Government Defeat in Lords
on Welfare Reform and Work Bill
Wednesday 27/01/2016
On 27/01/2016 the government had a defeat in the House of Lords on an amendment
to the Welfare Reform and Work Bill: To remove a clause amending the Welfare
Reform Act 2007 to remove the work-related activity group component of the
employment and support allowance.
This was defeat number 27 in the parliamentary session.
Breakdown of Votes
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrat
Crossbench
Bishops
Other
Total
For Govt
191
0
0
6
0
1
198
Against Govt
0
143
82
44
6
8
283
Total
191
143
82
50
6
9
481
No vote
59
69
29
128
20
36
341
Conservative Votes with the Government
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom
Viscount Astor
Lord Baker of Dorking
Lord Bates
Lord Black of Brentwood
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
Baroness Brady
Earl Caithness
Lord Cavendish of Furness
Lord Colwyn
Lord Cormack
Lord Crickhowell
Lord Deben
Lord Dixon-Smith
Baroness Eaton
Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
Lord Faulks
Lord Fink
Baroness Fookes
Lord Framlingham
Lord Gardiner of Kimble
Lord Geddes
Baroness Goldie
Lord Grade of Yarmouth
Baroness Harding of Winscombe
Baroness Altmann
Earl Arran
Lord Astor of Hever
Lord Balfe
Lord Bell
Lord Borwick
Lord Bowness
Lord Bridges of Headley
Lord Carrington of Fulham
Baroness Chalker of Wallasey
Lord Cooper of Windrush
Earl Courtown
Baroness Cumberlege
Lord Deighton
Lord Dobbs
Viscount Eccles
Baroness Fall
Lord Feldman of Elstree
Lord Finkelstein
Lord Forsyth of Drumlean
Lord Freeman
Baroness Gardner of Parkes
Lord Gilbert of Panteg
Lord Goodlad
Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach
Lord Harris of Peckham
Baroness Anelay of St Johns
Lord Ashton of Hyde
Earl Attlee
Lord Barker of Battle
Baroness Berridge
Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone
Lord Brabazon of Tara
Lord Brougham and Vaux
Earl Cathcart
Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen
Lord Cope of Berkeley
Lord Crathorne
Lord De Mauley
Lord Denham
Lord Dunlop
Lord Elton
Lord Farmer
Lord Fellowes of West Stafford
Baroness Finn
Lord Fowler
Lord Freud
Lord Garel-Jones
Lord Glenarthur
Viscount Goschen
Viscount Hailsham
Lord Hayward
Baroness Helic
Lord Higgins
Lord Holmes of Richmond
Lord Horam
Earl Howe
Lord Inglewood
Lord Jopling
Lord Kirkham
Lord Lang of Monkton
Lord Leigh of Hurley
Earl Liverpool
Lord Lyell
Lord Magan of Castletown
Lord McColl of Dulwich
Baroness Mobarik
Baroness Morris of Bolton
Lord Nash
Baroness Noakes
Lord O’Shaughnessy
Lord Palumbo
Baroness Pidding
Lord Popat
Baroness Redfern
Lord Risby
Lord Sanderson of Bowden
Baroness Seccombe
Lord Selsdon
Lord Sheikh
Baroness Shields
Lord Spicer
Baroness Stowell of Beeston
Lord Suri
Lord Trefgarne
Lord True
Baroness Verma
Lord Wasserman
Lord Willetts
Lord Young of Cookham
Lord Henley
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts
Earl Home
Lord Howard of Rising
Lord Howell of Guildford
Lord James of Blackheath
Lord Keen of Elie
Baroness Knight of Collingtree
Lord Lansley
Lord Lexden
Lord Livingston of Parkhead
Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market
Lord Marlesford
Baroness McGregor-Smith
Baroness Mone
Lord Moynihan
Baroness Neville-Jones
Lord Northbrook
Baroness O'Cathain
Lord Patten
Lord Plumb
Lord Porter of Spalding
Lord Renfrew of Kaimsthorn
Lord Robathan
Lord Sassoon
Earl Selborne
Baroness Shackleton of Belgravia
Baroness Shephard of Northwold
Earl Shrewsbury
Baroness Stedman-Scott
Lord Strathclyde
Lord Taylor of Holbeach
Viscount Trenchard
Lord Tugendhat
Lord Wakeham
Baroness Wheatcroft
Baroness Williams of Trafford
Viscount Younger of Leckie
