Division 56 · 14 July 2026

Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3

What this vote was about

This was a Liberal Democrat amendment to the Public Office (Accountability) Bill, the "Hillsborough Law" that creates a duty of candour on public authorities and officials. Amendment 3 would have added a requirement that public authorities and officials assisting an inquiry, investigation or inquest take steps to ensure that all relevant public officials can safely disclose information. 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 55 votes. The largest No bloc was Labour with 323 votes. There were 7 rebel votes, MPs voting against their party's majority. The 233 MPs who did not vote outnumbered the margin, enough to have changed the result. This division took place during a debate on Public Office (Accountability) Bill.

93

Ayes

323

Noes

Rejected

Result

417

Voted

Rejected by 230 Ayes 93 / Noes 323

Party breakdown

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Party Party position Ayes Noes Total
Lab Labour Voted No 7 rebels 7 323 399
LD Liberal Democrat Voted Aye 55 0 71
SNP Scottish National Party Voted Aye 7 0 8
Green Green Party Voted Aye 5 0 5
Ind Independent No party whip 4 0 11
RUK Reform UK Voted Aye 4 0 8
DUP Democratic Unionist Party Voted Aye 4 0 5
PC Plaid Cymru Voted Aye 4 0 4
YP Your Party Voted Aye 2 0 2
SDLP Social Democratic & Labour Party Voted Aye 1 0 2
UUP Ulster Unionist Party Voted No 0 1 1
Con Conservative No clear majority 0 0 118
SF Sinn Féin No clear majority 0 0 7
Lab Labour (Co-op) No clear majority 0 0 5
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 Dance Aye
Adam Jogee No
Adam Thompson No
Adrian Ramsay Aye
Afzal Khan No
Al Carns No
Alan Gemmell No
Alan Strickland No
Alex Baker No
Alex Ballinger No
Alex Brewer Aye
Alex Davies-Jones No
Alex Mayer No
Alex McIntyre No
Alex Norris No
Alex Sobel No
Alice Macdonald No
Alison Bennett Aye
Alison Hume No
Alison McGovern No
Alison Taylor No
Alistair Strathern No
Amanda Hack No
Andrew Cooper No
Andrew George Aye
Andrew Lewin No
Andrew Pakes No
Andrew Ranger No
Andrew Western No
Andy Burnham No
Andy MacNae No
Andy McDonald No
Andy Slaughter No
Angela Rayner No
Ann Davies Aye
Anna Dixon No
Anna McMorrin No
Anna Turley No
Anneliese Dodds No
Anneliese Midgley No
Antonia Bance No
Apsana Begum Aye
Ayoub Khan Aye
Baggy Shanker No
Bambos Charalambous No
Becky Gittins No
Bell Ribeiro-Addy Aye
Ben Goldsborough No
Ben Lake Aye
Bill Esterson No
Bobby Dean Aye
Brendan O'Hara Aye
Brian Leishman No
Brian Mathew Aye
Bridget Phillipson No
Calum Miller Aye
Cameron Thomas Aye
Carla Denyer Aye
Caroline Voaden Aye
Carolyn Harris No
Cat Eccles No
Cat Smith No
Catherine Atkinson No
Catherine Fookes No
Charlie Maynard Aye
Charlotte Cane Aye Teller
Charlotte Nichols No
Chris Bloore No
Chris Coghlan Aye
Chris Elmore No
Chris Evans No
Chris Hinchliff No
Chris Law Aye
Chris McDonald No
Chris Vince No
Chris Ward No
Chris Webb No
Christian Wakeford No
