Government Defeat in Lords on Trade Union Bill Wednesday 16/03/2016 On 16/03/2016 the government had a defeat in the House of Lords on an amendment to the Trade Union Bill: To provide that trade unions with political funds ask new members upon joining whether they wish to contribute to the political fund. This was defeat number 33 in the parliamentary session. Breakdown of Votes Conservative Labour Liberal Democrat Crossbench Bishops Other Total For Govt 168 0 0 3 0 1 172 Against Govt 2 177 78 47 0 16 320 Total 170 177 78 50 0 17 492 Conservative Votes with the Government Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon Lord Ashton of Hyde Lord Baker of Dorking Lord Blencathra Lord Brabazon of Tara Lord Brougham and Vaux Baroness Byford Lord Carrington of Fulham Lord Chadlington Lord Cooper of Windrush Lord Crickhowell Lord Dixon-Smith Lord Dunlop Lord Elton Baroness Fall Lord Flight Lord Framlingham Lord Gardiner of Kimble Lord Geddes Lord Gold Viscount Hailsham Lord Henley Lord Holmes of Richmond Lord Howard of Lympne Lord Hunt of Wirral Baroness Jenkin of Kennington Lord Kirkham Lord Leach of Fairford Baroness Altmann Lord Astor of Hever Lord Barker of Battle Lord Borwick Viscount Bridgeman Baroness Browning Earl Caithness Earl Cathcart Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen Lord Cope of Berkeley Lord De Mauley Lord Dobbs Baroness Eccles of Moulton Baroness Evans of Bowes Park Lord Faulks Baroness Fookes Lord Freeman Baroness Gardner of Parkes Lord Gilbert of Panteg Lord Goodlad Baroness Harding of Winscombe Baroness Heyhoe Flint Baroness Hooper Lord Howard of Rising Lord Inglewood Lord Jopling Lord Lamont of Lerwick Lord Leigh of Hurley Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom Earl Attlee Lord Bates Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth Lord Bridges of Headley Baroness Buscombe Lord Callanan Lord Cavendish of Furness Lord Colwyn Earl Courtown Lord Denham Earl Dundee Viscount Eccles Lord Fairfax of Cameron Baroness Finn Lord Fowler Lord Freud Lord Garel-Jones Lord Glentoran Viscount Goschen Lord Hayward Lord Higgins Lord Horam Earl Howe Lord James of Blackheath Lord Keen of Elie Lord Lansley Lord Lexden No vote 80 35 30 127 26 27 325 Earl Lindsay Marquess of Lothian Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market Lord Mancroft Lord Mawhinney Baroness McIntosh of Pickering Lord Moore of Lower Marsh Lord Naseby Baroness Neville-Rolfe Lord Norton of Louth Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes Baroness Perry of Southwark Lord Polak Baroness Rawlings Lord Ribeiro Lord Robathan Lord Sanderson of Bowden Earl Selborne Lord Sheikh Lord Shinkwin Lord Spicer Baroness Stowell of Beeston Lord Suri Lord Tebbit Lord Trimble Lord Wasserman Lord Whitby Baroness Williams of Trafford Lord Lingfield Lord Lupton Lord Mackay of Clashfern Lord Marlesford Lord McColl of Dulwich Baroness Mobarik Baroness Morris of Bolton Lord Nash Baroness Newlove Lord O’Shaughnessy Lord Palumbo Baroness Pidding Lord Porter of Spalding Baroness Redfern Viscount Ridley Baroness Rock Baroness Scott of Bybrook Lord Selkirk of Douglas Lord Sherbourne of Didsbury Lord Skelmersdale Baroness Stedman-Scott Lord Strathclyde Lord Tanlaw Lord Trefgarne Lord True Lord Wei Baroness Wilcox Lord Young of Cookham Lord Livingston of Parkhead Lord Lyell Lord Magan of Castletown Lord Maude of Horsham Baroness McGregor-Smith Duke of Montrose Lord Moynihan Baroness Neville-Jones Baroness Noakes Lord O'Neill of Gatley Lord Patten Lord Plumb Lord Prior of Brampton Lord Renfrew of Kaimsthorn Lord Risby Lord Ryder of Wensum Baroness Seccombe Lord Selsdon Baroness Shields Lord Smith of Hindhead Lord Sterling of