Government Defeat in Lords on Immigration Bill Wednesday 09/03/2016

On 09/03/2016 the government had a defeat in the on an amendment to the Immigration Bill: To insert a clause to require the Secretary of State to grant asylum seekers permission to take up employment if a decision has not been made on the applicant’s asylum application within six months.

This was defeat number 28 in the parliamentary session. Breakdown of Votes For Govt Against Govt Total No vote Conservative 181 0 181 69 Labour 0 146 146 66 Liberal Democrat 0 78 78 30 Crossbench 10 44 54 123 Bishops 0 2 2 24 Other 4 10 14 30 Total 195 280 475 342

Conservative Votes with the Government Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon Baroness Altmann Baroness Anelay of St Johns Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom Lord Ashton of Hyde Lord Astor of Hever Earl Attlee Lord Baker of Dorking Lord Balfe Lord Barker of Battle Lord Bates Baroness Berridge Lord Blencathra Lord Borwick Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth Lord Bowness Lord Brabazon of Tara Baroness Brady Lord Bridges of Headley Lord Brougham and Vaux Baroness Browning Baroness Buscombe Baroness Byford Earl Caithness Lord Callanan Lord Carrington of Fulham Earl Cathcart Lord Cavendish of Furness Baroness Chalker of Wallasey Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen Lord Colwyn Lord Cooper of Windrush Lord Cormack Earl Courtown Lord Crathorne Baroness Cumberlege Lord Deben Lord Deighton Lord Denham Lord Dixon-Smith Lord Dunlop Baroness Eaton Lord Elton Baroness Evans of Bowes Park Lord Fairfax of Cameron Baroness Fall Lord Faulks Lord Fellowes of West Stafford Lord Fink Lord Finkelstein Baroness Finn Lord Flight Baroness Fookes Lord Forsyth of Drumlean Lord Fowler Lord Framlingham Lord Freeman Lord Freud Lord Gardiner of Kimble Baroness Gardner of Parkes Lord Garel-Jones Lord Geddes Lord Gilbert of Panteg Lord Glenarthur Lord Glentoran Lord Gold Lord Goodlad Lord Grade of Yarmouth Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach Lord Hague of Richmond Lord Hamilton of Epsom Baroness Harding of Winscombe Lord Hayward Baroness Helic Lord Henley Baroness Heyhoe Flint Baroness Hodgson of Abinger Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts Lord Holmes of Richmond Baroness Hooper Lord Horam Lord Howard of Rising Earl Howe Lord Howell of Guildford Lord Hunt of Wirral Lord Inglewood Baroness Jenkin of Kennington Lord Keen of Elie Lord King of Bridgwater Lord Kirkham Baroness Knight of Collingtree Lord Lansley Lord Lawson of Blaby Lord Leach of Fairford Lord Leigh of Hurley Lord Lexden Earl Lindsay Lord Lingfield Earl Liverpool Lord Livingston of Parkhead Lord Lupton Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market Lord Mackay of Clashfern Lord Magan of Castletown Lord Mancroft Lord Marlesford Lord Maude of Horsham Lord McColl of Dulwich Baroness McGregor-Smith Baroness McIntosh of Pickering Baroness Mobarik Duke of Montrose Baroness Morris of Bolton Lord Moynihan Lord Naseby Baroness Neville-Jones Baroness Neville-Rolfe Baroness Newlove Lord Northbrook Lord Norton of Louth Lord O’Shaughnessy Baroness O'Cathain Lord O'Neill of Gatley Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes Lord Palumbo Lord Patten Baroness Perry of Southwark Baroness Pidding Lord Polak Lord Popat Lord Porter of Spalding Lord Prior of Brampton Baroness Redfern Lord Renfrew of Kaimsthorn Lord Ribeiro Lord Risby Lord Robathan Baroness Rock Lord Ryder of Wensum Lord Sanderson of Bowden Baroness Scott of Bybrook Baroness Seccombe Earl Selborne Lord Selkirk of Douglas Lord Selsdon Baroness Shackleton of Belgravia Baroness Sharples Lord Sheikh Lord Sherbourne of Didsbury Baroness Shields Lord Shinkwin Lord Skelmersdale Lord Smith of Hindhead Lord Spicer Baroness Stedman-Scott Lord Sterling of Plaistow Baroness Stowell of Beeston Baroness Stroud Lord Suri Lord Taylor of Holbeach Lord Trefgarne Lord Trimble Lord True Lord Tugendhat Baroness Verma Lord Wasserman Baroness Wheatcroft Lord Whitby Baroness Wilcox Lord Willetts Baroness Williams of Trafford Lord Young of Cookham Viscount Younger of Leckie Conservative Votes against the Government

