Votes · April 2025 · Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act 2025 · Amendment

Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21: how MPs voted on 29 April 2025

Division 182, 29 April 2025, 18:26. The Commons Votes API gives 95 Ayes, 257 Noes: majority 162 for the Noes.

Ayes

Noes

257

Result (Hansard)

Question accordingly negatived.

The question

New Clause 21
Offence of encouraging or assisting others to commit fraud
“(1) The Social Security Administration Act 1992 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 111A (dishonest representation for obtaining benefit etc), after subsection (1G) insert—
“(1H) A person commits an offence if they—
(a) encourage or assist another person to commit an offence under this section, or
(b) provide guidance on how to commit an offence under this section.
(1I) An offence under this section can be committed where the encouragement, assistance or guidance happens online.
(1J) A person who commits an offence under this section is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or an unlimited fine.”
(3) In section 112 (false representations for obtaining benefit etc), after subsection (1F) insert—
“(1G) A person commits an offence if they—
(a) encourage or assist another person to commit an offence under this section, or
(b) provide guidance on how to commit an offence under this section.
(1H) An offence under this section can be committed where the encouragement, assistance or guidance happens online.
(1I) A person who commits an offence under this section is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or an unlimited fine.””.—(Rebecca Smith.)
Brought up.
Question put, That the clause be added to the Bill.

As printed in Hansard before the division.

By party

Conservative MPs cast 90 of the 95 named Aye votes; Labour MPs 248 of the 257 named No votes.

Party	Aye (named)	No (named)
Labour	0	248
Conservative	90	0
Independent	0	6
Green Party	0	3
Reform UK	3	0
Traditional Unionist Voice	1	0
Ulster Unionist Party	1	0
Total	95	257

Tellers: Rebecca Paul (Conservative, Reigate) and Jerome Mayhew (Conservative, Broadland and Fakenham) (Ayes); Gerald Jones (Labour, Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare) and Gen Kitchen (Labour, Wellingborough and Rushden) (Noes).

