Government Defeat in Lords on Children and Social Work Bill [HL] Tuesday 08/11/2016

On 08/11/2016 the government had a defeat in the on an amendment to the Children and Social Work Bill [HL]: To remove a clause enabling the Secretary of State to exempt local authorities in England from children’s social care legislation requirements in order to allow them to test different ways of working to provide children’s social care.

This was defeat number 9 in the parliamentary session. Breakdown of Votes For Govt Against Govt Total No vote Conservative 188 0 188 68 Labour 0 125 125 83 Liberal Democrat 0 71 71 33 Crossbench 19 42 61 121 Bishops 1 2 3 24 Other 5 5 10 27 Total 213 245 458 356

Conservative Votes with the Government Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon Baroness Altmann Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom Earl Arran Lord Ashton of Hyde Earl Attlee Lord Baker of Dorking Lord Balfe Lord Barker of Battle Lord Bates Baroness Berridge Baroness Bertin Lord Blackwell Lord Blencathra Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist Lord Borwick Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth Lord Bowness Lord Brabazon of Tara Baroness Brady Lord Bridges of Headley Baroness Browning Baroness Buscombe Earl Caithness Earl Cathcart Lord Cavendish of Furness Lord Chadlington Baroness Chalker of Wallasey Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen Lord Colwyn Lord Cooper of Windrush Lord Cope of Berkeley Lord Cormack Earl Courtown Baroness Couttie Lord Crathorne Lord Crickhowell Baroness Cumberlege Lord De Mauley Lord Dixon-Smith Lord Dobbs Earl Dundee Lord Dunlop Baroness Eaton Eccles Lord Elton Baroness Evans of Bowes Park Lord Fairfax of Cameron Baroness Fall Lord Farmer Lord Faulks Lord Feldman of Elstree Lord Fink Baroness Finn Baroness Fookes Lord Forsyth of Drumlean 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 Glendonbrook Baroness Goldie Lord Goodlad Lord Grade of Yarmouth Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach Lord Hague of Richmond Baroness Hanham Lord Harris of Peckham Lord Hayward Baroness Helic Lord Henley Lord Higgins Lord Hill of Oareford Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts Baroness Hodgson of Abinger Lord Holmes of Richmond Lord Horam Earl Howe Lord Howell of Guildford Lord Hunt of Wirral Lord Inglewood Lord James of Blackheath Baroness Jenkin of Kennington Lord Jopling Lord Keen of Elie Lord King of Bridgwater Lord Kirkham Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate Lord Lang of Monkton Lord Lansley Lord Leigh of Hurley Lord Lexden Earl Lindsay Lord Lingfield Earl Liverpool Lord Livingston of Parkhead Lord Lucas Lord Lupton Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market Lord Mackay of Clashfern Lord MacLaurin of Knebworth Lord Mancroft Baroness Manzoor Lord Marland Lord Marlesford Lord Mawhinney Lord McColl of Dulwich Baroness McGregor-Smith Lord McInnes of Kilwinning Baroness McIntosh of Pickering Baroness Mobarik Duke of Montrose Baroness Morris of Bolton Lord Naseby Lord Nash Baroness Neville-Jones Baroness Neville-Rolfe Baroness Newlove Lord Northbrook Lord Norton of Louth Lord O’Shaughnessy Baroness O'Cathain Lord Palumbo Lord Patten of Barnes Lord Patten Baroness Pidding Lord Plumb Lord Popat Lord Porter of Spalding Lord Prior of Brampton Baroness Rawlings Baroness Redfern Lord Renfrew of Kaimsthorn Lord Risby Lord Robathan Baroness Rock Lord Rotherwick Lord Sassoon Baroness Seccombe Earl Selborne Lord Selkirk of Douglas Lord Selsdon Baroness Shackleton of Belgravia Baroness Sharples Lord Sheikh Baroness Shephard of Northwold Lord Sherbourne of Didsbury Baroness Shields Lord Shinkwin Earl Shrewsbury Lord Skelmersdale Lord Smith of Hindhead Lord Spicer Baroness Stedman-Scott Lord Sterling of Plaistow Baroness Stowell of Beeston Baroness Sugg Lord Suri Lord Swinfen Lord Tanlaw Lord Taylor of Holbeach Lord Trefgarne Lord Trimble Lord True Lord Tugendhat Baroness Vere of Norbiton Baroness Verma Lord Wakeham Baroness Warsi Lord Wasserman Lord Wei 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 Bassam of Brighton Baroness Billingham Baroness Blood Lord Blunkett Lord Boateng Lord Bradley Lord Bragg Lord Brennan Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe Lord Brookman Lord Campbell-Savours Lord Carter of Coles Lord Cashman Baroness Chakrabarti Lord Christopher Lord Clark of Windermere Lord Clarke of Hampstead Lord Collins of Highbury Lord Cunningham of Felling Lord Darling of Roulanish Lord Davies of Oldham Baroness Donaghy Baroness Drake Lord Elder Lord Evans of Watford Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton Lord Foulkes of Cumnock Baroness Gale Lord Giddens Baroness Golding Lord Grantchester Lord Griffiths of Burry Port Lord Grocott Lord Harris of Haringey Lord Haskel Lord Haworth Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill Lord Hollick Baroness Hollis of Heigham Lord Howarth of Newport Baroness Howells of St Davids Lord Howie of Troon Lord Hughes of Woodside Lord Hunt of Chesterton Lord Hunt of Kings Heath Lord Irvine of Lairg Lord Jones Baroness Jones of Whitchurch Lord Jordan Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws Baroness Kennedy of Cradley Lord Kennedy of Southwark Baroness King of Bow Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead Lord Kinnock Lord Kirkhill Lord Knight of Weymouth Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon Lord Layard Lord Lea of Crondall Lord Lennie Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke Lord Liddle Lord Lipsey Baroness Lister of Burtersett Lord Livermore Lord Lympne Lord Macdonald of Tradeston Baroness Mallalieu Baroness Massey of Darwen Lord Maxton Lord McAvoy Baroness McDonagh Lord McKenzie of Luton Lord Mendelsohn Lord Monks Lord Morris of Handsworth Lord Morris of Aberavon Lord Murphy of Torfaen Lord Patel of Bradford Lord Pendry Baroness Pitkeathley Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede Baroness Primarolo Baroness Prosser Lord Radice Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale Lord Rea Baroness Rebuck Lord Reid of Cardowan Lord Robertson of Port Ellen Lord Rosser Lord Rowlands Baroness Royall of Blaisdon Lord Sawyer Baroness Sherlock Baroness Smith of Basildon Baroness Smith of Gilmorehill Lord Smith of Leigh Lord Snape Lord Stevenson of Balmacara Lord Stone of Blackheath Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean Lord Taylor of Blackburn Lord Temple-Morris Baroness Thornton Lord Tomlinson Lord Touhig Lord Triesman Lord Tunnicliffe Lord Watson of Invergowrie Lord West of Spithead Baroness Wheeler Lord Whitty Lord Wood of Anfield Lord Woolmer of Leeds Lord Young of Norwood Green Baroness Young of Old Scone

