Government Defeat in Lords on Electoral Administration Bill Wednesday 07/06/2006

On 07/06/2006 the government had a defeat in the on an amendment to the Electoral Administration Bill: To insert a clause requiring a signature and date of birth (personal identifiers) to be included in all voters' registration and not only in that of postal voters.

This was defeat number 39 in the parliamentary session. Breakdown of Votes For Govt Against Govt Total No vote Conservative 0 102 102 103 Labour 135 1 136 71 Liberal Democrat 0 45 45 31 Crossbench 9 19 28 160 Bishops 0 0 0 25 Other 0 0 0 13 Total 144 167 311 403

Conservative Votes with the Government Conservative Votes against the Government Baroness Anelay of St Johns Lord Baker of Do rking Lord Biffen Lord Blackwell Lord Bowness Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville Baroness Buscombe Baroness Byford Lord Campbell of Alloway Baroness Carnegy of Lour Lord Chadlington Lord Colwyn Lord Cope of Berk eley Lord Crathorne Lord Crickhowell Lord De Mauley Lord Dean of Harptree Lord Denham Lord Dixon-Smith Earl Dundee Baroness Eccles of Moulton Eccles Lord Eden of Winton Baroness Elles Lord Elliott of Morpeth Lord Elton Lord Feldman Earl Ferrers Baroness Fookes Lord Forsyth of Drumlean Lord Fowler Baroness Gardner of Parkes Lord Geddes Lord Glenarthur Lord Glentoran Lord Goodlad Baroness Hanham Lord Hanningfield Lord Harris of Peckham Lord Hayhoe Lord Henley Baroness Hogg Baroness Hooper Lord Howard of Rising Lord Howe of Aberavon Earl Howe Lord Hunt of Wirral Lord Hurd of Westwell Lord Inglewoo d Lord Jenkin of Roding Lord Jopling Lord Kalms Lord Kimball Lord King of Bridgwater Lord Kingsland Baroness Knight of Collingtree Lord Laidlaw Lord Lucas Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market Lord Marlesford Lord McAlpine of West Green Lord McColl of Dulw ich Baroness Miller of Hendon Lord Montagu of Beaulieu Duke of Montrose Baroness Morris of Bolton Lord Murton of Lindisfarne Lord Naseby Baroness Noakes Earl Northesk Lord Norton of Louth Baroness O'Cathain Earl Onslow Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes Lord Patten Baroness Perry of Southwark Baroness Platt of Writtle Baroness Rawlings Lord Reay Lord Renton Lord Roberts of Conwy Lord Sainsbury of Preston Candover Baroness Seccombe Earl Selborne Lord Selsdon Baroness Sharples Lord Shaw of Northstead Lord Skelmersdale Lord Soulsby o f Swaffham Prior Lord Stewartby Lord Strathclyde Lord Swinfen Lord Taylor of Warwick Lord Taylor of Holbeach Baroness Thatcher Lord Tugendhat Lord Waddington Lord Wade of Chorlton Lord Wakeham Baroness Wilcox Lord Windlesham

Labour Votes with the Govern ment Baroness Adams of Craigielea Lord Adonis Lord Ahmed Lord Alli Baroness Andrews Lord Archer of Sandwell Baroness Ashton of Upholland Lord Bach Lord Barnett Lord Bassam of Brighton Lord Bernstein of Craigweil Lord Bhattacharyya Baroness Billingham Lord Borrie Lord Brennan Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe Lord Brookman Lord Campbell-Savours Lord Carter Lord Christopher Lord Clarke of Hampstead Lord Clinton-Davis Lord Corbett of Castle Vale Baroness Corston Baroness Crawley Lord Cunningham of Felling Baroness David Lord Davidson of Glen Clova Lord Davies of Oldham Lord Davies of Coity Lord Desai Lord Dixon Lord Donoughue Lord Drayson Lord Dubs Lord Evans of Temple Guiting Baroness Falkender Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton Lord Filkin Lord Foster of Bi shop Auckland Lord Foulkes of Cumnock Lord Fyfe of Fairfield Baroness Gale Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen Lord Giddens Baroness Golding Lord Goldsmith Lord Gordon of Strathblane Lord Gould of Brookwood Baroness Gould of Potternewton Lord Graham of Edmonton Lord Grocott Lord Harris of Haringey Lord Harrison Lord Hart of Chilton Lord Haskel Lord Haworth Baroness Hayman Baroness Henig 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 Lord Janner of Braunstone Baroness Jay o f Paddington Lord Jones Lord King of West Bromwich Lord Kinnock Lord Kirkhill Lord Lea of Crondall Lord Lipsey Baroness Lockwood Lord Lofthouse of Pontefract Lord Macdonald of Tradeston Lord MacKenzie of Culkein 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 Aberavon Lord Morris of Manchester Baroness Nicol Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan Lord Patel of Blackburn Lord Paul Lord Pendry Lord Peston Baroness Pitkeathley Lord Ponsonb y of Shulbrede Baroness Prosser Lord Prys-Davies Lord Radice Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale Lord Randall of St Budeaux Baroness Rendell of Babergh Lord Richard Lord Rooker Lord Rosser Lord Rowlands Baroness Royall of Blaisdon Lord Sainsbury of Turville Baroness Scotland of Asthal Lord Sewel Lord Sheldon Baroness Smith of Gilmorehill Lord Soley Lord Stone of Blackheath Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean Lord Taylor of B lackburn Lord Temple-Mor ris Lord Tomlinson Lord Truscott Lord Tunnicliffe Baroness Turner of Camden Baroness Uddin Baroness Wall of New Barnet Lord Warner Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe Baroness Whitaker Lord Whitty Lord Williams of Elvel Lord Woolmer of Leeds Lord Young of Norwood Green Labour Votes against the Government Lord Rogers of Riverside Liberal Democrat Votes with the Government Liberal Democrat Vot es against the Government Lord Addington Baroness Barker Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury Lord Burnett Lord Chidgey Lord Cotter Lord Dholakia Lord Dykes Viscount Falkland Lord Garden Earl Glasgow Lord Goodhart Lord Greaves Baroness Harris of Richmond Lord Jones of Cheltenham Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope Lord Livsey of Talgarth Lord Maclennan of Rogart Earl Mar and Kellie Lord McNally 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 Roper Lord Russell-Johnston Baroness Sharp of Guildford Lord Shutt of Greetland Lord Smith of Clifton Lord Steel of Aikwood Baroness Thomas of Walliswood Lord Thomas of Gresford 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 Boston of Faversham Baroness Darcy de Knayth Baroness D'Souza Lord Elystan-Morgan Lord Hannay of Chis wick Earl Listowel Baroness Murphy Baroness Prashar Baroness Stern Crossbench Votes against the Government Lord Dahrendorf Earl Erroll Baroness Howe of Idlicote Lord Kilclooney Lord Maginnis of Drumglass Lord Monson Viscount Montgomery of Alamein Lord Ramsbotham Lord Rogan Lord Ryder of Wensum Lady Saltoun of Abernethy Earl Sandwich Lord Thomas of Swynnerton Lord Trimble Lord Walpole Lord Weatherill Lord Williamson of Horton

Bishop Votes with the Government Bishop Votes against the Government

Other Votes with the Government Other Votes against the Government

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