Claire Hazelgrove No
Claire Hughes No
Claire Young Aye Teller
Clive Efford No
Clive Jones Aye
Clive Lewis No
Colum Eastwood Aye
Connor Naismith No
Daisy Cooper Aye
Dame Angela Eagle No
Dame Chi Onwurah No
Dame Diana Johnson No
Dame Meg Hillier No
Dame Siobhain McDonagh No
Damien Egan No
Dan Carden No
Dan Jarvis No
Dan Tomlinson No
Daniel Francis No
Daniel Zeichner No
Danny Beales No
Darren Paffey No
Dave Doogan Aye
David Baines No
David Burton-Sampson No
David Chadwick Aye
David Pinto-Duschinsky No
David Smith No
David Williams No
Dawn Butler No
Debbie Abrahams No
Deirdre Costigan No
Derek Twigg No
Douglas McAllister No
Dr Allison Gardner No
Dr Beccy Cooper No
Dr Danny Chambers Aye
Dr Ellie Chowns Aye
Dr Jeevun Sandher No
Dr Lauren Sullivan No
Dr Marie Tidball No
Dr Peter Prinsley No
Dr Roz Savage Aye
Dr Rupa Huq No
Dr Sam Rushworth No
Dr Simon Opher No
Dr Zubir Ahmed No
Ed Davey Aye
Edward Morello Aye
Elaine Stewart No
Ellie Reeves No
Emily Thornberry No
Emma Foody No Teller
Emma Hardy No
Emma Lewell No
Emma Reynolds No
Euan Stainbank No
Feryal Clark No
Fleur Anderson No
Florence Eshalomi No
Frank McNally No
Fred Thomas No
Freddie van Mierlo Aye
Gareth Snell No
Gareth Thomas No
Gavin Robinson Aye
Gen Kitchen No
Georgia Gould No
Gerald Jones No
Gideon Amos Aye
Gill German No
Graeme Downie No
Graham Stringer No
Grahame Morris Aye
Gregor Poynton No
Hannah Spencer Aye
Harpreet Uppal No
Heidi Alexander No
Helen Hayes No
Helen Morgan Aye
Helena Dollimore No
Henry Tufnell No
Hilary Benn No
Ian Byrne Aye
Ian Lavery No
Ian Murray No
Ian Roome Aye
Ian Sollom Aye
Imogen Walker No
Imran Hussain Aye
Iqbal Mohamed Aye
Irene Campbell No
Jack Abbott No
Jacob Collier No
Jade Botterill No
James Asser No
James MacCleary Aye
James Murray No
James Naish No
Janet Daby No
Jas Athwal No
Jayne Kirkham No
Jen Craft No
Jenny Riddell-Carpenter No
Jeremy Corbyn Aye
Jess Brown-Fuller Aye
Jess Phillips No
Jessica Morden No
Jim Dickson No
Jim McMahon No
Jim Shannon Aye
Jo Platt No
Jo Stevens No
Jo White No
Jodie Gosling No
Joe Morris No
Joe Powell No
Johanna Baxter No
John Grady No
John McDonnell No
John Milne Aye
John Slinger No
John Whitby No
Jon Pearce No
Jon Trickett No
Jonathan Davies No
Jonathan Reynolds No
Josh Dean No
Josh Fenton-Glynn No
Julia Buckley No
Juliet Campbell No
Justin Madders No
Kate Osborne No
Katie White No
Katrina Murray No
Keir Mather No
Kenneth Stevenson No
Kerry McCarthy No
Kevin McKenna No
Kirith Entwistle No
Kirsteen Sullivan No
Kirsty Blackman Aye
Kirsty McNeill No
Lara Bird Aye
Laura Kyrke-Smith No
Lauren Edwards No
Laurence Turner No
Lee Anderson Aye
Lee Barron No
Lee Pitcher No
Leigh Ingham No
Lewis Atkinson No
Liam Byrne No
Liam Conlon No
Lilian Greenwood No
Lillian Jones No
Linsey Farnsworth No
Lisa Smart Aye
Liz Jarvis Aye
Liz Saville Roberts Aye
Liz Twist No
Lizzi Collinge No
Llinos Medi Aye
Lloyd Hatton No
Lola McEvoy No
Lorraine Beavers No
Louise Haigh No
Louise Sandher-Jones No
Lucy Powell No
Lucy Rigby No
Luke Akehurst No
Luke Murphy No