Liberal Democrat Votes with the Government

Liberal Democrat Votes against the Government Lord Addington Lord Allan of Hallam Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville Baroness Barker Lord Beith Lord Bradshaw Baroness Brinton Lord Burnett Lord Campbell of Pittenweem 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 Earl Glasgow Lord Greaves Baroness Grender Baroness Hamwee Baroness Humphreys Lord Hussain Baroness Hussein-Ece Baroness Janke Baroness Jolly Lord Jones of Cheltenham Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope Baroness Kramer Lord Lee of Trafford Lord Lester of Herne Hill Baroness Ludford Lord McNally Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer Lord Newby Baroness Northover Lord Oates Earl Oxford and Asquith Lord Paddick Lord Palmer of Childs Hill Baroness Parminter Baroness Pinnock Baroness Randerson Lord Redesdale Lord Rennard Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank Baroness Scott of Needham Market Lord Scriven Lord Sharkey Baroness Sheehan Lord Shipley Lord Shutt of Greetland Baroness Smith of Newnham Lord Steel of Aikwood Lord Stephen Lord Stoneham of Droxford Lord Strasburger Lord Stunell Baroness Suttie Lord Taylor of Goss Moor Lord Teverson Lord Thomas of Gresford Lord Tope Lord Tyler Lord Verjee Lord Wallace of Tankerness Baroness Walmsley Lord Watson of Richmond Lord Willis of Knaresborough Lord Wrigglesworth

Crossbench Votes with the Government Lord Armstrong of Ilminster Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood Baroness Butler-Sloss Lord Cameron of Dillington Lord Dannatt Viscount Falkland Lord Fellowes Lord Greenway Lord Hope of Craighead Baroness Howarth of Breckland Lord Jay of Ewelme Lord Mawson Lord Powell of Bayswater Duke of Somerset Lord Thomas of Swynnerton Lord Wilson of Tillyorn Lord Woolf Crossbench Votes against the Government Lord Alton of Liverpool Lord Best Lord Bichard Baroness Boothroyd Earl Clancarty Baroness Coussins Baroness Cox Lord Craig of Radley Lord Cromwell Lord Dear Baroness D'Souza Lord Dykes Lord Elystan-Morgan Baroness Grey-Thompson Lord Harries of Pentregarth Earl Hay of Kinnoull Baroness Hayman Baroness Howe of Idlicote Lord Hylton Lord Janvrin Lord Kerr of Kinlochard Lord Kilclooney Lord Laming Earl Listowel Lord Low of Dalston Lord Luce Earl Lytton Countess of Mar Baroness Masham of Ilton Baroness Murphy Lord Northbourne Lord Patel Lord Ramsbotham Lord Rees of Ludlow Lord Rowe-Beddoe Earl Sandwich Lord Stirrup Lord Trees Lord Warner Baroness Watkins of Tavistock Baroness Young of Hornsey

Bishop Votes with the Government Bishop of Chester Bishop Votes against the Government Bishop of Leeds Bishop of Salisbury

Other Votes with the Government Lord Browne of Belmont Lord Empey Lord Hay of Ballyore Lord Kalms Lord Rogan Other Votes against the Government Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb Lord Mackenzie of Framwellgate Lord Stoddart of Swindon Lord Truscott Lord Wigley

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