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Division 432 · 23 February 2026

Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill Committee: New Clause 3

What this vote was about

During committee stage of the Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill, this new clause would have required the Government to review the Act's effect on child poverty, destitution and deep poverty among households with children within 12 months. MPs rejected it.

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AI-generated from the official voting record.

At a glance

The largest Aye bloc was Liberal Democrat with 53 votes. The largest No bloc was Labour with 287 votes. The 284 MPs who did not vote outnumbered the margin, enough to have changed the result. This motion was proposed by Sir Stephen Timms. This division took place during a debate on Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill.

73

Ayes

256

Noes

Rejected

Result

365

Voted

Rejected by 183 Ayes 73 / Noes 256

Party breakdown

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Party Party position Ayes Noes Total
Lab Labour Voted No 0 287 388
LD Liberal Democrat Voted Aye 53 0 71
Ind Independent No party whip 3 3 13
SNP Scottish National Party Voted Aye 6 0 9
PC Plaid Cymru Voted Aye 4 0 4
DUP Democratic Unionist Party Voted Aye 3 0 5
Green Green Party Voted Aye 3 0 4
Con Conservative Voted Aye 1 0 117
UUP Ulster Unionist Party Voted Aye 1 0 1
YP Your Party Voted Aye 1 0 1
Lab Labour (Co-op) No clear majority 0 0 15
RUK Reform UK No clear majority 0 0 8
SF Sinn Féin No clear majority 0 0 7
SDLP Social Democratic & Labour Party No clear majority 0 0 2
TUV Traditional Unionist Voice 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 No
Adam Jogee No
Adam Thompson No
Al Carns No
Alan Gemmell No
Alex Ballinger No
Alex Brewer Aye
Alex Davies-Jones No
Alex Easton Aye
Alex Mayer No
Alex McIntyre No
Alex Norris No
Alice Macdonald No
Alison Bennett Aye
Alison Hume No
Alistair Strathern No
Amanda Hack No
Amanda Martin No
Andrew Cooper No
Andrew George Aye
Andrew Pakes No
Andrew Ranger No
Andy McDonald No
Andy Slaughter No
Angela Rayner No
Ann Davies Aye
Anna Dixon No
Anna McMorrin No
Anna Sabine Aye
Anneliese Dodds No
Apsana Begum No
Ashley Dalton No
Baggy Shanker No
Bambos Charalambous No
Barry Gardiner No
Becky Gittins No
Bell Ribeiro-Addy No
Ben Coleman No
Ben Goldsborough No
Ben Lake Aye
Ben Maguire Aye
Bill Esterson No
Blair McDougall No
Brendan O'Hara Aye
Brian Leishman No
Brian Mathew Aye
Callum Anderson No
Calum Miller Aye
Carla Denyer Aye
Carla Lockhart Aye
Caroline Voaden Aye
Carolyn Harris No
Catherine Atkinson No
Catherine Fookes No
Catherine McKinnell No
Catherine West No
Charlie Maynard Aye
Charlotte Cane Aye Teller
Charlotte Nichols No
Chris Bloore No
Chris Bryant No
Chris Coghlan Aye
Chris Curtis No
Chris Elmore No
Chris Evans No
Chris Hinchliff No
Chris McDonald No
Chris Murray No
Chris Vince No
Chris Ward No
Chris Webb No
Christian Wakeford No
Christine Jardine Aye
Claire Hazelgrove No
Claire Hughes No
Claire Young Aye
Clive Efford No
Clive Jones Aye
Clive Lewis No
Dame Angela Eagle No
Dame Diana Johnson No
Dame Meg Hillier No
Dame Siobhain McDonagh No
Damien Egan No
Dan Carden No
Dan Jarvis No
Dan Norris No
Dan Tomlinson No
Daniel Francis No
Darren Jones No
Darren Paffey No
Dave Doogan Aye
Dave Robertson No
David Baines No
David Chadwick Aye
David Pinto-Duschinsky No
David Smith No
David Williams No
Dawn Butler No
Debbie Abrahams No
Douglas McAllister No
Dr Al Pinkerton Aye
Dr Beccy Cooper No
Dr Danny Chambers Aye
Dr Ellie Chowns Aye
Dr Jeevun Sandher No
Dr Marie Tidball No
Dr Peter Prinsley No
Dr Roz Savage Aye
Dr Rupa Huq No
Dr Sam Rushworth No
Dr Scott Arthur No
Dr Simon Opher No
Dr Zubir Ahmed No
Edward Morello Aye
Emily Darlington No
Emma Foody No
Emma Hardy No
Emma Lewell No
Emma Reynolds No
Euan Stainbank No
Fabian Hamilton No
Feryal Clark No
Fleur Anderson No
Frank McNally No
Gavin Robinson Aye
Gen Kitchen No
Gerald Jones No
Gideon Amos Aye
Gill Furniss No
Gordon McKee No
Graham Leadbitter Aye
