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Division 184 · 30 April 2025

Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-Sentence Reports) Bill: Amendment 3

Government Bill Crime / Justice

What this vote was about

The Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-Sentence Reports) Bill stops the Sentencing Council's guidelines from steering courts towards ordering a pre-sentence report based on an offender's personal characteristics such as ethnicity, culture or faith. Amendment 3 was an Opposition amendment moved on behalf of the shadow Justice Secretary, which would have required the Sentencing Council to obtain the consent of the Secretary of State before issuing definitive sentencing guidelines on pre-sentence reports, allowing the minister to consent, refuse, or require changes. MPs rejected the amendment by 222 votes to 86, so it was not added to the Bill.

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AI-generated from the official voting record.

At a glance

The largest Aye bloc was Conservative with 84 votes. The largest No bloc was Labour with 210 votes. The 338 MPs who did not vote outnumbered the margin, enough to have changed the result. This motion was proposed by Sir Jeremy Wright. This division took place during a debate on Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Bill. This division is linked to the Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Act 2025 (Government Bill).

86

Ayes

222

Noes

Rejected

Result

311

Voted

Rejected by 136 Ayes 86 / Noes 222

Bill context

Party breakdown

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Party Party position Ayes Noes Total
Lab Labour Voted No 0 210 388
Con Conservative Voted Aye 84 0 121
Ind Independent No party whip 0 7 16
PC Plaid Cymru Voted No 0 4 4
Green Green Party Voted No 0 3 4
DUP Democratic Unionist Party Voted Aye 2 0 5
TUV Traditional Unionist Voice Voted Aye 1 0 1
LD Liberal Democrat No clear majority 0 0 71
Lab Labour (Co-op) No clear majority 0 0 14
SNP Scottish National Party No clear majority 0 0 9
SF Sinn Féin No clear majority 0 0 7
RUK Reform UK No clear majority 0 0 3
SDLP Social Democratic & Labour Party No clear majority 0 0 2
APNI Alliance No clear majority 0 0 1
Spk Speaker No party whip 0 0 1
RB Restore Britain No clear majority 0 0 1
UUP Ulster Unionist Party No clear majority 0 0 1

"Party position" is how the majority of each party's voting members voted in this division. Parliament does not publish official whipping instructions, so this is derived from the recorded votes. "Rebels" are members who voted against their party's majority; Independent and Speaker roles have no party whip.

Constituencies coloured by how the local MP voted.

