Government Defeat in Lords on Pensions Bill Wednesday 11/07/2007 On 11/07/2007 the government had a defeat in the House of Lords on an amendment to the Pensions Bill: To add a clause specifying that the Act will be subject to post-legislative scrutiny four years after it is passed. This was defeat number 37 in the parliamentary session. Breakdown of Votes Conservative Labour Liberal Democrat Crossbench Bishops Other Total For Govt 0 129 0 9 0 0 138 Against Govt 72 0 43 23 0 3 141 Total 72 129 43 32 0 3 279 No vote 132 87 34 171 26 10 460 Conservative Votes with the Government Conservative Votes against the Government Lord Astor of Hever Lord Blackwell Baroness Byford Lord Campbell of Alloway Lord Colwyn Lord Cope of Berkeley Baroness Cumberlege Lord De Mauley Earl Dundee Baroness Eccles of Moulton Lord Elliott of Morpeth Baroness Flather Lord Geddes Lord Glentoran Lord Hamilton of Epsom Baroness Hanham Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts Earl Howe Lord Howell of Guildford Lord Hunt of Wirral Lord James of Blackheath Lord Kimball Baroness Knight of Collingtree Lord Lang of Monkton Lord Marlesford Lord McAlpine of West Green Baroness Miller of Hendon Duke of Montrose Lord Newton of Braintree Baroness Noakes Baroness O'Cathain Lord Parkinson Lord Plumb Lord Rees Lord Roberts of Conwy Baroness Seccombe Lord Shaw of Northstead Lord Sheikh Lord Skelmersdale Lord Soulsby of Swaffham Prior Lord Strathclyde Lord Swinfen Lord Taylor of Holbeach Viscount Trenchard Viscount Ullswater Baroness Verma Lord Wade of Chorlton Baroness Wilcox Lord Bowness Earl Cathcart Lord Crickhowell Lord Dean of Harptree Viscount Eccles Lord Fowler Lord Goodlad Lord Higgins Lord Howe of Aberavon Lord Inglewood Lord Kingsland Lord Lawson of Blaby Lord McColl of Dulwich Baroness Morris of Bolton Lord Norton of Louth Lord Pilkington of Oxenford Lord Renton of Mount Harry Lord Selsdon Baroness Shephard of Northwold Lord St John of Fawsley Lord Taylor of Warwick Lord Trimble Lord Waddington Lord Windlesham Labour Votes with the Government Baroness Adams of Craigielea Lord Alli Baroness Andrews Lord Bach Lord Berkeley Baroness Billingham Lord Borrie Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe Lord Burlison Lord Christopher Lord Clinton-Davis Lord Cunningham of Felling Lord Davies of Coity Lord Dixon Lord Elder Lord Falconer of Thoroton Lord Filkin Baroness Gale Baroness Golding Lord Gould of Brookwood Lord Harris of Haringey Lord Haworth Baroness Howells of St Davids Lord Hughes of Woodside Lord Irvine of Lairg Baroness Jones of Whitchurch Lord Kirkhill Lord Lofthouse of Pontefract Lord Maxton Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall Lord Moonie Baroness Morgan of Drefelin Lord Patel of Blackburn Baroness Prosser Lord Randall of St Budeaux Lord Rowlands Baroness Scotland of Asthal Baroness Smith of Gilmorehill Baroness Taylor of Bolton Lord Truscott Baroness Vadera Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe Baroness Wilkins Lord Adonis Baroness Amos Lord Archer of Sandwell Lord Barnett Lord Bernstein of Craigweil Lord Bilston Lord Boyd of Duncansby Lord Brookman Lord Campbell-Savours Lord Clark of Windermere Lord Corbett of Castle Vale Baroness David Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde Lord Donoughue Lord Evans of Temple Guiting Baroness Falkender Baroness Ford Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen Lord Gordon of Strathblane Lord Graham of Edmonton Lord Harrison Baroness Henig Lord Howie of Troon Lord Hunt of Chesterton Lord Janner of Braunstone Lord Jordan Lord Lea of Crondall Lord Mackenzie of Framwellgate Baroness McDonagh Lord McKenzie of Luton Lord Morgan Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan Lord Pendry Baroness Quin Baroness Rendell of Babergh Baroness Royall of Blaisdon Lord Sheldon Lord Snape Baroness Thornton Lord Tunnicliffe Lord Varley Lord West of Spithead Lord Williams of Elvel Lord Ahmed Lord Anderson of Swansea Baroness Ashton of Upholland Lord Bassam of Brighton Lord Bhattacharyya Baroness Blackstone Lord Bradley Lord Brooks of Tremorfa Viscount Chandos Lord Clarke of Hampstead Baroness Crawley Lord Davies of Oldham Lord Desai Lord Dubs Lord Evans of Parkside Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton Lord Foster of Bishop Auckland Lord Gilbert Baroness Gould of Potternewton Lord Grocott Lord Hart of Chilton Baroness Hilton of Eggardon Lord Hoyle Lord Hunt of Kings Heath Baroness Jay of Paddington Lord King of West Bromwich Lord Lipsey Baroness Massey of Darwen Lord McIntosh of Haringey Lord Mitchell Baroness Morgan of Huyton Lord Parekh Baroness Pitkeathley Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale Lord Rooker Lord Sawyer Viscount Simon Lord Taylor of Blackburn Lord Tomlinson Baroness Turner of Camden Lord Warner Baroness Whitaker Lord Woolmer of Leeds Labour Votes against the Government Liberal Democrat Votes with the Government Liberal Democrat Votes against the Government Lord Addington Lord Avebury Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury Lord Burnett Lord Clement-Jones Lord Cotter Viscount Falkland Earl Glasgow Lord Greaves Baroness Hamwee Lord Jones of Cheltenham Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope Lord Maclennan of Rogart Baroness Maddock Baroness Barker Lord Chidgey Lord Dykes Lord Goodhart Baroness Harris of Richmond Lord Lee of Trafford Lord McNally Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer Baroness Northover Lord Roberts of Llandudno Baroness Scott of Needham Market Baroness Thomas of Walliswood Baroness Tonge Lord Tyler Baroness Williams of Crosby Baroness Neuberger Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay Lord Roper Lord Smith of Clifton Baroness Thomas of Winchester Lord Tope Lord Wallace of Saltaire Crossbench Votes with the Government Lord Dearing Baroness D'Souza Lord Harries of Pentregarth Lord Joffe Lord Krebs Lord Moser Crossbench Votes against the Government Lord Bridges Viscount Brookeborough Lord Chorley Baroness Coussins Lord Crisp Baroness Darcy de Knayth Baroness Finlay of Llandaff Lord Freyberg Lord Hylton Earl Listowel Lord Monson Lord Palmer Lady Saltoun of Abernethy Baroness Stern Lord Walton of Detchant Lord Williamson of Horton Lord Newby Lord Razzall Lord Sandberg Lord Thomas of Gresford Lord Thomson of Monifieth Lord Tordoff Baroness Walmsley Lord Hannay of Chiswick Lord Kilclooney Lord Patel Lord Cameron of Dillington Viscount Craigavon Earl Erroll Baroness Howe of Idlicote Baroness Masham of Ilton Lord Ramsbotham Lord Tombs Bishop Votes with the Government Bishop Votes against the Government Other Votes with the Government Other Votes against the Government Lord Beaumont of Whitley Baroness Cox Lord Stoddart of Swindon Ref: 1154