Grahame Morris No
Gregor Poynton No
Gurinder Singh Josan No
Harpreet Uppal No
Heidi Alexander No
Helen Maguire Aye
Henry Tufnell No
Hilary Benn No
Ian Byrne No
Ian Lavery No
Ian Murray No
Ian Roome Aye
Ian Sollom Aye
Imogen Walker No Teller
Imran Hussain No
Jack Abbott No
James Asser No
James MacCleary Aye
James Murray No
Jamie Stone Aye
Janet Daby No
Jas Athwal No
Jayne Kirkham No
Jeff Smith No
Jen Craft No
Jeremy Corbyn Aye
Jess Asato No
Jess Brown-Fuller Aye
Jess Phillips No
Jessica Morden No
Jessica Toale No
Jim Dickson No
Jim Shannon Aye
Jo White No
Joani Reid No
Jodie Gosling No
Joe Morris No
Joe Powell No
John Grady No
John Healey No
John McDonnell No
John Milne Aye
John Slinger No
John Whitby No
Jon Pearce No
Jon Trickett No
Jonathan Davies No
Jonathan Hinder No
Jonathan Reynolds No
Josh Babarinde Aye
Josh Dean No
Josh Fenton-Glynn No
Josh MacAlister No
Josh Newbury No
Julia Buckley No
Juliet Campbell No
Justin Madders No
Karin Smyth No
Kate Dearden No
Kate Osamor No
Kate Osborne No
Katie White No
Katrina Murray No
Kerry McCarthy No
Kevin McKenna No
Kim Leadbeater No
Kirsty Blackman Aye Teller
Laurence Turner No
Layla Moran Aye
Lee Barron No
Lee Pitcher No
Leigh Ingham No
Lewis Atkinson No
Liam Byrne No
Liam Conlon No
Lilian Greenwood No
Lisa Nandy No
Liz Jarvis Aye
Liz Saville Roberts Aye
Lizzi Collinge No
Llinos Medi Aye
Lola McEvoy No
Lorraine Beavers No
Louise Haigh No
Louise Sandher-Jones No
Lucy Rigby No
Luke Akehurst No
Luke Murphy No
Luke Myer No
Luke Pollard No
Luke Taylor Aye
Manuela Perteghella Aye
Margaret Mullane No
Maria Eagle No
Marie Goldman Aye
Mark Ferguson No Teller
Mark Sewards No
Markus Campbell-Savours No
Martin McCluskey No
Martin Rhodes No
Martin Wrigley Aye
Mary Glindon No
Mary Kelly Foy No
Matt Bishop No
Matt Turmaine No
Matt Western No
Matthew Patrick No
Matthew Pennycook No
Melanie Onn No
Miatta Fahnbulleh No
Michael Shanks No
Michael Wheeler No
Michelle Welsh No
Mike Kane No
Mike Martin Aye
Mike Tapp No
Mohammad Yasin No
Monica Harding Aye
Mr Alistair Carmichael Aye
Mr Bayo Alaba No
Mr Calvin Bailey No
Mr Clive Betts No
Mr Connor Rand No
Mr Douglas Alexander No
Mr Hamish Falconer No
Mr James Frith No
Mr Jonathan Brash No
Mr Joshua Reynolds Aye
Mr Lee Dillon Aye
Mr Luke Charters No
Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi No
Mr Toby Perkins No
Mr Will Forster Aye
Ms Abena Oppong-Asare No
Ms Diane Abbott No
Ms Julie Minns No
Ms Marie Rimmer No
Natalie Fleet No
Natasha Irons No
Naushabah Khan No
Naz Shah No
Nesil Caliskan No
Nick Smith No
Nick Thomas-Symonds No
Noah Law No
Oliver Ryan No
Olivia Bailey No
Olivia Blake No
Olly Glover Aye
Pam Cox No
Pamela Nash No
Pat McFadden No
Paul Davies No
Paul Waugh No
Paula Barker No
Paulette Hamilton No
Perran Moon No
Pete Wishart Aye
Peter Dowd No
Peter Kyle No
Peter Lamb No
Peter Swallow No
Pippa Heylings Aye
Preet Kaur Gill No
Rachael Maskell No
Rachel Blake No
Rachel Hopkins No
Rachel Reeves No
Rachel Taylor No
Rebecca Long Bailey No
Richard Baker No
Richard Burgon No
Robin Swann Aye
Rushanara Ali No
Ruth Cadbury No
Ruth Jones No
Sadik Al-Hassan No
Sally Jameson No
Sam Carling No
Samantha Dixon No
Samantha Niblett No
Sarah Champion No
Sarah Coombes No
Sarah Dyke Aye
Sarah Gibson Aye
Sarah Green Aye
Sarah Jones No
Sarah Olney Aye
Sarah Russell No
Sarah Smith No
Satvir Kaur No
Sean Woodcock No
Shockat Adam Aye
Siân Berry Aye
Simon Lightwood No
Sir Alan Campbell No
Sir Christopher Chope Aye
Sir Mark Hendrick No
Sir Mark Tami No
Sir Stephen Timms No
Sojan Joseph No
Steff Aquarone Aye
Stephen Gethins Aye
Stephen Kinnock No
Steve Race No
Steve Reed No
Steve Yemm No
Sureena Brackenridge No
Susan Murray Aye
Tahir Ali No
Tessa Munt Aye
Tim Roca No
Tom Collins No
Tom Hayes No
Tom Morrison Aye
Tom Rutland No
Tonia Antoniazzi No
Tony Vaughan No
Torcuil Crichton No
Torsten Bell No
Tristan Osborne No
Tulip Siddiq No
Uma Kumaran No
Valerie Vaz No
Vicky Foxcroft No
Victoria Collins Aye
Vikki Slade Aye
Warinder Juss No
Wera Hobhouse Aye
Wes Streeting No
Will Stone No
Yuan Yang No
Zarah Sultana Aye
Adam Dance —
Adrian Ramsay —