Labour Votes with the Government

Labour Votes against the Government Baroness Adams of Craigielea Lord Anderson of Swansea Baroness Andrews Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top Lord Bach Baroness Bakewell Lord Bassam of Brighton Lord Beecham Lord Berkeley Baroness Billingham Baroness Blackstone Lord Boateng Lord Bradley Lord Bragg Lord Brennan Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe Lord Brookman Lord Campbell-Savours Lord Carter of Coles Lord Cashman Lord Christopher Lord Clark of Windermere Lord Clarke of Hampstead Lord Clinton-Davis Lord Collins of Highbury Baroness Corston Baroness Crawley Lord Cunningham of Felling Lord Davies of Oldham Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde Lord Desai Baroness Donaghy Baroness Drake Lord Dubs Lord Elder Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton Lord Foster of Bishop Auckland Lord Foulkes of Cumnock Baroness Gale Lord Giddens Lord Glasman Baroness Golding Lord Gordon of Strathblane Baroness Goudie Baroness Gould of Potternewton Lord Grantchester Lord Grocott Lord Harris of Haringey Lord Harrison Lord Hart of Chilton Lord Haskel Lord Haworth Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill Baroness Henig Baroness Hilton of Eggardon Lord Hollick Baroness Hollis of Heigham Baroness Howells of St Davids Lord Hoyle Lord Hughes of Woodside Lord Hunt of Kings Heath Lord Irvine of Lairg Baroness Jay of Paddington Lord Jones Lord Jordan Baroness Jowell Lord Judd Baroness Kennedy of Cradley Lord Kennedy of Southwark Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws Lord Kestenbaum Baroness King of Bow Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead Lord Kirkhill Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon Lord Layard Lord Lea of Crondall Lord Lennie Lord Liddle Lord Lipsey Baroness Lister of Burtersett Lord Livermore Lord Macdonald of Tradeston Lord MacKenzie of Culkein Baroness Mallalieu Lord Mandelson Baroness Massey of Darwen Lord Maxton Lord McAvoy Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale Baroness McDonagh Lord McFall of Alcluith Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall Lord Mitchell Lord Moonie Baroness Morgan of Huyton Lord Morgan Baroness Morgan of Ely Lord Morris of Handsworth Baroness Morris of Yardley Lord Murphy of Torfaen Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan Lord Pendry Baroness Pitkeathley Lord Prescott Baroness Prosser Baroness Quin Lord Radice Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale Lord Rea Baroness Rebuck Lord Reid of Cardowan Lord Rooker Lord Rosser Lord Rowlands Lord Sawyer Baroness Sherlock Baroness Smith of Basildon Lord Snape Lord Soley Lord Stevenson of Balmacara Lord Stone of Blackheath Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean Lord Taylor of Blackburn Baroness Taylor of Bolton Lord Temple-Morris Baroness Thornton Lord Touhig Lord Triesman Lord Tunnicliffe Lord Turnberg Lord Watson of Invergowrie Lord Watts Lord West of Spithead Baroness Wheeler Baroness Whitaker Lord Whitty Lord Wills Lord Wood of Anfield Lord Woolmer of Leeds Baroness Young of Old Scone Lord Young of Norwood Green

Liberal Democrat Votes with the Government

Liberal Democrat Votes against the Government Lord Addington Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville Baroness Barker Lord Beith Baroness Benjamin Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted Lord Bradshaw Baroness Brinton Lord Bruce of Bennachie Lord Burnett Baroness Burt of Solihull Lord Campbell of Pittenweem Lord Carlile of Berriew Lord Chidgey Lord Clement-Jones Lord Cotter Lord Dholakia Baroness Doocey Baroness Falkner of Margravine Baroness Featherstone Lord Foster of Bath Baroness Garden of Frognal Lord Greaves Baroness Grender Baroness Hamwee Baroness Harris of Richmond Baroness Humphreys Baroness Hussein-Ece Baroness Jolly Lord Jones of Cheltenham Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope Baroness Kramer Lord Lee of Trafford Lord Loomba Baroness Ludford Lord Maclennan of Rogart Baroness Maddock Baroness Manzoor Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames Lord McNally Lord Newby Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne Baroness Northover Lord Oates Earl Oxford and Asquith Lord Paddick Baroness Pinnock Lord Purvis of Tweed Baroness Randerson Lord Razzall Lord Rennard Lord Roberts of Llandudno Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank Baroness Scott of Needham Market Lord Scriven Lord Sharkey Baroness Sharp of Guildford Baroness Sheehan Lord Shipley Lord Shutt of Greetland Lord Smith of Clifton Baroness Smith of Newnham Lord Steel of Aikwood Lord Stoneham of Droxford Lord Storey Lord Strasburger Baroness Suttie Lord Taverne Lord Taylor of Goss Moor Lord Teverson Lord Thomas of Gresford Baroness Thomas of Winchester Baroness Thornhill Lord Tyler Baroness Tyler of Enfield Lord Wallace of Tankerness Baroness Walmsley

Crossbench Votes with the Government Lord Bew Lord Butler of Brockwell Lord Dear Lord Green of Deddington Lord Greenway Earl Hay of Kinnoull Lord Mawson Lord Stirrup Lord Walpole Crossbench Votes against the Government Lord Aberdare Lord Alton of Liverpool Lord Bichard Baroness Boothroyd Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood Lord Cameron of Dillington Earl Clancarty Baroness Coussins Baroness Cox Lord Curry of Kirkharle Earl Erroll Baroness Finlay of Llandaff Lord Freyberg Lord Hannay of Chiswick Lord Harries of Pentregarth Lord Hastings of Scarisbrick Baroness Hayman Lord Hope of Craighead Baroness Howarth of Breckland Lord Hylton Lord Janvrin Lord Kilclooney Earl Lytton Countess of Mar Baroness Masham of Ilton Baroness Meacher Baroness Neuberger Lord Northbourne Lord Patel Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers Baroness Prashar Lord Quirk Lord Ramsbotham Lord Rees of Ludlow Lord Rowe-Beddoe Lord Russell of Liverpool Lord Scott of Foscote Lord Singh of Wimbledon Viscount Slim Duke of Somerset Lord Sutherland of Houndwood Lord Thurlow Baroness Watkins of Tavistock Baroness Young of Hornsey

Bishop Votes with the Government

Bishop Votes against the Government Bishop of Chester Bishop of Durham

Other Votes with the Government Lord Browne of Belmont Lord Empey Lord Hay of Ballyore Lord Rogan Other Votes against the Government Lord Collins of Mapesbury Lord Dykes Lord Maginnis of Drumglass Lord McKenzie of Luton Lord Smith of Finsbury Baroness Tonge Lord Truscott Baroness Uddin Lord Warner Ref: 1965 Lord Wigley