The House of Commons is not currently sitting. Next scheduled business: Monday 12 October 2026.

Division 488 · 15 April 2026

Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106

What this vote was about

This vote approved the Government's amendments offered in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 to the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill, on the use of mobile phones in schools. Rather than a statutory ban, the Government's approach requires schools to "have regard to" guidance on phones. Critics argued this was too weak. MPs approved the amendments in lieu.

Read the full debate in Hansard →

AI-generated from the official voting record.

At a glance

The largest Aye bloc was Labour with 247 votes. The largest No bloc was Conservative with 80 votes. There were 4 rebel votes, MPs voting against their party's majority. The 256 MPs who did not vote outnumbered the margin, enough to have changed the result. This motion was proposed by The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education. This division took place during a debate on Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.

248

Ayes

139

Noes

Passed

Result

394

Voted

Passed by 109 Ayes 248 / Noes 139

Party breakdown

Click a row to filter votes below by that party.

Party Party position Ayes Noes Total
Lab Labour Voted Aye 4 rebels 247 4 390
Con Conservative Voted No 0 80 116
LD Liberal Democrat Voted No 0 51 72
Ind Independent No party whip 1 5 11
Green Green Party Voted No 0 4 5
DUP Democratic Unionist Party Voted No 0 1 5
YP Your Party Voted No 0 1 1
Lab Labour (Co-op) No clear majority 0 0 15
SNP Scottish National Party No clear majority 0 0 9
RUK Reform UK No clear majority 0 0 8
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
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
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.

Aye
No
Did not vote

Individual votes

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

FAQs

What was the result of this Commons division?

This division passed, with 248 Ayes and 139 Noes. Source

What is a Commons division?

A Commons division is a recorded vote in the House of Commons where MPs are recorded as voting Aye or No. Source

How many MPs voted in this division?

394 MPs have an imported recorded vote for this division. Source

What does did not vote mean on this division?

Did not vote means there is no imported Aye or No vote for that MP in this division. It does not by itself explain the reason. Source

What does rebel mean on this division?

Rebel means the MP's recorded vote differed from the majority recorded vote of their party in this division. Independent and Speaker roles are not labelled as rebels because they do not have a party whip. Source

What does party position mean on this division?

Party position is the direction the majority of a party's voting members took in this division, Aye or No. Parliament does not publish official whipping instructions, so this is derived from the recorded votes rather than from a stated whip. Source

Where does this division data come from?

This division and its vote records come from the Commons Votes API. Source

What bill is this division about?

This division has not been linked to a specific bill. Not all divisions relate to bills, some are Opposition Day motions, procedural votes, or other business. Source

New to Commons votes? Read what "Aye" and "No" mean, including how a division works and why some MPs have no vote recorded.

Embed this vote

Free to embed on your own site or blog, paste this where you want the result card for this Commons vote to appear. It links back here so readers can see how every MP voted. More on the API & embeds page.