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10/10/02 House of Lords: Nationality, Immigration and Asylum

Deportation of asylum seekers with prison sentences

This was the third defeat in two nights on this Bill for the government. Here, peers rejected proposals to deport asylum seekers who have been given a prison sentence of two or more years for crimes committed in Britain or overseas.

The data below is available as a text file

Party               FOR         AGAINST     ABSTAIN    Total
            No.     %    No.     %    No.    % 
Labour             0    0.0    70   35.2   129   64.8   199
Conservative      34   15.5     0    0.0   186   84.5   220
Lib Dem           34   52.3     0    0.0    31   47.7    65
Cross Bench        9    5.0     0    0.0   171   95.0   180
Bishops            0    0.0     0    0.0    26  100.0    26
Other              0    0.0     1   11.1     8   88.9     9
Total             77   10.8    71   10.0   564   79.2   712

Contents

Conservative

Anelay of St Johns, B.
Attlee, E.
Blatch, B.
Bridgeman, V.
Brooke of Sutton Mandeville, L.
Brougham and Vaux, L.
Buscombe, B.
Carlisle of Bucklow, L.
Carnegy of Lour, B.
Cope of Berkeley, L.
Elton, L.
Ferrers, E.
Fookes, B.
Freeman, L.
Geddes, L.
Gray of Contin, L.
Howe of Aberavon, L.
Kingsland, L.
Lawson of Blaby, L.
Luke, L.
Lyell, L.
Mancroft, L.
Mayhew of Twysden, L.
Northesk, E.
Park of Monmouth, B.
Renfrew of Kaimsthorn, L.
Renton, L.
St John of Fawsley, L.
Seccombe, B.
Skelmersdale, L.
Tebbit, L.
Thomas of Gwydir, L.
Trumpington, B.
Waddington, L.

Lib Dem

Addington, L.
Alderdice, L.
Avebury, L.
Barker, B.
Dholakia, L.
Falkland, V.
Goodhart, L.
Greaves, L.
Hamwee, B.
Jacobs, L.
Lester of Herne Hill, L.
Mackie of Benshie, L.
Maclennan of Rogart, L.
McNally, L.
Maddock, B.
Mar and Kellie, E.
Newby, L.
Nicholson of Winterbourne, B.
Northover, B.
Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay, L.
Phillips of Sudbury, L.
Razzall, L.
Redesdale, L.
Rodgers of Quarry Bank, L.
Roper, L.
Russell, E.
Scott of Needham Market, B.
Shutt of Greetland, L.
Smith of Clifton, L.
Taverne, L.
Thomson of Monifieth, L.
Wallace of Saltaire, L.
Watson of Richmond, L.
Williams of Crosby, B.

Cross Bench

Alton of Liverpool, L.
Darcy de Knayth, B.
Freyberg, L.
Howe of Idlicote, B.
Hylton, L.
Joffe, L.
O'Neill of Bengarve, B.
Rogan, L.
St. John of Bletso, L.

Not Contents

Labour

Acton, L.
Amos, B.
Andrews, B.
Archer of Sandwell, L.
Bassam of Brighton, L.
Berkeley, L.
Bernstein of Craigweil, L.
Blackstone, B.
Borrie, L.
Brookman, L.
Burlison, L.
Carter, L.
Clarke of Hampstead, L.
Clinton-Davis, L.
Cohen of Pimlico, B.
Corbett of Castle Vale, L.
Crawley, B.
Davies of Coity, L.
Davies of Oldham, L.
Dormand of Easington, L.
Dubs, L.
Elder, L.
Evans of Parkside, L.
Evans of Temple Guiting, L.
Falconer of Thoroton, L.
Farrington of Ribbleton, B.
Faulkner of Worcester, L.
Filkin, L.
Gale, B.
Gibson of Market Rasen, B.
Gould of Potternewton, B.
Graham of Edmonton, L.
Grenfell, L.
Grocott, L.
Harris of Haringey, L.
Harrison, L.
Haskel, L.
Hayman, B.
Hilton of Eggardon, B.
Hollis of Heigham, B.
Howells of St. Davids, B.
Hoyle, L.
Hughes of Woodside, L.
Hunt of Kings Heath, L.
Janner of Braunstone, L.
Judd, L.
Kirkhill, L.
Lea of Crondall, L.
McIntosh of Haringey, L.
MacKenzie of Culkein, L.
Massey of Darwen, B.
Milner of Leeds, L.
Morgan, L.
Morris of Aberavon, L.
Morris of Manchester, L.
Pendry, L.
Prys-Davies, L.
Ramsay of Cartvale, B.
Rendell of Babergh, B.
Rooker, L.
Sawyer, L.
Scotland of Asthal, B.
Simon, V.
Stone of Blackheath, L.
Thornton, B.
Tomlinson, L.
Walker of Doncaster, L.
Whitty, L.
Williams of Mostyn, L.
Woolmer of Leeds, L.

Other

Kilclooney, L.