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Division 270 · 16 July 2025

Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025

At a glance

This division passed on 16 July 2025 by a margin of 280, with 334 Ayes and 54 Noes. The largest Aye bloc was Labour with 311 votes. The largest No bloc was Liberal Democrat with 49 votes. There was 1 rebel vote, MPs voting against their party's majority. This division took place during a debate on Competition.

334

Ayes

54

Noes

Passed

Result

388

Voted

Passed by 280 Ayes 334 / Noes 54

The motion

270|0|334|54|That the draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025, which was laid before this House on 26 June, be approved. The House divided: | Question accordingly agreed to. ||0|0

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Party breakdown

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Party Party position Ayes Noes Total
Lab Labour Voted Aye 311 0 387
LD Liberal Democrat Voted No 0 49 72
Ind Independent No party whip 9 1 16
DUP Democratic Unionist Party Voted Aye 1 rebel 4 1 5
RUK Reform UK Voted Aye 4 0 8
Green Green Party Voted Aye 4 0 4
Con Conservative Voted No 0 3 117
TUV Traditional Unionist Voice Voted Aye 1 0 1
UUP Ulster Unionist Party Voted Aye 1 0 1
Lab Labour (Co-op) No clear majority 0 0 13
SNP Scottish National Party No clear majority 0 0 9
SF Sinn Féin No clear majority 0 0 7
PC Plaid Cymru No clear majority 0 0 4
SDLP Social Democratic & Labour Party No clear majority 0 0 2
YP Your Party No clear majority 0 0 1
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

"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.

Aye
No
Did not vote

Individual votes

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