Government Defeat in Lords
on Welfare Reform and Work Bill
Monday 29/02/2016
On 29/02/2016 the government had a defeat in the House of Lords on an amendment
to the Welfare Reform and Work Bill: To insist to not remove the work-related activity
component of the Employment and Support Allowance, but requiring only a delay until
the Secretary of State has presented an impact assessment report before both
Houses.
This was defeat number 28 in the parliamentary session.
Breakdown of Votes
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrat
Crossbench
Bishops
Other
Total
For Govt
189
0
0
28
0
2
219
Against Govt
0
156
83
32
1
14
286
Total
189
156
83
60
1
16
505
No vote
61
56
25
118
25
28
313
Conservative Votes with the Government
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom
Lord Astor of Hever
Lord Balfe
Lord Blackwell
Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone
Lord Brabazon of Tara
Lord Bridges of Headley
Baroness Byford
Lord Chadlington
Lord Colwyn
Lord Cormack
Baroness Cumberlege
Lord Deighton
Earl Dundee
Viscount Eccles
Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
Lord Farmer
Lord Fink
Baroness Fookes
Lord Framlingham
Lord Gardiner of Kimble
Lord Geddes
Baroness Goldie
Lord Grade of Yarmouth
Baroness Altmann
Earl Arran
Earl Attlee
Lord Bates
Lord Blencathra
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
Baroness Brady
Lord Brougham and Vaux
Earl Caithness
Baroness Chalker of Wallasey
Lord Cooper of Windrush
Earl Courtown
Lord De Mauley
Lord Denham
Lord Dunlop
Baroness Eccles of Moulton
Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Lord Faulks
Lord Finkelstein
Lord Forsyth of Drumlean
Lord Freeman
Baroness Gardner of Parkes
Lord Gilbert of Panteg
Lord Goodlad
Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint
Baroness Anelay of St Johns
Lord Ashton of Hyde
Lord Baker of Dorking
Baroness Berridge
Lord Borwick
Lord Bowness
Viscount Bridgeman
Baroness Buscombe
Earl Cathcart
Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen
Lord Cope of Berkeley
Lord Crathorne
Lord Deben
Lord Dixon-Smith
Baroness Eaton
Lord Elton
Baroness Fall
Lord Fellowes of West Stafford
Baroness Finn
Lord Fowler
Lord Freud
Lord Garel-Jones
Lord Gold
Viscount Goschen
Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach
Lord Hague of Richmond
Lord Harris of Peckham
Lord Henley
Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
Baroness Hooper
Lord Howard of Rising
Lord Hunt of Wirral
Lord Jopling
Baroness Knight of Collingtree
Lord Lansley
Lord Lexden
Earl Liverpool
Lord Lyell
Lord Mancroft
Baroness McGregor-Smith
Baroness Mone
Baroness Morris of Bolton
Lord Nash
Lord Northbrook
Lord O'Neill of Gatley
Baroness Perry of Southwark
Lord Popat
Baroness Rawlings
Viscount Ridley
Lord Ryder of Wensum
Baroness Scott of Bybrook
Lord Selkirk of Douglas
Baroness Sharples
Lord Sherbourne of Didsbury
Lord Smith of Hindhead
Baroness Stowell of Beeston
Lord Swinfen
Lord Trefgarne
Lord True
Lord Waldegrave of North Hill
Lord Wei
Baroness Wilcox
Lord Young of Graffham
Lord Hamilton of Epsom
Lord Hayward
Lord Higgins
Lord Holmes of Richmond
Lord Horam
Earl Howe
Lord James of Blackheath
Lord Keen of Elie
Lord Lamont of Lerwick
Lord Lawson of Blaby
Earl Lindsay
Lord Livingston of Parkhead
Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market
Lord Maude of Horsham
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
Duke of Montrose
Lord Moynihan
Baroness Neville-Jones
Lord O’Shaughnessy
Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes
Baroness Pidding
Lord Porter of Spalding
Baroness Redfern
Lord Risby
Lord Saatchi
Baroness Seccombe
Lord Selsdon
Lord Sheikh
Baroness Shields
Lord Spicer
Lord Strathclyde
Lord Tanlaw
Viscount Trenchard
Lord Tugendhat
Baroness Warsi
Baroness Wheatcroft
Lord Willetts
Lord Young of Cookham
Baroness Harding of Winscombe
Baroness Helic
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts
