Well considering you only had 8 out of 21 nobles protesting, that means there was at least 13 that wasn't.
Well, there was you and your little friend Commius, and probably Tarajist, who were obviously on your side.
Of the other 18, I dare say a good percentage either didn't have chance to protest before you were protested out, were on the fence as to whether you should go or not, or just didn't care one way or the other.
It's not like lots of people were speaking up to support you.
