Government Defeat in Lords on Serious Crime Bill [HL] Wednesday 25/04/2007

On 25/04/2007 the government had a defeat in the on an amendment to the Serious Crime Bill [HL]: To insert a new clause: 'Involvement in Serious Crime: Evidence' allowing the admissibility of intercept evidence in court.

This was defeat number 16 in the parliamentary session. Breakdown of Votes For Govt Against Govt Total No vote Conservative 2 104 106 99 Labour 114 1 115 96 Liberal Democrat 0 47 47 30 Crossbench 5 27 32 170 Bishops 0 0 0 26 Other 0 4 4 9 Total 121 183 304 430

Conservative Votes with the Government Baroness Elles Baroness Park of Monmouth Conservative Votes against the Government Baroness Anelay of St Johns Lord Astor of He ver Astor Earl Attlee Lord Blackwell Lord Blaker Lord Bowness Lord Brittan of Spennithorne Lord Brougham and Vaux Lord Bruce-Lockhart Baroness Byford Lord Campbell of Alloway Baroness Carnegy of Lour Earl Cathcart Lord Colwyn Lord Cope of Berk eley Earl Courtown Lord Crathorne Lord De Mauley Lord Dean of Harptree Lord Denham Lord Dixon-Smith Earl Dundee Baroness Eccles of Moulton Lord Elliott of Morpeth Lord Elton Baroness Fookes Lord Fowler Lord Freeman Lord Garel-Jones Lord Geddes Lord Glentoran Lord Goodlad Lord Hamilton of Epsom Baroness Hanham Lord Hayhoe Lord Henley Lord Hodgso n of Astley Abbotts Baroness Hooper Lord Howard of Rising Earl Howe Lord Howell of Guildford Lord Hunt of Wirral Lord Hurd of Westwell Lord James of Blackheath Lord Jenkin of Roding Lord Jopling Lord Kimball Lord King of Bridgwater Lord Kirkham Lord Laing of Du nphail Lord Lang of Monkton Lord Leach of Fairford Earl Lindsay Earl Liverpool Lord Lucas Lord Luke Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market Lord MacLaurin of Knebworth Lord Marland Lord Marlesford Lord McAlpine of West Green Lord McColl of Dulwich Baroness Miller of Hendon Baroness Morris of Bolton Lord Newton of Braintree Lord Northbrook Earl Northesk Lord Norton of Louth Baroness O'Cathain Earl Onslow Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes Lord Patten Baroness Perry of Southwark Lord Pilkington of Oxenford Lord Plumb Lord Quinton Baroness Rawlings Lord Reay Lord Renton of Mount Harry Lord Roberts of Conwy Lord Sainsbury of Preston Candover Baroness Seccombe Lord Selsdon Baroness Sharples Lord Shaw of Northstead Lord Sheikh Lord Skelmersdale Lord Soulsby of Swaffham Prior Lord Stewartby Lord Strathclyde Lord Taylor of H olbeach Baroness Thatcher Lord Trimble Baroness Verma Lord Wakeham Lord Waldegrave of North Hill Baroness Wilcox Lord Windlesham Lord Wolfson

