baroness Verma Lord Wasserman Baroness Wheatcroft Baroness Wilcox Viscount Younger of Leckie Conservative Votes against the Government

Labour Votes with the Government

Labour Votes against the Government Baroness Adams of Craigielea Lord Adonis Lord Ahmed Lord Alli Lord Anderson of Swansea Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top Lord Bach Baroness Bakewell Lord Bassam of Brighton Lord Berkeley Baroness Billingham Lord Bilston Baroness Blackstone Baroness Blood Lord Boateng Lord Borrie Lord Boyd of Duncansby Lord Bradley Lord Bragg Lord Brennan Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe Lord Brookman Lord Campbell-Savours Lord Carter of Coles Lord Christopher Lord Clarke of Hampstead Lord Clinton-Davis Lord Collins of Highbury Baroness Corston Lord Davies of Oldham Lord Davies of Stamford Lord Davies of Coity Lord Dixon Baroness Donaghy Baroness Drake Lord Dubs Lord Eatwell Lord Elder Lord Evans of Temple Guiting Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton Lord Faulkner of Worcester Lord Filkin Baroness Ford Lord Foulkes of Cumnock Baroness Gale Lord Gavron Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen Lord Giddens Lord Gilbert Lord Glasman Baroness Golding Baroness Goudie Baroness Gould of Potternewton Lord Grantchester Lord Grenfell Lord Griffiths of Burry Port Lord Grocott Viscount Hanworth Lord Harris of Haringey Lord Harrison Lord Hart of Chilton Lord Haworth Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill Baroness Henig Baroness Hilton of Eggardon Baroness Hollis of Heigham Lord Howarth of Newport Lord Howie of Troon Lord Hoyle Lord Hughes of Woodside Lord Hunt of Chesterton Lord Hunt of Kings Heath Lord Irvine of Lairg Lord Janner of Braunstone Lord Jones Baroness Jones of Whitchurch Lord Judd Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws Lord Kennedy of Southwark Baroness King of Bow Lord King of West Bromwich Baroness Kingsmill Lord Kinnock Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead Lord Kirkhill Lord Knight of Weymouth Lord Layard Lord Lea of Crondall Lord Leitch Lord Levy Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke Lord Liddle Lord Lipsey Baroness Lister of Burtersett Lord Lympne Lord Macdonald of Tradeston Lord MacKenzie of Culkein Lord Mackenzie of Framwellgate Baroness Mallalieu Baroness Massey of Darwen Lord Maxton Lord McAvoy Baroness McDonagh Lord McFall of Alcluith Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall Lord McKenzie of Luton Lord Mitchell Lord Moonie Baroness Morgan of Ely Baroness Morgan of Huyton Lord Morris of Handsworth Lord Morris of Aberavon Baroness Morris of Yardley Baroness Nye Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan Lord Patel of Bradford Baroness Pitkeathley Lord Plant of Highfield Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede Lord Prescott Baroness Prosser Lord Puttnam Baroness Quin Lord Radice Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale Lord Rea Lord Reid of Cardowan Lord Richard Lord Robertson of Port Ellen Lord Rosser Lord Rowlands Baroness Royall of Blaisdon Lord Sawyer Baroness Scotland of Asthal Lord Sewel Baroness Sherlock Baroness Smith of Basildon Lord Snape Lord Soley Lord Stevenson of Balmacara Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean Baroness Taylor of Bolton Lord Temple-Morris Baroness Thornton Lord Tomlinson Lord Touhig Lord Triesman Lord Tunnicliffe Lord Turnberg Baroness Turner of Camden Baroness Wall of New Barnet Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe Lord West of Spithead Baroness Wheeler Baroness Whitaker Baroness Wilkins Lord Williams of Elvel Lord Wood of Anfield Baroness Worthington Lord Young of Norwood Green

Liberal Democrat Votes with the Government Lord Addington Lord Alderdice Lord Allan of Hallam Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon Baroness Brinton Lord Burnett Lord Cotter Baroness Falkner of Margravine Baroness Garden of Frognal Baroness Jolly Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope Baroness Kramer Lord Lee of Trafford Baroness Linklater of Butterstone Lord Loomba Baroness Maddock Earl Mar and Kellie Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames Lord McNally Lord Newby Baroness Northover Baroness Parminter Baroness Randerson Lord Redesdale Lord Rennard Lord Roberts of Llandudno Baroness Scott of Needham Market Baroness Sharp of Guildford Lord Shutt of Greetland Lord Steel of Aikwood Lord Stephen Lord Stoneham of Droxford Lord Storey Lord Strasburger Lord Teverson Lord Thomas of Gresford Baroness Thomas of Winchester Lord Tyler Lord Wallace of Saltaire Lord Wallace of Tankerness Baroness Walmsley Lord Watson of Richmond Liberal Democrat Votes against the Government Lord Avebury Lord Clement-Jones Baroness Doocey Baroness Tonge Baroness Williams of Crosby

Crossbench Votes with the Government Lord Mawson Crossbench Votes against the Government Lord Aberdare Lord Adebowale Lord Alton of Liverpool Lord Best Lord Bew Lord Bichard Lord Blair of Boughton Baroness Boothroyd Lord Boyce Earl Clancarty Lord Crisp Lord Elystan-Morgan Baroness Finlay of Llandaff Baroness Grey-Thompson Lord Hall of Birkenhead Baroness Hayman Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield Baroness Hollins Baroness Howarth of Breckland Baroness Howe of Idlicote Lord Kakkar Lord Kerr of Kinlochard Lord Kilclooney Lord Low of Dalston Earl Lytton Baroness Masham of Ilton Lord May of Oxford Baroness Meacher Baroness Morgan of Drefelin Lord Neill of Bladen Baroness Neuberger Baroness O'Loan Lord Palmer Lord Pannick Lord Patel Lord Ramsbotham Lord Rix Baroness Stern Lord Walpole Lord Walton of Detchant Lord Williamson of Horton Lord Woolf Baroness Young of Hornsey

Bishop Votes with the Government Bishop Votes against the Government Bishop of Bath and Wells Bishop of Ripon and Leeds

Other Votes with the Government

Other Votes against the Government Lord Browne of Belmont Lord Maginnis of Drumglass Lord Rogan Lord Stoddart of Swindon Lord Wigley Lord Williams of Baglan