Baroness Heyhoe Flint
Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
Baroness Hooper
Lord Howard of Lympne
Lord Hunt of Wirral
Baroness Jenkin of Kennington
Lord King of Bridgwater
Lord Lamont of Lerwick
Lord Lawson of Blaby
Lord Lingfield
Lord Lupton
Lord Mackay of Clashfern
Lord Mawhinney
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
Lord Moore of Lower Marsh
Lord Naseby
Baroness Newlove
Lord Norton of Louth
Lord O'Neill of Gatley
Lord Patten of Barnes
Lord Polak
Lord Prior of Brampton
Viscount Ridley
Baroness Rock
Baroness Scott of Bybrook
Lord Selkirk of Douglas
Baroness Sharples
Lord Sherbourne of Didsbury
Lord Smith of Hindhead
Lord Sterling of Plaistow
Baroness Stroud
Lord Tebbit
Lord Trimble
Viscount Ullswater
Baroness Warsi
Lord Whitby
Lord Young of Graffham
Conservative Votes against the Government
Labour Votes with the Government
Labour Votes against the Government
Baroness Adams of Craigielea
Lord Alli
Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top
Lord Bach
Lord Bassam of Brighton
Lord Berkeley
Lord Boateng
Lord Borrie
Lord Brennan
Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
Lord Campbell-Savours
Lord Carter of Coles
Viscount Chandos
Lord Clark of Windermere
Lord Collins of Highbury
Baroness Corston
Lord Cunningham of Felling
Lord Darling of Roulanish
Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde Baroness Donaghy
Baroness Drake
Lord Dubs
Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton
Lord Faulkner of Worcester
Baroness Andrews
Baroness Bakewell
Lord Blunkett
Lord Bragg
Lord Brookman
Lord Cashman
Lord Clinton-Davis
Baroness Crawley
Lord Davies of Oldham
Lord Donoughue
Lord Elder
Lord Foster of Bishop Auckland
Baroness Gale
Baroness Golding
Baroness Gould of Potternewton
Lord Hain
Lord Hart of Chilton
Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill
Lord Howarth of Newport
Lord Hoyle
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
Lord Jones
Lord Judd
Baroness King of Bow
Lord Kirkhill
Lord Lea of Crondall
Lord Lipsey
Lord Lympne
Baroness Mallalieu
Lord McAvoy
Lord Mitchell
Lord Morris of Aberavon
Baroness Nye
Lord Pendry
Baroness Prosser
Lord Rea
Lord Richard
Lord Rosser
Lord Sawyer
Baroness Smith of Basildon
Lord Soley
Lord Taylor of Blackburn
Baroness Thornton
Lord Turnberg
Lord Watson of Invergowrie
Baroness Wheeler
Lord Williams of Elvel
Baroness Young of Old Scone
Lord Giddens
Lord Gordon of Strathblane
Lord Griffiths of Burry Port
Viscount Hanworth
Lord Haworth
Lord Hollick
Baroness Howells of St Davids
Lord Hughes of Woodside
Lord Irvine of Lairg
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
Lord Kennedy of Southwark
Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon
Lord Lennie
Baroness Lister of Burtersett
Lord Macdonald of Tradeston
Lord Mandelson
Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall
Baroness Morgan of Ely
Lord Morris of Handsworth
Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan
Baroness Pitkeathley
Lord Radice
Baroness Rebuck
Lord Robertson of Port Ellen
Lord Rowlands
Baroness Scotland of Asthal
Baroness Smith of Gilmorehill
Lord Stevenson of Balmacara
Baroness Taylor of Bolton
Lord Tomlinson
Baroness Wall of New Barnet
Lord Watts
Baroness Whitaker
Lord Wood of Anfield
Lord Young of Norwood Green
Lord Glasman
Baroness Goudie
Lord Grocott
Lord Harris of Haringey
Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
Baroness Hollis of Heigham
Lord Howie of Troon
Lord Hunt of Chesterton
Baroness Jay of Paddington
Baroness Jowell
Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
Lord Kinnock
Lord Layard
Lord Liddle
Lord Livermore
Lord MacKenzie of Culkein
Lord Maxton
