Government Defeat in Lords on Identity Cards Bill Wednesday 15/03/2006

On 15/03/2006 the government had a defeat in the on an amendment to the Identity Cards Bill: To insist for the second time to require that an individual "may" not "must" apply to enter onto the National Register and obtain an ID card when applying/renewing a passport.

This was defeat number 28 in the parliamentary session. Breakdown of Votes For Govt Against Govt Total No vote Conservative 0 128 128 76 Labour 151 2 153 53 Liberal Democrat 0 62 62 12 Crossbench 25 24 49 140 Bishops 4 0 4 22 Other 3 2 5 8 Total 183 218 401 311

Conservative Votes with the Government Conservative Votes against the Government Baroness Anelay of St Johns Earl Arran Lord Ashcroft Lord Astor of Hever Lord Bell Lord Blackwell Lord Blaker Lord Bowness Bridgeman Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville Lord Brougham and Vaux Baroness Buscombe Baroness Byford Earl Caithness Baroness Carnegy of Lour Lord Carrington Lord Chadlington Baroness Chalker of Wallasey Lord Colwyn Lord Cope of Berkeley Earl Courtown Lord Crathorne Lord Crickhowell Baroness Cumberlege Lord De Mauley Lord Dean of Harptree Lord Dixon-Smith Viscount Eccles Lord Eden of Winton Baroness Elles Lord Elliott of Morpeth Lord Elton Lord Feldman Baroness Fookes Lord Forsyth of Drumlean Lord Fraser of Carmyllie Lord Freeman Baroness Gardner of Parkes Lord Garel-Jones Lord Gilmour of Craigmillar Lord Glenarthur Lord Glentoran Lord Goodlad Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach Lord Hamilton of Epsom Baroness Hanham Lord Hayhoe Lord Henley Lord Higgins Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts Earl Home Baroness Hooper Lord Howard of Rising Lord Howe of Aberavon Lord Howell of Guildford Lord Hunt of Wirral Lord Inglewood Lord Jenkin of Roding Lord Jopling Lord King of Bridgwater Lord Kingsland Lord Kirkham Baroness Knight of Collingtree Lord Laidlaw Lord Laing of Dunphail Lord Lane of Horsell Lord Lawson of Blaby Earl Lindsay Earl Liverpool Lord Lucas Lord Luke Lord Lyell Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market Lord McColl of Dulwich Baroness Miller of Hendon Lord Monro of Langholm Duke of Montrose Lord Moore of Lower Marsh Baroness Morris of Bolton Lord Mowbray and Stourton Lord Moynihan Lord Murton of Lindisfarne Lord Naseby Lord Newton of Braintree Baroness Noakes Lord Northbrook Lord Norton of Louth Baroness O'Cathain Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes Baroness Park of Monmouth Lord Patten of Barnes Lord Patten Baroness Perry of Southwark Lord Peyton of Yeovil Baroness Platt of Writtle Lord Plumb Lord Plummer of St Marylebone Lord Quinton Baroness Rawlings Lord Reay Lord Rees Lord Renton of Mount Harry Lord Renton Lord Roberts of Conwy Lord Saatchi Baroness Seccombe Lord Selsdon Baroness Sharples Lord Shaw of Northstead Baroness Shephard of Northwold Lord Soulsby of Swaffham Prior Lord St John of Fawsley Lord Stewartby Lord Strathclyde Lord Swinfen Baroness Thatcher Baroness Trumpington Lord Waddington Lord Wade of Chorlton Lord Wakeham Lord Waldegrave of North Hill Lord Walker of Worcester Baroness Wilcox Lord Windlesham Lord Wolfson

