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into two streams in each lobby. 1 They must give their names to the
Clerks. Members do not bow to the Tellers. 2
7.12 At the end of eight minutes from the time when the Bar is
ordered to be cleared, or longer at the discretion of the Lord on the
Woolsack or in the Chair, 3 the House or Committee is again informed of
the Question which is the subject of the division. The doors of the
Chamber are locked; and from that moment only members who are
already in the Chamber or the lobbies may vote. When the Tellers are
satisfied that all members who wish to vote in their respective lobbies
have done so, they return to the Table. They tell the Clerk how many
votes they have recorded. The Clerk adds the vote of the Lord on the
Woolsack or in the Chair, and any member voting in the Chamber, and
hands the result to one of the Tellers for the winning side. That Teller
gives it to the Lord on the Woolsack or in the Chair who reads it to the
House or Committee in this form:
“There have voted:
Content: —
Not-content:—
And so the Contents [Not-contents] have it.”
7.13 The three other Tellers remain at the Table until the numbers
have been announced, at which point all four hand back their wands.
7.14 For details of the procedures to be followed by Tellers, see
appendix A, page 236.
7.15 Division lists showing how members voted are published on the
parliamentary intranet and on the Internet. They are printed in Hansard
and in House of Lords Business, and are recorded in the Journals. 4
Voting in wrong lobby
7.16 If any member by mistake votes in the wrong lobby, he must wait
until the others in that lobby have voted, and then ask the Tellers not to
count his vote. The Tellers then accompany the member concerned to
1 Procedure 3rd Rpt 1992–93.
2 Procedure 1st Rpt 1969–70.
3 Procedure 2nd Rpt 1992–93.
4 SO 58.
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