Labour Vote s with the Government Lord Acton Baroness Adams of Craigielea Lord Alli Baroness Amos Lord Anderson of Swansea Baroness Andrews Lord Archer of Sandwell Baroness Ashton of Upholland Lord Bach Lord Bassam of Brighton Lord Berkeley Lord Bilston Lord Borrie Lord Boyd of Dun cansby Lord Bragg Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe Lord Brookman Lord Brooks of Tremorfa Lord Carter of Coles Lord Clark of Windermere Lord Clarke of Hampstead Lord Clinton-Davis Baroness Cohen of Pimlico Lord Corbett of Castle Vale Baroness Crawley Lord Cunningham of Felling Baroness David Lord Davies of Oldham Lord Desai Lord Drayson Lord Dubs Lord Evans of Temple Guiting Lord Evans of Parkside Lord Falconer of Thoroton Baroness Falkender Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton Lord Faulkner of Worcester Baroness Ford Lord Foulkes of Cumnock Baroness Gale Lord Gavron Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen Lord Giddens Lord Gordon of Strathblane Baroness Goudie Baroness Gould of Potternewton Lord Graham of Edmonton Lord Grocott Lord Harris of Haringey Lord Harrison Lord Hart of Chilton Lord Haskel Lord Haworth Baroness Hilton of Eggardon Lord Howarth of Newport Baroness Howells of St Davids Lord Howie of Troon Lord Hoyle Lord Hughes of Woodside Lord Hunt of Kings Heath Baroness Jones of Whitchurch Lord Jones Lord King of West Bromwich Lord Lea of Crondall Lord Lipsey Lord Lofthouse of Pontefract Lord Macaulay of Bragar Lord Macdonald of Tradeston Lord MacKenzie of Culkein Baroness Massey of Darwen Lord Maxton Baroness McDonagh Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall Lord McKenzie of Luton Lord Mitchell Baroness Morgan of Drefelin Lord Morris of Handsworth Lord Morris of Manchester Lord Morris of Aberavon Baroness Morris of Yardley Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan Baroness Pitkeathley Baroness Prosser Lord Prys-Davies Baroness Quin Lord Radice Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale Lord Randall of St Budeaux Lord Rea Baroness Rendell of Babergh Lord Rooker Lord Rosser Lord Rowlands Baroness Ro yall of Blaisdon Lord Sawyer Baroness Scotland of Asthal Lord Sewel Lord Sheldon Baroness Smith of Gilmorehill Lord Snape Lord Stone of Blackheath Baroness Taylor of Bolton Lord Temple-Morris Baroness Thornton Lord Tomlinson Lord Truscott Lord Tunnicliffe Lord Turnberg Baroness Wall of New Barne t Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe Baroness Whitaker Lord Williams of Elvel Lord Woolmer of Leeds Labour Votes against the Government Lord Judd

Liberal Democrat Votes with the Government Liberal Democrat Vot es against the Government Lord Addington Lord Avebury Baroness Barker Lord Burnett Lord Clemen t-Jones Lord Cotter Lord Dholakia Lord Dykes Baroness Falkner of Margravine Lord Garden Lord Goodhar t Baroness Hamwee Baroness Harris of Richmond Lord Jacobs Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope Lord Lester of Herne Hill Baroness Linklater of Butte rstone Lord Livsey of Talgarth Lord Mackie of Benshie Lord Maclennan of Rogart Baroness Maddock Lord McNally Lord Methuen Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer Baroness Neuberger Baroness Northover Lord Razzall Lord Rennard Lord Roberts of Llandudno Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank Lord Roper Lord Russell-Johnston Lord Sandberg Baroness Scott of Needham Market Lord Shutt of Greetland Lord Smith of Clifton Lord Teverson Baroness Thomas of Walliswood Lord Thomas of Gresford Baroness Thomas of Winchester Baroness Tonge Lord Tope Lord Tordoff Lord Tyler Lord Wallace of Saltaire Baroness Walmsley Baroness Williams of Crosby

Crossbench Votes with the Government Lord Armstrong of Ilminster Lord Birt Viscount Colville of Culross Lord Jay of Ewelme Lord Sutherland of Houndwood Crossbench Votes against t he Government of Megiddo Lord Broers Baroness Darcy de Kna yth Lord Dear Baroness D'Souza Baroness Greengross Lord Hannay of Chiswick Baroness Howarth of Breckland Baroness Howe of Idlicote Lord Hylton Lord Joffe Lord Lloyd of Berwick Countess of Mar Baroness Masham of Ilton Lord Monson Viscount Montgomery of Alamein Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve Lord Palmer Lord Rogan Lady Saltoun of Abernethy Earl Sandwich Viscount Tenby Lord Walpole Lord Williamson of Horton

Bishop Votes with the Government Bishop Votes against the Government

Other Votes with the Government Other Votes against the G overnment Lord Beaumont of Whitley Lord Pearson of Rannoch Lord Stoddart of Swindon Lord Willoughby de Broke Ref: 1114