Labour Votes with the Government Lord Acton Baroness Adams of Craigielea Lord Adonis Lord Alli Baroness Amos Lord Anderson of Swansea Baroness Andrews Lord Archer of Sandwell Lord Ashley of Stoke Baroness Ashton of Upholland Lord Bach Lord Barnett Lord Bassam of Brighton Baroness Billingham Lord Bilston Baroness Blackstone Lord Borrie Lord Bragg Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe Lord Brookman Lord Brooks of Tremorfa Lord Burlison Lord Campbell-Savours Lord Carter Lord Carter of Coles Viscount Chandos Lord Christopher Lord Clarke of Hampstead Lord Clinton-Davis Lord Corbett of Castle Vale Baroness Corston Baroness Crawley Baroness David Lord Davies of Oldham Lord Davies of Coity Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde Lord Desai Lord Dixon Lord Dubs Lord Elder Lord Evans of Watford Lord Evans of Parkside Lord Evans of Temple Guiting Lord Falconer of Thoroton Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton Lord Faulkner of Worcester Lord Filkin Lord Foulkes of Cumnock Lord Fyfe of Fairfield Baroness Gale Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen Lord Goldsmith Lord Gordon of Strathblane Baroness Goudie Baroness Gould of Potternewton Lord Gould of Brookwood Lord Graham of Edmonton Lord Grantchester Lord Gregson Lord Griffiths of Burry Port Lord Grocott Lord Harris of Haringey Lord Harrison Lord Hart of Chilton Lord Haskel Lord Haworth Baroness Hayman Baroness Henig Baroness Hilton of Eggardon Lord Hogg of Cumbernauld Baroness Hollis of Heigham Lord Howarth of Newport Baroness Howells of St Davids Lord Howie of Troon Lord Hoyle Lord Hughes of Woodside Lord Hunt of Kings Heath Lord Irvine of Lairg Lord Janner of Braunstone Baroness Jay of Paddington Lord Jones Lord Jordan Lord Judd Lord King of West Bromwich Lord Kinnock Lord Kirkhill Lord Layard Lord Lea of Crondall Lord Leitch Lord Levy Baroness Lockwood Lord Lofthouse of Pontefract Lord Macaulay of Bragar Lord Mackenzie of Framwellgate Lord MacKenzie of Culkein Baroness Massey of Darwen Lord Maxton Baroness McDonagh Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall Lord McIntosh of Haringey Lord McKenzie of Luton Lord Mitchell Lord Moonie Baroness Morgan of Drefelin Baroness Morgan of Huyton Lord Morris of Manchester Baroness Nicol Lord Parekh Lord Patel of Lord Pendry Lord Peston Lord Plant of Highfield Baroness Prosser Lord Prys-Davies Lord Puttnam Lord Radice Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale Lord Randall of St Budeaux Baroness Rendell of Babergh Lord Richard Lord Robertson of Port Ellen Lord Rooker Lord Rowlands Baroness Royall of Blaisdon Lord Sainsbury of Turville Lord Sawyer Baroness Scotland of Asthal Lord Sewel Viscount Simon Baroness Smith of Gilmorehill Lord Snape Lord Soley Lord Stone of Blackheath Lord Strabolgi Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean Lord Taylor of Blackburn Baroness Taylor of Bolton Lord Temple-Morris Baroness Thornton Lord Tomlinson Lord Triesman Lord Truscott Lord Tunnicliffe Lord Varley Baroness Wall of New Barnet Lord Warner Baroness Whitaker Lord Whitty Baroness Wilkins Lord Williams of Elvel Lord Woolmer of Leeds Labour Votes against the Government Lord Ahmed Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws

Liberal Democrat Votes with the Government Liberal Democrat Votes against the Government Lord Addington Lord Alderdice Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon Lord Avebury Baroness Barker Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury Lord Bradshaw Lord Carlile of Berriew Lord Chidgey Lord Clement-Jones Lord Dholakia Lord Dykes Lord Ezra Baroness Falkner of Margravine Lord Garden Earl Glasgow Lord Goodhart Lord Greaves Baroness Hamwee Baroness Harris of Richmond Lord Holme of Cheltenham Lord Jones of Cheltenham Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope Lord Lester of Herne Hill Baroness Linklater of Butterstone Lord Livsey of Talgarth Lord Mackie of Benshie Lord Maclennan of Rogart Baroness Maddock Earl Mar and Kellie Lord McNally Lord Methuen Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer Lord Newby Baroness Northover Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay Lord Phillips of Sudbury Lord Razzall Lord Redesdale Lord Roberts of Llandudno Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank Lord Roper Lord Russell-Johnston Lord Sandberg Baroness Scott of Needham Market Baroness Sharp of Guildford Lord Shutt of Greetland Lord Smith of Clifton Lord Steel of Aikwood Lord Taverne Lord Thomas of Gresford Baroness Thomas of Walliswood Lord Thomson of Monifieth Baroness Tonge Lord Tope Lord Tordoff Lord Tyler Lord Vallance of Tummel Lord Wallace of Saltaire Baroness Walmsley Lord Watson of Richmond Baroness Williams of Crosby

Crossbench Votes with the Government Lord Adebowale Lord Armstrong of Ilminster Lord Butler of Brockwell Bishop of Chelmsford Bishop of Chester Lord Chorley Lord Currie of Marylebone Lord Dahrendorf Lord Dearing Lord Fellowes Baroness Greengross Baroness Howarth of Breckland Lord Joffe Lord Kerr of Kinlochard Lord Laming Earl Listowel Lord Marsh Baroness Masham of Ilton Lord McCluskey Viscount Montgomery of Alamein Baroness Murphy Bishop of Oxford Lord Quirk Lord Ramsbotham Bishop of Southwark Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington Lord Turnbull Lord Walton of Detchant Lord Williamson of Horton Crossbench Votes against the Government Lord Ackner Lord Ampthill Lord Bridges Lord Cobbold Viscount Craigavon Earl Erroll Lord Freyberg Lord Greenway Baroness Howe of Idlicote Lord Laird Lord Lloyd of Berwick Lord Maginnis of Drumglass Countess of Mar Lord Monson Lord Moran Lord Neill of Bladen Lord Northbourne Lord Palmer Lord Rees-Mogg Lord Ryder of Wensum Lady Saltoun of Abernethy Lord Skidelsky Viscount Slim Baroness Stern

Bishop Votes with the Government Bishop of Chelmsford Bishop of Chester Bishop of Oxford Bishop of Southwark Bishop Votes against the Government

Other Votes with the Government Lord Brett Lord Grenfell Baroness Young of Old Scone Other Votes against the Government Lord Stevens of Ludgate Lord Stoddart of Swindon

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