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Individual votes

MP Vote
Abtisam Mohamed No
Adam Jogee No
Adam Thompson No
Afzal Khan No
Alan Mak Aye
Alberto Costa Aye
Alex Baker No
Alex Ballinger No
Alex Burghart Aye
Alex Mayer No
Alex Norris No
Alex Sobel No
Alice Macdonald No
Alicia Kearns Aye
Alison Griffiths Aye
Alison Hume No
Amanda Hack No
Amanda Martin No
Andrew Griffith Aye
Andrew Gwynne No
Andrew Ranger No
Andrew Rosindell Aye
Andrew Western No
Andy Slaughter No
Ann Davies No
Anna Dixon No
Anna McMorrin No Teller
Anna Turley No
Anneliese Dodds No
Anneliese Midgley No
Aphra Brandreth Aye
Apsana Begum No
Ayoub Khan No
Baggy Shanker No
Bambos Charalambous No
Barry Gardiner No
Ben Goldsborough No
Ben Lake No
Ben Obese-Jecty Aye
Bill Esterson No
Blake Stephenson Aye
Bob Blackman Aye
Bradley Thomas Aye
Brian Leishman No
Callum Anderson No
Carla Denyer No
Carolyn Harris No
Cat Eccles No
Cat Smith No
Catherine Atkinson No
Catherine Fookes No
Catherine McKinnell No
Catherine West No
Charlie Dewhirst Aye
Chris Curtis No
Chris Elmore No
Chris Evans No
Chris Hinchliff No
Chris Kane No
Chris McDonald No
Chris Philp Aye
Chris Ward No
Claire Coutinho Aye
Claire Hughes No
Clive Efford No
Dame Caroline Dinenage Aye
Dame Chi Onwurah No
Dame Diana Johnson No
Dame Harriett Baldwin Aye
Dame Karen Bradley Aye
Dame Meg Hillier No
Dame Nia Griffith No
Damian Hinds Aye
Dan Carden No
Dan Tomlinson No
Daniel Francis No
Danny Beales No
Danny Kruger Aye
David Burton-Sampson No
David Davis Aye
David Mundell Aye
David Pinto-Duschinsky No
David Reed Aye
Debbie Abrahams No
Deirdre Costigan No
Derek Twigg No
Douglas McAllister No
Dr Allison Gardner No
Dr Andrew Murrison Aye
Dr Beccy Cooper No
Dr Caroline Johnson Aye
Dr Ellie Chowns No
Dr Kieran Mullan Aye
Dr Lauren Sullivan No
Dr Luke Evans Aye
Dr Neil Hudson Aye
Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst Aye
Dr Peter Prinsley No
Dr Simon Opher No
Dr Zubir Ahmed No
Edward Argar Aye
Emily Darlington No
Emma Lewell No
Esther McVey Aye
Euan Stainbank No
Fabian Hamilton No
Florence Eshalomi No
Frank McNally No
Gareth Bacon Aye
Gareth Davies Aye
Gareth Snell No
Gareth Thomas No
Gerald Jones No
Gill Furniss No
Gill German No
Graeme Downie No
Graham Stringer No
Greg Smith Aye
Gregor Poynton No
Gregory Stafford Aye
Gurinder Singh Josan No
Harpreet Uppal No
Harriet Cross Aye
Helena Dollimore No
Henry Tufnell No
Hilary Benn No
Ian Murray No
Jack Abbott No
Jack Rankin Aye
Jade Botterill No
James Asser No
James Cartlidge Aye
James Murray No
James Wild Aye
Jas Athwal No
Jen Craft No
Jenny Riddell-Carpenter No
Jeremy Corbyn No
Jerome Mayhew Aye Teller
Jess Asato No
Jessica Morden No
Jim Allister Aye
Jim Dickson No
Jim McMahon No
Jim Shannon Aye
Jo Platt No
Jo Stevens No
Joani Reid No
Joe Powell No
Johanna Baxter No
John Cooper Aye
John Glen Aye
John Grady No
John Lamont Aye
John McDonnell No
John Slinger No
Josh Dean No
Josh MacAlister No
Josh Simons No
Joy Morrissey Aye
Julia Buckley No
Julia Lopez Aye
Justin Madders No
Kanishka Narayan No
Karin Smyth No
Karl Turner No
Kate Osamor No
Katie Lam Aye
Katie White No
Katrina Murray No
Keir Mather No
Kevin Bonavia No
Kevin McKenna No
Kim Leadbeater No
Kirith Entwistle No
Kirsteen Sullivan No
Kit Malthouse Aye
Lauren Edwards No
Lewis Atkinson No
Liam Byrne No
Liam Conlon No
Lilian Greenwood No
Lillian Jones No
Liz Saville Roberts No
Liz Twist No
Llinos Medi No
Lola McEvoy No
Lucy Powell No
Luke Murphy No
Luke Myer No
Luke Pollard No
Margaret Mullane No
Mark Ferguson No
Mark Garnier Aye
Mark Sewards No
Markus Campbell-Savours No
Marsha De Cordova No
Martin Rhodes No
Martin Vickers Aye
Matt Turmaine No
Matt Western No
Matthew Pennycook No
Maureen Burke No
Melanie Onn No
Michael Wheeler No
Michelle Scrogham No
Mike Wood Aye
Mims Davies Aye
Mohammad Yasin No
Mr Calvin Bailey No
Mr Clive Betts No
Mr James Frith No
Mr Louie French Aye
Mr Luke Charters No
Mr Paul Foster No
Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi No
Mrs Elsie Blundell No
Mrs Sharon Hodgson No
Ms Abena Oppong-Asare No
Ms Julie Minns No
Ms Stella Creasy No
Nadia Whittome No
Natasha Irons No
Naz Shah No
Neil Coyle No
Neil Duncan-Jordan No
Neil O'Brien Aye
Nick Timothy Aye
Oliver Ryan No
Pam Cox No
Pamela Nash No
Patricia Ferguson No
Paul Davies No
Paul Holmes Aye
Paul Waugh No
Paula Barker No
Peter Fortune Aye
Peter Lamb No
Peter Swallow No
Phil Brickell No
Preet Kaur Gill No
Rachael Maskell No
Rachel Blake No
Rachel Hopkins No
Rebecca Harris Aye
Rebecca Paul Aye
Rebecca Smith Aye Teller
Richard Baker No
Richard Burgon No
Richard Fuller Aye
Richard Quigley No
Robbie Moore Aye
Robert Jenrick Aye
Ruth Cadbury No
Ruth Jones No
Sadik Al-Hassan No
Sammy Wilson Aye
Saqib Bhatti Aye
Sarah Bool Aye
Sarah Champion No
Sarah Coombes No
Sarah Edwards No
Satvir Kaur No
Sean Woodcock No
Seema Malhotra No
Shabana Mahmood No
Shivani Raja Aye
Siân Berry No
Simon Hoare Aye
Sir Alec Shelbrooke Aye
Sir Ashley Fox Aye
Sir Bernard Jenkin Aye
