Government Defeat in Lords on Identity Cards Bill Monday 20/03/2006

On 20/03/2006 the government had a defeat in the on an amendment to the Identity Cards Bill: To insist for the third 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 but only until 2011.

This was defeat number 29 in the parliamentary session. Breakdown of Votes For Govt Against Govt Total No vote Conservative 0 123 123 81 Labour 154 1 155 51 Liberal Democrat 0 56 56 18 Crossbench 19 27 46 143 Bishops 1 0 1 25 Other 1 4 5 8 Total 175 211 386 326

Conservative Votes with the Government Conservative Votes against the Government Baroness Anelay of St Johns Lord Ashcroft Lord Astor of Hever Earl Attlee Lord Bell Lord Blaker Lord Brittan of Spennithorne Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville Lord Brougham and Vaux Baroness Buscombe Baroness Byford Earl Caithness Lord Campbell of Alloway Baroness Carnegy of Lour Lord Carrington Lord Chadlington Baroness Chalker of Wallasey Lord Colwyn Lord Cope of Berkeley Earl Courtown Lord Crathorne Lord Crickhowell Lord Cuckney Lord De Mauley Lord Denham Lord Dixon-Smith Baroness Eccles of Moulton Lord Eden of Winton Baroness Elles Lord Elliott of Morpeth Lord Elton Lord Feldman Baroness Fookes Lord Forsyth of Drumlean Lord Fowler Lord Fraser of Carmyllie Lord Freeman Baroness Gardner of Parkes Lord Garel-Jones Lord Geddes Lord Gilmour of Craigmillar Lord Glentoran Lord Goodlad Baroness Hanham Lord Hanningfield Lord Hayhoe Lord Henley Lord Higgins Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts Lord Howe of Aberavon Earl Howe Lord Howell of Guildford Lord Hunt of Wirral Lord Jenkin of Roding Lord Jopling Lord Kalms Lord Kimball Lord King of Bridgwater Lord Kingsland Lord Kirkham Baroness Knight of Collingtree Lord Laing of Dunphail Lord Lamont of Lerwick Lord Lane of Horsell Lord Lawson of Blaby Earl Liverpool Lord Lucas Lord Lyell of Markyate Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market Lord Mackay of Clashfern Lord MacLaurin of Knebworth Lord Mawhinney 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 Naseby Lord Newton of Braintree Baroness Noakes Lord Northbrook Baroness O'Cathain Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes Baroness Park of Monmouth Lord Patten of Barnes Lord Patten Earl Peel Baroness Perry of Southwark Baroness Platt of Writtle Lord Quinton Lord Reay Lord Rees Lord Renton Lord Roberts of Conwy Lord Rotherwick Lord Saatchi Baroness Seccombe Earl Selborne Baroness Sharples Lord Shaw of Northstead Baroness Shephard of Northwold Lord Skelmersdale Lord Soulsby of Swaffham Prior Lord St John of Fawsley Lord Steinberg Lord Stewartby Lord Strathclyde Lord Swinfen Lord Tebbit Baroness Thatcher Lord Trefgarne Lord Waddington Lord Wade of Chorlton Lord Wakeham Lord Walker of Worcester Baroness Wilcox Lord Windlesham

