Bills · Government Bill · 2024-26, 2026-27

Representation of the People Bill: stages, votes and documents

The Representation of the People Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 12 February 2026. Its latest stage in the Bills API is Committee stage in the House of Lords. The next sitting listed is committee stage in the House of Lords on 2 November 2026. MPs divided on it 5 times between 2 March 2026 and 2 September 2026; the narrowest margin was 180 (Report Stage: New Clause 65).

What the bill is for

The long title reads:

Make provision extending the right to vote to 16 and 17 year olds; to make provision about the registration of voters; to make provision about the administration and conduct of elections, referendums and recall petitions; to make provision about election agents’ addresses; to make provision about political expenditure and political donations; to make provision about information to be included in electronic campaigning material; to make provision about offences and civil sanctions in connection with elections, referendums and recall petitions and with donations and expenditure for political purposes; to repeal provision about the designation of a strategy and policy statement for the Electoral Commission; to make provision about the disclosure of information by the Electoral Commission; to make provision about the disqualification of offenders for holding elective offices, and their sentencing, where offences are aggravated by hostility towards persons involved in elections, referendums or recall petitions or holders of such offices; and for connected purposes.

Sponsors

• Steve Reed (Labour, Commons), Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
• Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Labour, Lords), Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Stages

Commons divisions on this bill

Documents

Bill

• Bill 384 2024-26 (as introduced) 12 February 2026
• Bill 418 2024-26 (as amended in Committee) 27 April 2026
• Bill 418 2024-26 (as amended in Committee) - HTML 27 April 2026
• Bill 004 2026-27 (reintroduced at Report Stage) - pdf 14 May 2026
• Bill 004 2026-27 (reintroduced at Report Stage) - html 14 May 2026
• 5902047.pdf · 5902047.xml · 5902047.html 3 September 2026

Explanatory Notes

• Bill 384 EN 2024-26 12 February 2026
• Bill 004 EN 2026-27 - pdf 14 May 2026
• HL Bill 47 Explanatory Notes · 5902047en.pdf 3 September 2026

Impact Assessments

• Impact assessment from the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government 12 February 2026
• Impact assessment from the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government 14 May 2026
• Impact Assessment.pdf 3 September 2026

Delegated Powers Memorandum

• Memorandum from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee 12 February 2026
• Memorandum from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee 14 May 2026
• RepBillDPM.pdf 3 September 2026

Briefing papers

• Representation of the People Bill 2024-26 25 February 2026
• Representation of the People Bill: progress of the bill 8 June 2026
• Representation of the People Bill: HL Bill 47 of 2026–27 10 September 2026

Official record

• UK Parliament Bills: Representation of the People Bill

Sources

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