Government Defeat in Lords on Identity Cards Bill Monday 23/01/2006

On 23/01/2006 the government had a defeat in the on an amendment to the Identity Cards Bill: To omit the "Power of Secretary of State to require Registration" clause from the Bill so that in order to make the scheme compulsory, primary legislation would need to be introduced.

This was defeat number 18 in the parliamentary session.

Breakdown of Votes For Govt Against Govt Total No vote Conservative 0 112 112 93 Labour 135 2 137 71 Liberal Democrat 0 56 56 18 Crossbench 5 25 30 162 Bishops 0 0 0 25 Other 0 3 3 9 Total 140 198 338 378

Conservative Votes with the Government Conservative Votes against the Government Baroness Anelay of St Johns Lord Astor of Hever Astor Earl Attlee Lord Baker of Dorking Lord Biffen Lord Blackwell Lord Blaker Lord Bowness Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville Lord Brougham and Vaux Baroness Buscombe Baroness Byford Earl Caithness Lord Campbell of Alloway Baroness Carnegy of Lour Lord Chadlington Lord Colwyn Lord Cope of Berkeley Earl Courtown Lord Crickhowell Baroness Cumberlege Lord De Mauley Lord Denham Baroness Eccles of Moulton Baroness Elles Lord Elliott of Morpeth Lord Elton Lord Feldman Earl Ferrers Baroness Flather Baroness Fookes Lord Forsyth of Drumlean Lord Fowler Lord Freeman Baroness Gardner of Parkes Lord Garel-Jones Lord Geddes Lord Gilmour of Craigmillar Lord Glentoran Lord Goodlad Baroness Hanham Lord Hayhoe Lord Henley Lord Higgins Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts Lord Howard of Rising Lord Howe of Aberavon Lord Howell of Guildford Lord Hunt of Wirral Lord Jenkin of Roding Lord Jopling Lord Kingsland Lord Kirkham Lord Laidlaw Lord Laing of Dunphail Lord Lamont of Lerwick Lord Lane of Horsell Earl Lindsay Lord Lucas Lord Lyell Lord Lyell of Markyate Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market Lord Mancroft Lord Marlesford Lord Mawhinney Lord Mayhew of Twysden Lord McAlpine of West Green Baroness Miller of Hendon Duke of Montrose Lord Moore of Lower Marsh Baroness Morris of Bolton Lord Mowbray and Stourton Lord Murton of Lindisfarne Lord Newton of Braintree Baroness Noakes Earl Northesk Baroness O'Cathain Baroness Park of Monmouth Lord Patten of Barnes Earl Peel Lord Pilkington of Oxenford Lord Plumb Lord Quinton Baroness Rawlings Lord Rees Lord Renton Lord Saatchi Lord Sanderson of Bowden Baroness Seccombe Earl Selborne Lord Selsdon Lord Shaw of Northstead Lord Skelmersdale Lord St John of Fawsley Lord Steinberg Lord Stewartby Lord Strathclyde Lord Swinfen Lord Taylor of Warwick Baroness Thatcher Baroness Trumpington Lord Waddington Lord Wakeham Lord Walker of Worcester Baroness Wilcox Lord Windlesham Lord Wolfson