Plaistow Baroness Stroud Lord Taylor of Holbeach Viscount Trenchard Lord Tugendhat Baroness Wheatcroft Lord Willetts Viscount Younger of Leckie Conservative Votes against the Government Lord Balfe Lord Cormack Labour Votes with the Government Labour Votes against the Government Baroness Adams of Craigielea Lord Allen of Kensington Lord Anderson of Swansea Baroness Andrews Lord Bach Baroness Bakewell Lord Berkeley Lord Bhattacharyya Baroness Blackstone Lord Blunkett Lord Bradley Lord Bragg Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe Lord Brookman Lord Cashman Viscount Chandos Lord Clark of Windermere Lord Clarke of Hampstead Baroness Corston Baroness Crawley Lord Darling of Roulanish Lord Davidson of Glen Clova Lord Davies of Oldham Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde Lord Donoughue Baroness Drake Lord Dubs Lord Elder Lord Falconer of Thoroton Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton Lord Foster of Bishop Auckland Lord Foulkes of Cumnock Lord Giddens Lord Glasman Lord Gordon of Strathblane Baroness Gould of Potternewton Lord Griffiths of Burry Port Lord Grocott Lord Harrison Lord Hart of Chilton Lord Haughey Lord Haworth Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill Baroness Henig Lord Alli Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top Lord Bassam of Brighton Baroness Billingham Lord Boateng Lord Brennan Lord Campbell-Savours Lord Christopher Lord Collins of Highbury Lord Cunningham of Felling Lord Davies of Stamford Baroness Donaghy Lord Drayson Lord Evans of Temple Guiting Lord Faulkner of Worcester Baroness Gale Baroness Golding Lord Grantchester Lord Harris of Haringey Lord Haskel Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town Baroness Hilton of Eggardon Baroness Hollis of Heigham Lord Howie of Troon Lord Hunt of Chesterton Lord Irvine of Lairg Baroness Jones of Whitchurch Lord Judd Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws Lord Kinnock Lord Knight of Weymouth Lord Lennie Lord Liddle Lord Livermore Lord MacKenzie of Culkein Lord Maxton Baroness McDonagh Lord Mendelsohn Lord Moonie Baroness Morgan of Huyton Lord Morris of Aberavon Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan Baroness Pitkeathley Lord Prescott Lord Puttnam Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale Lord Richard Lord Rosser Baroness Sherlock Lord Smith of Leigh Lord Soley Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean Lord Temple-Morris Lord Touhig Lord Turnberg Lord Watson of Invergowrie Baroness Wheeler Lord Williams of Elvel Lord Woolmer of Leeds Lord Howarth of Newport Lord Hoyle Lord Hunt of Kings Heath Baroness Jay of Paddington Lord Jordan Lord Kennedy of Southwark Lord Kestenbaum Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon Lord Levy Lord Lipsey Lord Lympne Lord Mandelson Lord McAvoy Lord McFall of Alcluith Lord Mitchell Baroness Morgan of Ely Lord Morris of Handsworth Lord Murphy of Torfaen Lord Patel of Bradford Lord Plant of Highfield Baroness Primarolo Baroness Quin Baroness Rebuck Lord Rogers of Riverside Lord Rowlands Viscount Simon Baroness Smith of Gilmorehill Lord Stevenson of Balmacara Baroness Taylor of Bolton Baroness Thornton Lord Triesman Baroness Wall of New Barnet Lord Watts Baroness Whitaker Lord Wills Lord Young of Norwood Green Baroness Howells of St Davids Lord Hughes of Woodside Lord Hutton of Furness Lord Jones Baroness Jowell Baroness Kennedy of Cradley Baroness King of Bow Lord Kirkhill Lord Lea of Crondall Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke Baroness Lister of Burtersett Lord Macdonald of Tradeston Baroness Massey of Darwen Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall