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Division 50 · 7 July 2026

Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners

Opposition Crime / Justice

What this vote was about

On an Opposition day, the Conservatives moved a motion calling on the Government to exclude offenders convicted of sexual offences, including rape and offences against children, from the automatic early release provisions of the Sentencing Act 2026, and to legislate to do so immediately. The Government did not contest the motion, and it passed unopposed.

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AI-generated from the official voting record.

At a glance

The largest Aye bloc was Conservative with 91 votes. The largest No bloc was Conservative with 2 votes. There were 2 rebel votes, MPs voting against their party's majority. The 530 MPs who did not vote outnumbered the margin, enough to have changed the result. This motion was proposed by Nick Timothy. This division took place during a debate on Early Release of Prisoners.

115

Ayes

0

Noes

Passed

Result

120

Voted

Passed by 115 Ayes 115 / Noes 0

Party breakdown

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Party Party position Ayes Noes Total
Con Conservative Voted Aye 2 rebels 91 2 117
Lab Labour Voted Aye 11 0 361
Ind Independent No party whip 4 0 12
DUP Democratic Unionist Party Voted Aye 4 0 5
PC Plaid Cymru Voted Aye 4 0 4
Green Green Party Voted Aye 3 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 43
RUK Reform UK No clear majority 0 0 8
SNP Scottish National Party No clear majority 0 0 8
SF Sinn Féin No clear majority 0 0 7
YP Your Party No clear majority 0 0 2
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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No
Did not vote

Individual votes

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