Labour Votes with the Government Lord Acton 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 Lord Bernstein of Craigweil Lord Bilston Lord Borrie Lord Bragg Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe Lord Brookman Lord Brooks of Tremorfa Lord Campbell-Savours Lord Carter Lord Christopher Lord Clark of Windermere Lord Clarke of Hampstead Lord Clinton-Davis Baroness Cohen of Pimlico Baroness Corston Baroness Crawley Lord Cunningham of Felling Baroness David Lord Davies of Oldham Lord Davies of Coity Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde Lord Desai Lord Dixon Lord Donoughue Lord Drayson Lord Dubs Lord Eatwell Lord Elder Lord Evans of Parkside Lord Evans of Temple Guiting Lord Falconer of Thoroton Baroness Falkender Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton Lord Faulkner of Worcester Lord Filkin Lord Foster of Bishop Auckland Lord Foulkes of Cumnock Lord Fyfe of Fairfield Baroness Gale Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen Lord Goldsmith Lord Gordon of Strathblane Baroness Goudie Lord Gould of Brookwood Lord Graham of Edmonton Lord Grantchester Lord Gregson 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 Lord Hollick 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 Chesterton Lord Hunt of Kings Heath Baroness Jay of Paddington Lord Jones Lord Jordan Lord King of West Bromwich Lord Kinnock Lord Kirkhill Lord Leitch Lord Lipsey Baroness Lockwood Lord Lofthouse of Pontefract Lord Macdonald of Tradeston Lord MacKenzie of Culkein Lord Mackenzie of Framwellgate Lord Mason of Barnsley Baroness Massey of Darwen Lord Maxton Baroness McDonagh Lord McIntosh of Haringey Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall Lord McKenzie of Luton Lord Mitchell Lord Moonie Baroness Morgan of Huyton Baroness Morgan of Drefelin Lord Morris of Manchester Lord Morris of Aberavon Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan Lord Patel of Blackburn Lord Paul Lord Pendry Lord Peston Baroness Pitkeathley Lord Plant of Highfield Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede 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 Rosser Lord Rowlands Baroness Royall of Blaisdon Lord Sainsbury of Turville Lord Sawyer Baroness Scotland of Asthal Baroness Smith of Gilmorehill Lord Smith of Finsbury Lord Snape Lord Soley Lord Strabolgi Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean Lord Taylor of Blackburn Baroness Taylor of Bolton Lord Temple-Morris Lord Thomas of Macclesfield Baroness Thornton Lord Tomlinson Lord Truscott Lord Tunnicliffe Lord Turnberg Lord Varley Baroness Wall of New Barnet Lord Warner Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe Baroness Whitaker Lord Whitty Baroness Wilkins Lord Williams of Elvel Lord Woolmer of Leeds Lord Young of Norwood Green Labour Votes against the Government Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws

Liberal Democrat Votes with the Government Liberal Democrat Votes against the Government Lord Addington Lord Alderdice Lord Alliance Lord Avebury Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury Lord Bradshaw Lord Chidgey Lord Clement-Jones Lord Dholakia Lord Dykes Baroness Falkner of Margravine Lord Fearn Lord Garden Earl Glasgow Lord Goodhart Baroness Hamwee Baroness Harris of Richmond Lord Holme of Cheltenham Lord Hooson Lord Lester of Herne Hill Baroness Linklater of Butterstone Lord Livsey of Talgarth Baroness Ludford Baroness Maddock Earl Mar and Kellie Lord McNally Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer Lord Newby Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay Lord Phillips of Sudbury Lord Razzall Lord Redesdale Lord Rennard 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 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 Bhatia Lord Birt Baroness Boothroyd Bishop of Chelmsford Lord Chorley Lord Dearing Baroness Greengross Baroness Howarth of Breckland Lord Joffe Lord Marsh Viscount Montgomery of Alamein Lord Ouseley Lord Patel Lord Tanlaw Viscount Tenby Lord Turnbull Lord Walton of Detchant Lord Williamson of Horton Lord Wright of Richmond Crossbench Votes against the Government of Megiddo Lord Alton of Liverpool Lord Ampthill Lord Armstrong of Ilminster Lord Bridges Lord Cameron of Dillington Lord Condon Lord Craig of Radley Baroness Darcy de Knayth Baroness D'Souza Baroness Fritchie Baroness Howe of Idlicote Lord Laird Countess of Mar Lord Monson Lord Moran Lord Owen Lord Palmer Lord Ramsbotham Lord Rix Lord Ryder of Wensum Lady Saltoun of Abernethy Lord Thomas of Swynnerton Baroness Warnock Baroness Young of Hornsey Bishop Votes with the Government Bishop of Chelmsford Bishop Votes against the Government

Other Votes with the Government Baroness Young of Old Scone Other Votes against the Government Lord Beaumont of Whitley Lord Pearson of Rannoch Lord Stevens of Ludgate Lord Stoddart of Swindon Ref: 961