Earl Home
Lord Howard of Lympne
Lord Howell of Guildford
Baroness Jenkin of Kennington
Lord King of Bridgwater
Lord Lang of Monkton
Lord Leigh of Hurley
Lord Lingfield
Lord Lupton
Lord Magan of Castletown
Lord McColl of Dulwich
Baroness Mobarik
Lord Moore of Lower Marsh
Lord Naseby
Baroness Newlove
Baroness O'Cathain
Lord Palumbo
Lord Polak
Lord Prior of Brampton
Lord Ribeiro
Baroness Rock
Lord Sanderson of Bowden
Earl Selborne
Baroness Shackleton of Belgravia
Baroness Shephard of Northwold
Lord Skelmersdale
Baroness Stedman-Scott
Lord Suri
Lord Taylor of Holbeach
Lord Trimble
Baroness Verma
Lord Wasserman
Lord Whitby
Baroness Williams of Trafford
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
Lord Bach
Lord Bassam of Brighton
Baroness Billingham
Baroness Blackstone
Lord Blunkett
Lord Boateng
Lord Bragg
Lord Brennan
Lord Brookman
Lord Campbell-Savours
Lord Cashman
Viscount Chandos
Lord Clark of Windermere
Lord Clarke of Hampstead
Lord Collins of Highbury
Baroness Corston
Lord Cunningham of Felling
Lord Darling of Roulanish
Baroness Donaghy
Lord Donoughue
Lord Dubs
Lord Elder
Baroness Andrews
Lord Berkeley
Baroness Blood
Lord Bradley
Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
Lord Carter of Coles
Lord Christopher
Lord Clinton-Davis
Baroness Crawley
Lord Davies of Oldham
Baroness Drake
Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton
Lord Faulkner of Worcester
Lord Giddens
Lord Gordon of Strathblane
Lord Grocott
Lord Harris of Haringey
Lord Haskel
Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill
Lord Hollick
Baroness Howells of St Davids
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
Lord Irvine of Lairg
Lord Jordan
Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws
Lord Kinnock
Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon
Lord Leitch
Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke
Baroness Lister of Burtersett
Lord Macdonald of Tradeston
Lord Maxton
Baroness McDonagh
Lord Mendelsohn
Lord Morgan
Lord Morris of Handsworth
Lord Patel of Bradford
Lord Plant of Highfield
Baroness Prosser
Lord Rea
Lord Rooker
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
Viscount Simon
Lord Soley
Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean
Lord Temple-Morris
Lord Touhig
Lord Turnberg
Lord Watts
Baroness Whitaker
Lord Wills
Lord Woolmer of Leeds
Lord Foster of Bishop Auckland
Lord Glasman
Baroness Goudie
Lord Hain
Lord Harrison
Lord Haworth
Baroness Henig
Baroness Hollis of Heigham
Lord Hoyle
Lord Hunt of Chesterton
Lord Jones
Lord Judd
Lord Kennedy of Southwark
Lord Kirkhill
Lord Layard
Lord Lennie
Lord Liddle
Lord Livermore
Lord MacKenzie of Culkein
Lord McAvoy
Lord McFall of Alcluith
Lord Mitchell
Baroness Morris of Yardley
Lord Murphy of Torfaen
Lord Pendry
Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede
Lord Radice
Baroness Rebuck
Lord Rosser
Lord Sawyer
Baroness Smith of Basildon
Lord Stevenson of Balmacara
Lord Taylor of Blackburn
Baroness Thornton
Lord Triesman
Baroness Wall of New Barnet
Lord West of Spithead
Lord Whitty
Lord Winston
Baroness Young of Old Scone
Baroness Gale
Baroness Golding
Baroness Gould of Potternewton
Viscount Hanworth
Lord Hart of Chilton
Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
Baroness Hilton of Eggardon
Lord Howarth of Newport
Lord Hughes of Woodside
Lord Hutton of Furness
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
Lord Knight of Weymouth
Lord Lea of Crondall
Lord Levy
Lord Lipsey
Lord Lympne
Baroness Massey of Darwen
Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale
Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall
Lord Monks
Lord Morris of Aberavon
Baroness Nye
Baroness Pitkeathley
Lord Prescott
Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale
Lord Reid of Cardowan
Lord Rowlands
Baroness Sherlock
Lord Snape
Lord Stone of Blackheath