Lord Monks Lord Morgan Baroness Morris of Yardley Baroness Nye Lord Pendry Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede Baroness Prosser Lord Radice Lord Reid of Cardowan Lord Rooker Lord Sawyer Baroness Smith of Basildon Lord Snape Lord Stone of Blackheath Lord Taylor of Blackburn Lord Tomlinson Lord Tunnicliffe Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe Lord West of Spithead Lord Whitty Lord Wood of Anfield 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 Baroness Barker Mandeville Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury Baroness Brinton Baroness Burt of Solihull Lord Campbell of Pittenweem Lord Cotter Lord Dholakia Baroness Falkner of Margravine Baroness Featherstone Baroness Garden of Frognal Lord German Lord Goddard of Stockport Lord Greaves Baroness Hamwee Baroness Harris of Richmond Lord Hussain Baroness Hussein-Ece Baroness Jolly Lord Jones of Cheltenham Baroness Kramer Lord Lee of Trafford Baroness Ludford Lord Maclennan of Rogart Baroness Manzoor Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon Lord Beith Lord Burnett Lord Clement-Jones Baroness Doocey Lord Foster of Bath Earl Glasgow Baroness Grender Baroness Humphreys Baroness Janke Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope Lord Lester of Herne Hill Baroness Maddock Lord McNally Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer Lord Paddick Lord Purvis of Tweed Lord Rennard Baroness Scott of Needham Market Baroness Sharp of Guildford Lord Shutt of Greetland Lord Stephen Lord Strasburger Lord Taylor of Goss Moor Lord Tope Lord Wallace of Saltaire Lord Newby Lord Palmer of Childs Hill Lord Razzall Lord Roberts of Llandudno Lord Scriven Baroness Sheehan Baroness Smith of Newnham Lord Stoneham of Droxford Baroness Suttie Lord Teverson Lord Tyler Lord Wallace of Tankerness Crossbench Votes with the Government Baroness Masham of Ilton Lord Powell of Bayswater Crossbench Votes against the Government Lord Aberdare Lord Alton of Liverpool Lord Berkeley of Knighton Lord Best Baroness Boothroyd Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood Viscount Craigavon Earl Erroll Lord Fellowes Lord Freyberg Lord Greenway Baroness Grey-Thompson Lord Hannay of Chiswick Lord Harries of Pentregarth Earl Hay of Kinnoull Baroness Hayman Baroness Howe of Idlicote Lord Judge Lord Kerslake Lord Kilclooney Lord Low of Dalston Countess of Mar Baroness Morgan of Drefelin Baroness O'Loan Lord Ouseley Lord Pannick Lord Rees of Ludlow Earl Sandwich Lord St John of Bletso Lord Turnbull Baroness Watkins of Tavistock Lord Woolf Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne Baroness Parminter Lord Redesdale Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank Lord Sharkey Lord Shipley Lord Steel of Aikwood Lord Storey Lord Taverne Baroness Thomas of Winchester Baroness Tyler of Enfield Lord Willis of Knaresborough Lord Stirrup Lord Armstrong of Ilminster Lord Bichard Lord Burns Viscount Falkland Baroness Fritchie Lord Hameed Lord Haskins Lord Hope of Craighead Lord Kerr of Kinlochard Earl Listowel Lord Mawson Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve Lord Patel Lord Scott of Foscote Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe Bishop Votes with the Government Bishop Votes against the Government Other Votes with the Government Lord Maginnis of Drumglass Other Votes against the Government Lord Adonis Lord Ahmed Lord Dykes Lord Elis-Thomas Lord Mackenzie of Framwellgate Lord McKenzie of Luton Lord Rogan Lord Smith of Finsbury Baroness Tonge Lord Truscott Lord Wigley Lord Browne of Belmont Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb Lord Morrow Ref: 1969 Lord Stoddart of Swindon Lord Warner