Labour Votes with the Government Lord Adonis Baroness Amos Lord Anderson of Swansea Baroness Andrews Lord Archer of Sandwell Baroness Ashton of Upholland Lord Bach Lord Barnett Lord Bassam of Brighton Lord Bernstein of Craigweil Lord Bhattacharyya Lord Bilston Lord Borrie Lord Bragg Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe Lord Brookman Lord Brooks of Tremorfa Lord Campbell-Savours Lord Carter Lord Carter of Coles Lord Christopher Lord Clark of Windermere Lord Clarke of Hampstead Lord Clinton-Davis Lord Corbett of Castle Vale Baroness Corston Lord Cunningham of Felling Baroness David Lord Davies of Coity Lord Davies of Oldham Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde Lord Desai Lord Dixon Lord Drayson Lord Dubs Lord Elder Lord Evans of Parkside Lord Evans of Temple Guiting Lord Falconer of Thoroton Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton Lord Faulkner of Worcester Lord Filkin Lord Foster of Bishop Auckland Lord Fyfe of Fairfield Baroness Gale Lord Gavron Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen Lord Giddens Baroness Golding Lord Goldsmith Baroness Goudie Baroness Gould of Potternewton Lord Gould of Brookwood Lord Graham of Edmonton Lord Grantchester Lord Griffiths of Burry Port Lord Grocott Lord Harris of Haringey Lord Harrison Lord Hart of Chilton 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 Hughes of Woodside Lord Hunt of Chesterton Lord Hunt of Kings Heath Lord Irvine of Lairg Baroness Jay of Paddington Lord Jones Lord Jordan Lord Judd Lord King of West Bromwich Lord Kirkhill Lord Layard Lord Lea of Crondall Lord Levy Lord Lipsey Baroness Lockwood Lord Lofthouse of Pontefract Lord Macdonald of Tradeston Lord MacKenzie of Culkein Lord Mackenzie of Framwellgate Baroness Massey of Darwen Lord Maxton Baroness McDonagh Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall Lord McKenzie of Luton Lord Mitchell Lord Moonie Baroness Morgan of Drefelin Lord Morgan Baroness Morgan of Huyton Baroness Morris of Yardley Lord Morris of Aberavon Baroness Nicol Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan Lord Patel of Blackburn Lord Pendry Baroness Pitkeathley Baroness Prosser Lord Prys-Davies Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale Lord Randall of St Budeaux Baroness Rendell of Babergh Lord Richard Lord Rooker Lord Rosser Baroness Royall of Blaisdon Baroness Scotland of Asthal Lord Sewel Lord Smith of Finsbury Lord Soley Lord Stone of Blackheath Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean Lord Taylor of Blackburn Lord Temple-Morris Baroness Thornton Lord Triesman Lord Truscott Lord Tunnicliffe Lord Turnberg Lord Warner Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe Baroness Whitaker Lord Whitty Lord Williams of Elvel Lord Winston Lord Woolmer of Leeds Labour Votes against the Government Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws Baroness Turner of Camden

Liberal Democrat Votes with the Government Liberal Democrat Votes against the Government Lord Addington Lord Avebury Baroness Barker Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury Lord Bradshaw Lord Chidgey Lord Clement-Jones Lord Dholakia Lord Dykes Baroness Falkner of Margravine Lord Fearn Lord Garden Lord Goodhart Baroness Hamwee Baroness Harris of Richmond Lord Holme of Cheltenham Lord Hooson Lord Jones of Cheltenham Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope Lord Lester of Herne Hill Lord Livsey of Talgarth Baroness Ludford Lord Mackie of Benshie Lord Maclennan of Rogart Baroness Maddock Earl Mar and Kellie Lord McNally Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer Baroness Neuberger Lord Newby Baroness Northover 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 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 Baroness Williams of Crosby

Crossbench Votes with the Government Lord Birt Baroness Boothroyd Baroness Greengross Baroness Howarth of Breckland Lord Powell of Bayswater Crossbench Votes against the Government Lord Ackner Lord Ampthill Lord Bridges Lord Chorley Lord Cobbold Viscount Colville of Culross Lord Craig of Radley Baroness Darcy de Knayth Baroness D'Souza Earl Erroll Lord Greenway Baroness Howe of Idlicote Lord Hylton Lord Maginnis of Drumglass Countess of Mar Lord Monson Lord Palmer Lord Ramsbotham Lord Rees-Mogg Baroness Stern Lord Walpole Baroness Warnock Baroness Young of Hornsey

Bishop Votes with the Government Bishop Votes against the Government

Other Votes with the Government Other Votes against the Government Lord Beaumont of Whitley Lord Stoddart of Swindon Lord Willoughby de Broke

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