The Division was the most complete on record. The House
consists of 670 Members. The Speaker, of course, did not vote, and thirteen Members were absent, four from illness (three Liberals and a Tory), and nine others (eight Liberals and a Tory). The remainder, 656 in number, voted,-341, as well as two tellers, for Lord Hartington ; and 311, as well as two tellers, for Mr. Gladstone. Of those who voted against the Bill (we now include the tellers), 250 were Tories and 93 Liberals ; of those who voted in favour of it (also, of course, including the tellers), 228 were Liberals and 85 Parnellites. Of the 62 Scotch Liberals, 23 voted against the Bill and 1 absented him- self. Of the 27 Welsh Liberals, 7 voted against the Bill and 1 absented himself. Of the 244 English Liberals, 63 voted against the Bill and 5 were absent. Thus, in England separately, rather more than a quarter of the professed Liberals were opposed to the Bill ; also in Wales separately, rather more than a quarter ; and in Scotland separately, rather more than a third. It is somewhat significant that in that part of the Kingdom which is most decisively Liberal and most emphatically Gladstonian, the proportion of opponents to the Bill was largest of all.
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