Afzal Khan —
Alan Mak —
Alan Strickland —
Alberto Costa —
Alex Baker —
Alex Burghart —
Alex Sobel —
Alicia Kearns —
Alison Griffiths —
Alison McGovern —
Alison Taylor —
Andrew Bowie —
Andrew Griffith —
Andrew Lewin —
Andrew Rosindell —
Andrew Western —
Andy MacNae —
Anna Gelderd —
Anna Turley —
Anneliese Midgley —
Antonia Bance —
Aphra Brandreth —
Ayoub Khan —
Ben Obese-Jecty —
Blake Stephenson —
Bob Blackman —
Bobby Dean —
Bradley Thomas —
Bridget Phillipson —
Cameron Thomas —
Caroline Nokes —
Cat Eccles —
Cat Smith —
Charlie Dewhirst —
Chris Hazzard —
Chris Kane —
Chris Law —
Chris Philp —
Claire Coutinho —
Claire Hanna —
Colum Eastwood —
Connor Naismith —
Dáire Hughes —
Daisy Cooper —
Dame Caroline Dinenage —
Dame Chi Onwurah —
Dame Harriett Baldwin —
Dame Karen Bradley —
Dame Nia Griffith —
Damian Hinds —
Dan Aldridge —
Daniel Zeichner —
Danny Beales —
Danny Kruger —
David Burton-Sampson —
David Davis —
David Mundell —
David Reed —
David Simmonds —
David Taylor —
Deirdre Costigan —
Derek Twigg —
Dr Allison Gardner —
Dr Andrew Murrison —
Dr Ben Spencer —
Dr Caroline Johnson —
Dr Kieran Mullan —
Dr Lauren Sullivan —
Dr Luke Evans —
Dr Neil Hudson —
Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst —
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan —
Ed Davey —
Ed Miliband —
Edward Argar —
Elaine Stewart —
Ellie Reeves —
Emily Thornberry —
Esther McVey —
Florence Eshalomi —
Fred Thomas —
Freddie van Mierlo —
Gareth Bacon —
Gareth Davies —
Gareth Snell —
Gareth Thomas —
George Freeman —
Georgia Gould —
Gill German —
Graeme Downie —
Graham Stringer —
Graham Stuart —
Greg Smith —
Gregory Stafford —
Harriet Cross —
Helen Grant —
Helen Hayes —
Helen Morgan —
Helen Whately —
Helena Dollimore —
Iqbal Mohamed —
Irene Campbell —
Jack Rankin —
Jacob Collier —
Jade Botterill —
Jake Richards —
James Cartlidge —
James McMurdock —
James Naish —
James Wild —
Jenny Riddell-Carpenter —
Jerome Mayhew —
Jesse Norman —
Jim Allister —
Jim McMahon —
Jo Platt —
Jo Stevens —
Joe Robertson —
Johanna Baxter —
John Cooper —
John Finucane —
John Glen —
John Lamont —
Josh Simons —
Joy Morrissey —
Judith Cummins —
Julia Lopez —
Kanishka Narayan —
Karl Turner —
Katie Lam —
Keir Mather —
Kenneth Stevenson —
Kevin Bonavia —
Kevin Hollinrake —
Kim Johnson —
Kirith Entwistle —
Kirsteen Sullivan —
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Kit Malthouse —
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Lauren Edwards —
Lee Anderson —
Lewis Cocking —
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Lloyd Hatton —
Lucy Powell —
Mark Garnier —
Mark Pritchard —
Marsha De Cordova —
Martin Vickers —
Mary Creagh —
Matt Rodda —
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Maureen Burke —
Max Wilkinson —
Maya Ellis —
Melanie Ward —
Michael Payne —
Michelle Scrogham —
Mike Reader —
Mike Wood —
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Munira Wilson —
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Patrick Spencer —
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Robbie Moore —
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Rupert Lowe —
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Sarah Bool —
Sarah Edwards —
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Sarah Owen —
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Seamus Logan —
Seema Malhotra —
Shabana Mahmood —
Shaun Davies —
Shivani Raja —
Simon Hoare —
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Sir Andrew Mitchell —
Sir Ashley Fox —
Sir Bernard Jenkin —
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Sir Roger Gale —
Sonia Kumar —
Sorcha Eastwood —
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Stephen Flynn —
Stephen Morgan —
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Steve Witherden —
Stuart Anderson —
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Taiwo Owatemi —
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Tim Farron —
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Tracy Gilbert —
Victoria Atkins —
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