Lord Mendelsohn
Baroness Morris of Yardley
Lord Murphy of Torfaen
Lord Patel of Bradford
Lord Plant of Highfield
Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale
Lord Reid of Cardowan
Lord Rooker
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
Baroness Sherlock
Lord Snape
Lord Stone of Blackheath
Lord Temple-Morris
Lord Tunnicliffe
Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe
Lord West of Spithead
Lord Whitty
Baroness Worthington
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 Cotter
Baroness Featherstone
Baroness Garden of Frognal
Baroness Grender
Baroness Humphreys
Baroness Janke
Baroness Kramer
Baroness Linklater of Butterstone
Baroness Maddock
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer
Lord Beith
Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted
Lord Bruce of Bennachie
Lord Chidgey
Lord Dholakia
Lord Foster of Bath
Lord German
Baroness Hamwee
Lord Hussain
Lord Jones of Cheltenham
Lord Lee of Trafford
Lord Loomba
Baroness Manzoor
Lord Newby
Baroness Bakewell of Hardington
Mandeville
Baroness Benjamin
Lord Bradshaw
Baroness Burt of Solihull
Lord Clement-Jones
Baroness Doocey
Lord Fox
Lord Greaves
Baroness Harris of Richmond
Baroness Hussein-Ece
Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope
Lord Lester of Herne Hill
Baroness Ludford
Lord McNally
Baroness Northover
Lord Oates
Lord Palmer of Childs Hill
Lord Razzall
Lord Roberts of Llandudno
Lord Sharkey
Lord Shipley
Lord Stephen
Lord Strasburger
Lord Taverne
Lord Thomas of Gresford
Lord Tyler
Lord Wallace of Tankerness
Lord Willis of Knaresborough
Earl Oxford and Asquith
Lord Purvis of Tweed
Lord Redesdale
Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank
Baroness Sharp of Guildford
Baroness Smith of Newnham
Lord Stoneham of Droxford
Lord Stunell
Lord Taylor of Goss Moor
Baroness Thomas of Winchester
Baroness Tyler of Enfield
Lord Wallace of Saltaire
Crossbench Votes with the Government
Lord Armstrong of Ilminster
Lord Boyce
Lord Greenway
Lord Pannick
Crossbench Votes against the Government
Lord Aberdare
Lord Alton of Liverpool
Lord Best
Lord Bilimoria
Earl Clancarty
Viscount Colville of Culross
Baroness Coussins
Viscount Craigavon
Lord Eames
Earl Erroll
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
Lord Freyberg
Lord Hameed
Lord Hannay of Chiswick
Baroness Hollins
Baroness Howe of Idlicote
Lord Kerr of Kinlochard
Lord Kilclooney
Lord Low of Dalston
Baroness Masham of Ilton
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin
Lord Northbourne
Lord Patel
Lord Ramsbotham
Lord Rowe-Beddoe
Earl Sandwich
Lord St John of Bletso
Baroness Stern
Lord Walpole
Baroness Young of Hornsey
Lord Paddick
Baroness Randerson
Lord Rennard
Baroness Scott of Needham Market
Baroness Sheehan
Lord Steel of Aikwood
Lord Storey
Baroness Suttie
Lord Teverson
Lord Tope
Lord Verjee
Baroness Walmsley
Lord Dannatt
Duke of Somerset
Lord Berkeley of Knighton
Baroness Campbell of Surbiton
Lord Condon
Lord Cromwell
Viscount Falkland
Baroness Grey-Thompson
Earl Hay of Kinnoull
Lord Jay of Ewelme
Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho
Baroness Meacher
Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve
Lord Rees of Ludlow
Viscount Slim
Lord Thurlow
Bishop Votes with the Government
Bishop Votes against the Government
Bishop of Carlisle
Bishop of Chester
Bishop of Portsmouth
Bishop of St Albans
Bishop of Durham
Bishop of Worcester
Other Votes with the Government
Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
Other Votes against the Government
Lord Ahmed
Lord Bhatia
Lord Dykes
Lord McKenzie of Luton
Lord Warner
Lord Wigley
Lord Browne of Belmont
Lord Stoddart of Swindon
Ref:
1955