Government Defeat in Lords
on Business Rate Supplements Bill
Monday 08/06/2009
On 08/06/2009 the government had a defeat in the House of Lords on an
amendment to the Business Rate Supplements Bill: To require that a ballot of
businesses to approve levying a business rate supplement (BRS) is held before
all projects to be funded by a BRS, not just those where over a third of the project
is to be funded by a BRS.
This was defeat number 10 in the parliamentary session.
Breakdown of Votes
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrat
Crossbench
Bishops
Other
Total
For Govt
0
117
0
5
0
3
125
Against Govt
68
0
44
19
0
1
132
Total
68
117
44
24
0
4
257
No vote
128
96
28
178
24
13
467
Conservative Votes with the Government
Conservative Votes against the Government
Baroness Anelay of St Johns
Viscount Astor
Lord Bates
Lord Blackwell
Viscount Bridgeman
Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville
Earl Caithness
Earl Cathcart
Lord Cope of Berkeley
Earl Courtown
Lord De Mauley
Lord Dixon-Smith
Baroness Eccles of Moulton
Lord Eden of Winton
Baroness Fookes
Lord Forsyth of Drumlean
Baroness Gardner of Parkes
Lord Garel-Jones
Baroness Hanham
Lord Henley
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts
Earl Howe
Lord Howell of Guildford
Lord Jenkin of Roding
Lord Lawson of Blaby
Earl Lindsay
Lord Luke
Lord Lyell
Lord Marlesford
Lord McColl of Dulwich
Baroness Morris of Bolton
Lord Moynihan
Baroness Noakes
Earl Northesk
Earl Onslow
Lord Patten
Lord Sanderson of Bowden
Baroness Seccombe
Lord Skelmersdale
Lord Stewartby
Lord Tebbit
Viscount Trenchard
Viscount Ullswater
Baroness Verma
Baroness Warsi
Baroness Wilcox
Earl Attlee
Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone
Lord Brougham and Vaux
Lord Colwyn
Baroness Cumberlege
Viscount Eccles
Lord Elton
Lord Fowler
Lord Geddes
Lord Higgins
Lord Howe of Aberavon
Baroness Knight of Collingtree
Earl Liverpool
Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market
Duke of Montrose
Baroness Neville-Jones
Lord Norton of Louth
Lord Ryder of Wensum
Baroness Shephard of Northwold
Lord Taylor of Holbeach
Lord Trimble
Lord Waddington
Labour Votes with the Government
Lord Acton
Lord Ahmed
Lord Archer of Sandwell
Lord Berkeley
Lord Bilston
Lord Bragg
Lord Brookman
Lord Carter of Coles
Baroness Cohen of Pimlico
Lord Cunningham of Felling
Lord Davies of Coity
Lord Evans of Temple Guiting
Lord Filkin
Baroness Gale
Baroness Golding
Baroness Gould of Potternewton
Lord Griffiths of Burry Port
Lord Hart of Chilton
Baroness Henig
Lord Hughes of Woodside
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
Lord King of West Bromwich
Lord Leitch
Lord Macdonald of Tradeston
Baroness Massey of Darwen
Lord Mitchell
Baroness Morris of Yardley
Lord Myners
Baroness Prosser
Lord Radice
Lord Richard
Lord Rowlands
Lord Sewel
Lord Soley
Baroness Taylor of Bolton
Lord Tomlinson
Baroness Vadera
Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe
Baroness Wilkins
Baroness Adams of Craigielea
Baroness Amos
Lord Bach
Lord Bernstein of Craigweil
Baroness Blood
Lord Brett
Lord Brooks of Tremorfa
Lord Clark of Windermere
Lord Corbett of Castle Vale
Lord Davies of Oldham
Lord Dubs
Lord Evans of Parkside
Lord Foster of Bishop Auckland
Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen
Lord Gordon of Strathblane
Lord Gould of Brookwood
Lord Grocott
Lord Haskel
Lord Howarth of Newport
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
Lord Jones
Lord Kirkhill
Lord Lipsey
Lord Mackenzie of Framwellgate
Lord Maxton
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin
Lord Morris of Aberavon
Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan
Lord Puttnam
Lord Rea
Lord Rooker
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
Lord Sheldon
Lord Stone of Blackheath
Lord Temple-Morris
Lord Tunnicliffe
Baroness Wall of New Barnet
Baroness Whitaker
Lord Woolmer of Leeds
Lord Adonis
Lord Anderson of Swansea
Lord Bassam of Brighton
Baroness Billingham
Lord Borrie
Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
Lord Campbell-Savours
Lord Clinton-Davis
Baroness Crawley
Lord Davies of Abersoch
Lord Elder
Lord Faulkner of Worcester
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
Lord Giddens
Baroness Goudie
Lord Graham of Edmonton
Lord Harris of Haringey
Lord Haworth
Baroness Howells of St Davids
Lord Janner of Braunstone
Lord Jordan
Lord Lea of Crondall
Lord Lofthouse of Pontefract
Lord Mandelson
Lord McKenzie of Luton
Baroness Morgan of Huyton
Lord Morris of Handsworth
Lord Patel of Blackburn
Baroness Quin
Baroness Rendell of Babergh
Lord Rosser
Lord Sawyer
Viscount Simon
Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean
Baroness Thornton
Baroness Uddin
Lord Warner
Lord Whitty
Lord Young of Norwood Green
Labour Votes against the Government
Liberal Democrat Votes with the Government
Liberal Democrat Votes against the Government
Lord Addington
Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon Baroness Barker
Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury Lord Chidgey
Lord Clement-Jones
Lord Cotter
Lord Dholakia
Lord Dykes
Viscount Falkland
Baroness Falkner of Margravine
Baroness Garden of Frognal
Earl Glasgow
Lord Goodhart
Lord Greaves
Baroness Hamwee
Baroness Harris of Richmond
Lord Hooson
Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope
Lord Lee of Trafford
Lord Livsey of Talgarth
Baroness Maddock
Lord McNally
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer
Baroness Neuberger
Lord Newby
Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne
Baroness Northover
Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay
Lord Redesdale
Lord Rennard
Lord Roberts of Llandudno
Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank
Baroness Scott of Needham Market
Lord Shutt of Greetland
Lord Steel of Aikwood
Lord Taverne
Baroness Thomas of Winchester
Lord Thomas of Gresford
Baroness Thomas of Walliswood
Baroness Tonge
Lord Tope
Lord Tordoff
Baroness Walmsley
Crossbench Votes with the Government
Lord Best
Lord Elystan-Morgan
Lord Kilclooney
Lord Low of Dalston
Crossbench Votes against the Government
Viscount Colville of Culross
Lord Craig of Radley
Lord Haskins
Baroness D'Souza
Earl Erroll
Baroness Masham of Ilton
Lord Patel
Lord Rowe-Beddoe
Lord St John of Bletso
Lord Williamson of Horton
Baroness Flather
Lord Monson
Lord Ramsbotham
Lady Saltoun of Abernethy
Baroness Valentine
Baroness Howe of Idlicote
Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
Lord Rogan
Lord Skidelsky
Lord Walpole
Bishop Votes with the Government
Bishop Votes against the Government
Other Votes with the Government
Baroness Ford
Lord Smith of Finsbury
Lord Watson of Invergowrie
Other Votes against the Government
Lord Stoddart of Swindon
Ref:
1344