Sir Desmond Swayne Aye
Sir Gavin Williamson Aye
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Aye
Sir Iain Duncan Smith Aye
Sir John Hayes Aye
Sir John Whittingdale Aye
Sir Julian Lewis Aye
Sir Julian Smith Aye
Sir Mel Stride Aye
Sir Nicholas Dakin No
Sir Oliver Dowden Aye
Sir Roger Gale Aye
Sojan Joseph No
Sonia Kumar No
Stephen Doughty No
Stephen Kinnock No
Stephen Morgan No
Steve Witherden No
Steve Yemm No
Stuart Anderson Aye
Suella Braverman Aye
Tahir Ali No
Taiwo Owatemi No Teller
Tim Roca No
Tom Collins No
Tom Rutland No
Tom Tugendhat Aye
Tonia Antoniazzi No
Tony Vaughan No
Torcuil Crichton No
Tracy Gilbert No
Tulip Siddiq No
Uma Kumaran No
Vicky Foxcroft No
Warinder Juss No
Wendy Morton Aye
Will Stone No
Yuan Yang No
Zarah Sultana No
Adam Dance —
Adrian Ramsay —
Al Carns —
Alan Gemmell —
Alan Strickland —
Alex Brewer —
Alex Davies-Jones —
Alex Easton —
Alex McIntyre —
Alison Bennett —
Alison McGovern —
Alison Taylor —
Alistair Strathern —
Andrew Bowie —
Andrew Cooper —
Andrew George —
Andrew Lewin —
Andrew Pakes —
Andy MacNae —
Andy McDonald —
Angela Rayner —
Anna Gelderd —
Anna Sabine —
Antonia Bance —
Ashley Dalton —
Becky Gittins —
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Ben Coleman —
Ben Maguire —
Blair McDougall —
Bobby Dean —
Brendan O'Hara —
Brian Mathew —
Bridget Phillipson —
Calum Miller —
Cameron Thomas —
Carla Lockhart —
Caroline Nokes —
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Charlie Maynard —
Charlotte Cane —
Charlotte Nichols —
Chris Bloore —
Chris Bryant —
Chris Coghlan —
Chris Hazzard —
Chris Law —
Chris Murray —
Chris Vince —
Chris Webb —
Christian Wakeford —
Christine Jardine —
Claire Hanna —
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Claire Young —
Clive Jones —
Clive Lewis —
Colum Eastwood —
Connor Naismith —
Dáire Hughes —
Daisy Cooper —
Dame Angela Eagle —
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Damien Egan —
Dan Aldridge —
Dan Jarvis —
Dan Norris —
Daniel Zeichner —
Darren Jones —
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Dave Doogan —
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David Taylor —
David Williams —
Dawn Butler —
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Dr Danny Chambers —
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Dr Marie Tidball —
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan —
Dr Roz Savage —
Dr Rupa Huq —
Dr Sam Rushworth —
Dr Scott Arthur —
Ed Davey —
Ed Miliband —
Edward Morello —
Elaine Stewart —
Ellie Reeves —
Emily Thornberry —
Emma Foody —
Emma Hardy —
Emma Reynolds —
Feryal Clark —
Fleur Anderson —
Fred Thomas —
Freddie van Mierlo —
Gavin Robinson —
Gen Kitchen —
George Freeman —
Georgia Gould —
Gideon Amos —
Gordon McKee —
Graham Leadbitter —
Graham Stuart —
Grahame Morris —
Heidi Alexander —
Helen Grant —
Helen Hayes —
Helen Maguire —
Helen Morgan —
Helen Whately —
Ian Byrne —
Ian Lavery —
Ian Roome —
Ian Sollom —
Imogen Walker —
Imran Hussain —
Iqbal Mohamed —
Irene Campbell —
Jacob Collier —
Jake Richards —
James MacCleary —
James McMurdock —
James Naish —
Jamie Stone —
Janet Daby —
Jayne Kirkham —
Jeff Smith —
Jess Brown-Fuller —
Jess Phillips —
Jesse Norman —
Jessica Toale —
Jo White —
Jodie Gosling —
Joe Morris —
Joe Robertson —
John Finucane —
John Healey —
John Milne —
John Whitby —
Jon Pearce —
Jon Trickett —
Jonathan Davies —
Jonathan Hinder —
Jonathan Reynolds —
Josh Babarinde —
Josh Fenton-Glynn —
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Judith Cummins —
Juliet Campbell —
Kate Dearden —
Kate Osborne —
Kenneth Stevenson —
Kerry McCarthy —
Kevin Hollinrake —
Kim Johnson —
Kirsty Blackman —
Kirsty McNeill —
Laura Kyrke-Smith —
Laura Trott —
Laurence Turner —
Layla Moran —
Lee Anderson —
Lee Barron —
Lee Pitcher —
Leigh Ingham —
Lewis Cocking —
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Lisa Smart —
Liz Jarvis —
Liz Kendall —
Lizzi Collinge —
Lloyd Hatton —
Lorraine Beavers —
Louise Haigh —
Louise Sandher-Jones —
Lucy Rigby —
Luke Akehurst —
Luke Taylor —
Manuela Perteghella —
Maria Eagle —
Marie Goldman —
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Matthew Patrick —
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Maya Ellis —
Melanie Ward —
Miatta Fahnbulleh —
Michael Payne —
Michael Shanks —
Michelle Welsh —
Mike Kane —
Mike Martin —
Mike Reader —
Mike Tapp —
Monica Harding —
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Paulette Hamilton —
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Rupert Lowe —
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Sarah Dyke —
Sarah Gibson —
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Sarah Hall —
Sarah Jones —
Sarah Olney —
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Sarah Russell —
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Simon Lightwood —
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Tom Hayes —
Tom Morrison —
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