Luke Myer 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
Marsha De Cordova No
Martin McCluskey No
Martin Rhodes No
Martin Wrigley Aye
Mary Glindon No
Mary Kelly Foy No
Matt Rodda No
Matt Turmaine No
Matt Western No
Matthew Patrick No
Maureen Burke No
Max Wilkinson Aye
Melanie Onn No
Melanie Ward No
Miatta Fahnbulleh No
Michael Payne No
Michael Shanks No
Michael Wheeler No
Michelle Scrogham No
Michelle Welsh No
Mike Kane No
Mike Martin Aye
Mike Reader No
Mike Tapp No
Monica Harding Aye
Mr Alex Barros-Curtis No
Mr Angus MacDonald Aye
Mr Clive Betts No
Mr David Lammy No
Mr Douglas Alexander No
Mr Gregory Campbell Aye
Mr Hamish Falconer No
Mr James Frith No
Mr Jonathan Brash No
Mr Joshua Reynolds Aye
Mr Luke Charters No
Mr Paul Foster No
Mr Paul Kohler Aye
Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi No
Mr Toby Perkins No
Mr Will Forster Aye
Mrs Elsie Blundell No
Ms Abena Oppong-Asare No
Ms Julie Minns No
Ms Marie Rimmer No
Ms Polly Billington No
Ms Stella Creasy No
Munira Wilson Aye
Nadia Whittome Aye
Natasha Irons No
Naushabah Khan No
Naz Shah No
Neil Duncan-Jordan 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
Patricia Ferguson No
Patrick Hurley No
Paul Davies No
Paul Waugh No
Paula Barker No
Paulette Hamilton No
Perran Moon No
Pete Wishart Aye
Peter Lamb No
Phil Brickell No
Preet Kaur Gill No
Rachael Maskell No
Rachel Gilmour Aye
Rachel Hopkins No
Rachel Taylor No
Rebecca Long Bailey No
Richard Baker No
Richard Burgon Aye
Richard Quigley No
Richard Tice Aye
Robin Swann No
Rushanara Ali No
Ruth Cadbury No
Ruth Jones No
Sadik Al-Hassan No
Sally Jameson No
Samantha Dixon No
Samantha Niblett No
Sammy Wilson Aye
Sarah Champion No
Sarah Coombes No
Sarah Gibson Aye
Sarah Green Aye
Sarah Hall No
Sarah Jones No
Sarah Olney Aye
Sarah Owen No
Sarah Pochin Aye
Sarah Russell No
Sarah Sackman No
Sarah Smith No
Satvir Kaur No
Seamus Logan Aye
Sean Woodcock No
Shaun Davies No
Shockat Adam Aye
Siân Berry Aye
Simon Lightwood No
Sir Alan Campbell No
Sir Keir Starmer No
Sir Mark Hendrick No
Sir Mark Tami No
Sir Nicholas Dakin No
Sojan Joseph No
Sonia Kumar No
Stephanie Peacock No
Stephen Doughty No
Stephen Kinnock No
Stephen Morgan No
Steve Darling Aye
Steve Race No
Steve Reed No
Steve Witherden No
Steve Yemm No
Suella Braverman Aye
Sureena Brackenridge No
Susan Murray Aye
Tahir Ali No
Terry Jermy No
Tessa Munt Aye
Tom Collins No
Tom Hayes No
Tom Morrison Aye
Tom Rutland No
Tony Vaughan No
Torcuil Crichton No
Tracy Gilbert 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
Wendy Chamberlain Aye
Wera Hobhouse Aye
Wes Streeting No
Will Stone No
Yasmin Qureshi No
Yuan Yang No
Yvette Cooper No
Zarah Sultana Aye
Zöe Franklin Aye
Alan Mak —
Alberto Costa —
Alex Burghart —
Alex Easton —
Alicia Kearns —
Alison Griffiths —
Amanda Martin —
Andrew Bowie —
Andrew Griffith —
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Aphra Brandreth —
Ashley Dalton —
Barry Gardiner —
Ben Coleman —
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