Baroness Taylor of Bolton
Lord Tomlinson
Lord Tunnicliffe
Lord Watson of Invergowrie
Baroness Wheeler
Lord Williams of Elvel
Lord Wood of Anfield
Lord Young of Norwood Green
Liberal Democrat Votes with the Government
Liberal Democrat Votes against the Government
Lord Addington
Lord Allan of Hallam
Baroness Barker
Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury
Baroness Brinton
Lord Campbell of Pittenweem
Lord Clement-Jones
Baroness Doocey
Baroness Featherstone
Lord German
Baroness Hamwee
Baroness Hussein-Ece
Lord Beith
Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted
Lord Bruce of Bennachie
Lord Carlile of Berriew
Lord Cotter
Baroness Falkner of Margravine
Lord Fox
Earl Glasgow
Baroness Humphreys
Baroness Janke
Baroness Bakewell of Hardington
Mandeville
Baroness Benjamin
Lord Bradshaw
Baroness Burt of Solihull
Lord Chidgey
Lord Dholakia
Lord Fearn
Baroness Garden of Frognal
Baroness Grender
Lord Hussain
Baroness Jolly
Lord Jones of Cheltenham
Lord Lee of Trafford
Baroness Ludford
Baroness Manzoor
Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne
Lord Paddick
Baroness Pinnock
Lord Redesdale
Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank
Baroness Sheehan
Baroness Smith of Newnham
Lord Storey
Baroness Suttie
Lord Teverson
Baroness Thornhill
Baroness Tyler of Enfield
Baroness Walmsley
Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope
Lord Lester of Herne Hill
Lord Maclennan of Rogart
Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames
Baroness Northover
Lord Palmer of Childs Hill
Baroness Randerson
Lord Rennard
Baroness Scott of Needham Market
Lord Shipley
Lord Stephen
Lord Strasburger
Lord Taverne
Lord Thomas of Gresford
Lord Tope
Lord Wallace of Saltaire
Lord Wrigglesworth
Baroness Kramer
Lord Loomba
Baroness Maddock
Lord Newby
Lord Oates
Baroness Parminter
Lord Razzall
Lord Roberts of Llandudno
Lord Sharkey
Lord Shutt of Greetland
Lord Stoneham of Droxford
Lord Stunell
Lord Taylor of Goss Moor
Baroness Thomas of Winchester
Lord Tyler
Lord Wallace of Tankerness
Crossbench Votes with the Government
Lord Bilimoria
Viscount Brookeborough
Lord Butler of Brockwell
Lord Condon
Lord Dannatt
Baroness Greengross
Lord Hameed
Lord Hannay of Chiswick
Lord Hope of Craighead
Baroness Howarth of Breckland
Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho
Lord Luce
Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve
Lord Pannick
Lord Rowe-Beddoe
Viscount Slim
Lord Stirrup
Lord Sutherland of Houndwood
Lord Wilson of Tillyorn
Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood
Lord Craig of Radley
Lord Greenway
Earl Hay of Kinnoull
Lord Kakkar
Lord Northbourne
Lord Ramsbotham
Lord St John of Bletso
Lord Thomas of Swynnerton
Crossbench Votes against the Government
Lord Aberdare
Baroness Afshar
Lord Best
Lord Broers
Earl Clancarty
Viscount Colville of Culross
Baroness Deech
Viscount Falkland
Baroness Grey-Thompson
Baroness Hayman
Baroness Hollins
Baroness Howe of Idlicote
Lord Kerr of Kinlochard
Lord Low of Dalston
Baroness Masham of Ilton
Baroness Meacher
Lord Ouseley
Lord Oxburgh
Lord Quirk
Lord Rees of Ludlow
Lord Walpole
Baroness Young of Hornsey
Lord Alton of Liverpool
Baroness Campbell of Surbiton
Viscount Craigavon
Lord Fellowes
Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield
Lord Hylton
Earl Lytton
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin
Lord Patel
Lord Russell of Liverpool
Bishop Votes with the Government
Bishop Votes against the Government
Bishop of Durham
Other Votes with the Government
Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
Lord Rogan
Other Votes against the Government
Lord Adonis
Lord Dykes
Baroness Ford
Lord McKenzie of Luton
Lord Warner
Lord Bhatia
Lord Eatwell
Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
Baroness Tonge
Lord Wigley
Lord Browne of Belmont
Lord Filkin
Lord Mackenzie of Framwellgate
Ref: 1962
Lord Truscott