Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160
89
Ayes
—
428
Noes
Defeated · Government won
130 did not vote
Analysis
Commons
Commons
Parliament voted on Amendment 160 to the Crime and Policing Bill during its Report Stage on 17 June 2025. The amendment was defeated by a large margin, with 89 votes in favour and 428 against. The Bill itself is a wide-ranging piece of legislation covering policing powers, criminal justice measures, and various offences. The amendment attracted support from a left-leaning position, broadly aligned with criminal justice reform and civil liberties concerns. The government opposed it, as did the vast majority of Labour MPs and almost all Conservatives who voted. The scale of the defeat, with fewer than one in six MPs voting in favour, reflects how little cross-party appetite there was for the specific changes proposed. The Liberal Democrats provided the overwhelming bulk of the Aye votes, with 68 of their 72 voting members supporting the amendment. The Democratic Unionist Party, Plaid Cymru, and the Green Party each voted unanimously in favour, as did four Reform UK members. Only one Labour MP and one Conservative MP broke with their parties to vote Aye, making rebel numbers negligible on both sides. The vote sits within a broader Report Stage debate that covered an exceptionally wide range of proposed changes to the Bill, from prostitution law reform and e-bike regulation to joint enterprise, knife safety, and Gypsy and Traveller encampment powers.
Voting Aye meant
Support the Liberal Democrat amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill, which sought to make a specific change to the Bill's provisions
Voting No meant
Reject the Liberal Democrat amendment, with the government and Conservative opposition preferring the Bill as drafted or with the government's own amendments
517 voting MPs. Each dot is one vote; left-to-right by party. Grey dots in the centre are the 130 who did not vote.
Aye
No
Absent
Labour PartyWhipped No
1
291
70
Conservative and Unionist PartyWhipped No
1
100
15
Liberal DemocratsWhipped Aye
68
0
4
Labour and Co-operative PartyWhipped No
0
28
14
Independent
5
3
5
Scottish National Party
0
0
9
Reform UKWhipped Aye
4
3
1
Sinn Féin
0
0
7
Democratic Unionist PartyWhipped Aye
5
0
—
Green Party of England and WalesWhipped Aye
4
0
—
Plaid CymruWhipped Aye
4
0
—
Social Democratic and Labour Party
0
0
2
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
0
0
1
Speaker
0
0
1
Traditional Unionist Voice
0
1
—
Ulster Unionist Party
0
1
—
Your Party
0
0
1
Government minister defending the Bill's measures to tackle crime, antisocial behaviour, and violence against women and girls; arguing the Bill provides essential powers to address gaps in law and protect vulnerable people including emergency workers and children.Labour · Voted no · Read full speech (6,557 words) →
Shadow minister welcoming much of the Bill but arguing for stronger measures including increasing knife crime sentencing to 14 years, implementing driving licence penalty points for fly-tippers, and strengthening respect orders with enhanced sanctions.Conservative · Voted no · Read full speech (1,618 words) →
Backbencher supporting mandatory reporting but arguing the Bill does not go far enough; specifically advocating for criminal sanctions for non-compliance, extending the duty to all positions of trust as defined in Sexual Offences Act 2003, and broadening triggers to include recognised indicators of abuse.Labour · Voted no · Read full speech (1,957 words) →
Warning against treating the Crime Bill as a 'Christmas tree' for unrelated amendments, particularly those on abortion law, which risk fracturing cross-party consensus and require separate, fuller debate.Conservative · Voted no · Read full speech (532 words) →
Raising concerns about police funding adequacy, particularly questioning whether national insurance cost increases are properly funded and whether neighbourhood policing numbers represent genuine increases or redeployments.Conservative · Voted no · Read full speech (1,375 words) →
Supporting the Bill's measures on neighbourhood policing, begging, and homelessness exploitation; praising new police officers in constituency and defending government record on police staffing.Labour · Voted no · Read full speech (208 words) →
Sources
Division dataUK Parliament Votes API
DebateHansard · Commons
Stance analysisAI analysis · Claude 4.x
LicenceOpen Parliament Licence v3.0