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Division 305 · 16 September 2025

Child poverty strategy (removal of two child limit): Ten Minute Rule Motion

What this vote was about

This was a Ten Minute Rule Motion moved by SNP MP Kirsty Blackman (Aberdeen North), asking for permission to introduce a Bill that would require the Government to publish a child poverty strategy including plans to remove the "two-child limit", the rule that caps Universal Credit support at the first two children in a family. Conservative MP Peter Bedford spoke against it. MPs granted permission by 89 votes to 79. In practical terms this vote does not change the law or scrap the two-child limit; it only allows the Bill to be formally introduced and given a First Reading, with any real change depending on it later passing all the usual parliamentary stages (a Second Reading was set for 7 November 2025), which such backbench bills rarely complete.

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AI-generated from the official voting record.

At a glance

This was a close vote. The largest Aye bloc was Liberal Democrat with 60 votes. The largest No bloc was Conservative with 77 votes. There was 1 rebel vote, MPs voting against their party's majority. The 477 MPs who did not vote outnumbered the margin, enough to have changed the result. This motion was proposed by Kirsty Blackman. This division took place during a debate on Child Poverty Strategy (Removal of Two Child Limit).

89

Ayes

79

Noes

Passed

Result

173

Voted

Passed by 10 Ayes 89 / Noes 79

Party breakdown

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Party Party position Ayes Noes Total
Con Conservative Voted No 0 77 117
LD Liberal Democrat Voted Aye 1 rebel 60 1 71
Ind Independent No party whip 8 1 18
SNP Scottish National Party Voted Aye 8 0 9
Lab Labour Voted Aye 7 0 359
Green Green Party Voted Aye 3 0 4
PC Plaid Cymru Voted Aye 3 0 4
SDLP Social Democratic & Labour Party Voted Aye 2 0 2
DUP Democratic Unionist Party Voted Aye 1 0 5
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 42
RUK Reform UK No clear majority 0 0 7
SF Sinn Féin No clear majority 0 0 7
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.

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Individual votes

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