Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4

Parliament voted on New Clause 4 of the Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill during committee stage on 9 June 2026. The clause was defeated by 287 votes to 157. The vote was one of several divisions held across two days of committee proceedings on the Bill, which seeks to nationalise the British steel industry. New Clause 4 would have imposed a specific requirement on the nationalised steel operation, the precise terms of which drew support from the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, and the Democratic Unionist Party, while the Labour and Labour and Co-operative benches voted against it unanimously. The defeat means the clause will not be incorporated into the Bill as it progresses through its remaining parliamentary stages. The result continues a pattern visible across this committee session, in which the government has comfortably seen off opposition amendments and new clauses with majorities of over 100 votes. Every opposition amendment and new clause tabled during the two days of committee proceedings on 8 and 9 June has been defeated. The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats voted together on all these divisions, forming the core of the opposing coalition, while Labour's large Commons majority meant the government faced no serious risk of defeat. Reform UK and the Greens sided with the government on this clause, declining to back the opposition amendment. No Labour MPs voted against their government, meaning there were no rebels on the government side.