How each MP voted

352 named · CSV

MP	Party	Constituency	Vote
Jack Abbott	Labour	Ipswich	No
Ms Diane Abbott	Labour	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	No
Debbie Abrahams	Labour	Oldham East and Saddleworth	No
Dr Zubir Ahmed	Labour	Glasgow South West	No
Luke Akehurst	Labour	North Durham	No
Sadik Al-Hassan	Labour	North Somerset	No
Rushanara Ali	Labour	Bethnal Green and Stepney	No
Tahir Ali	Labour	Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley	No
Jim Allister	Traditional Unionist Voice	North Antrim	Aye
Callum Anderson	Labour	Buckingham and Bletchley	No
Lee Anderson	Reform UK	Ashfield	Aye
Stuart Anderson	Conservative	South Shropshire	Aye
Tonia Antoniazzi	Labour	Gower	No
Edward Argar	Conservative	Melton and Syston	Aye
Dr Scott Arthur	Labour	Edinburgh South West	No
Jess Asato	Labour	Lowestoft	No
Jas Athwal	Labour	Ilford South	No
Victoria Atkins	Conservative	Louth and Horncastle	Aye
Catherine Atkinson	Labour	Derby North	No
Lewis Atkinson	Labour	Sunderland Central	No
Gareth Bacon	Conservative	Orpington	Aye
Mr Calvin Bailey	Labour	Leyton and Wanstead	No
Olivia Bailey	Labour	Reading West and Mid Berkshire	No
David Baines	Labour	St Helens North	No
Richard Baker	Labour	Glenrothes and Mid Fife	No
Alex Ballinger	Labour	Halesowen	No
Paula Barker	Labour	Liverpool Wavertree	No
Johanna Baxter	Labour	Paisley and Renfrewshire South	No
Danny Beales	Labour	Uxbridge and South Ruislip	No
Mr Peter Bedford	Conservative	Mid Leicestershire	Aye
Apsana Begum	Independent	Poplar and Limehouse	No
Hilary Benn	Labour	Leeds South	No
Siân Berry	Green Party	Brighton Pavilion	No
Mr Clive Betts	Labour	Sheffield South East	No
Saqib Bhatti	Conservative	Meriden and Solihull East	Aye
Bob Blackman	Conservative	Harrow East	Aye
Mrs Elsie Blundell	Labour	Heywood and Middleton North	No
Kevin Bonavia	Labour	Stevenage	No
Sarah Bool	Conservative	South Northamptonshire	Aye
Jade Botterill	Labour	Ossett and Denby Dale	No
Andrew Bowie	Conservative	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	Aye
Sureena Brackenridge	Labour	Wolverhampton North East	No
Dame Karen Bradley	Conservative	Staffordshire Moorlands	Aye
Aphra Brandreth	Conservative	Chester South and Eddisbury	Aye
Suella Braverman	Conservative	Fareham and Waterlooville	Aye
Phil Brickell	Labour	Bolton West	No
Julia Buckley	Labour	Shrewsbury	No
Alex Burghart	Conservative	Brentwood and Ongar	Aye
Richard Burgon	Labour	Leeds East	No
Maureen Burke	Labour	Glasgow North East	No
David Burton-Sampson	Labour	Southend West and Leigh	No
Ian Byrne	Labour	Liverpool West Derby	No
Liam Byrne	Labour	Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North	No
Irene Campbell	Labour	North Ayrshire and Arran	No
Sir Alan Campbell	Labour	Tynemouth	No
Markus Campbell-Savours	Labour	Penrith and Solway	No
Dan Carden	Labour	Liverpool Walton	No
Sam Carling	Labour	North West Cambridgeshire	No
James Cartlidge	Conservative	South Suffolk	Aye
Sarah Champion	Labour	Rotherham	No
Bambos Charalambous	Labour	Southgate and Wood Green	No
Mr Luke Charters	Labour	York Outer	No
Dr Ellie Chowns	Green Party	North Herefordshire	No
Feryal Clark	Labour	Enfield North	No
Sir James Cleverly	Conservative	Braintree	Aye
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown	Conservative	North Cotswolds	Aye
Lewis Cocking	Conservative	Broxbourne	Aye
Tom Collins	Labour	Worcester	No
Liam Conlon	Labour	Beckenham and Penge	No
Sarah Coombes	Labour	West Bromwich	No
Andrew Cooper	Labour	Mid Cheshire	No
John Cooper	Conservative	Dumfries and Galloway	Aye
Jeremy Corbyn	Independent	Islington North	No
Alberto Costa	Conservative	South Leicestershire	Aye
Deirdre Costigan	Labour	Ealing Southall	No
Claire Coutinho	Conservative	East Surrey	Aye
Pam Cox	Labour	Colchester	No
Sir Geoffrey Cox	Conservative	Torridge and Tavistock	Aye
Neil Coyle	Labour	Bermondsey and Old Southwark	No
Mary Creagh	Labour	Coventry East	No
Ms Stella Creasy	Labour	Walthamstow	No
Harriet Cross	Conservative	Gordon and Buchan	Aye
Chris Curtis	Labour	Milton Keynes North	No
Sir Nicholas Dakin	Labour	Scunthorpe	No
Ashley Dalton	Labour	West Lancashire	No
Emily Darlington	Labour	Milton Keynes Central	No
Gareth Davies	Conservative	Grantham and Bourne	Aye
Paul Davies	Labour	Colne Valley	No
Alex Davies-Jones	Labour	Pontypridd	No
David Davis	Conservative	Goole and Pocklington	Aye
Josh Dean	Labour	Hertford and Stortford	No
Kate Dearden	Labour	Halifax	No
Carla Denyer	Green Party	Bristol Central	No
Charlie Dewhirst	Conservative	Bridlington and The Wolds	Aye
Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi	Labour	Slough	No
Jim Dickson	Labour	Dartford	No
Dame Caroline Dinenage	Conservative	Gosport	Aye
Anna Dixon	Labour	Shipley	No
Anneliese Dodds	Labour	Oxford East	No
Helena Dollimore	Labour	Hastings and Rye	No
Sir Oliver Dowden	Conservative	Hertsmere	Aye
Graeme Downie	Labour	Dunfermline and Dollar	No
Neil Duncan-Jordan	Labour	Poole	No
Dame Angela Eagle	Labour	Wallasey	No
Lauren Edwards	Labour	Rochester and Strood	No
Sarah Edwards	Labour	Tamworth	No
Clive Efford	Labour	Eltham and Chislehurst	No
Damien Egan	Labour	Bristol North East	No
Chris Elmore	Labour	Bridgend	No
Kirith Entwistle	Labour	Bolton North East	No
Florence Eshalomi	Labour	Vauxhall and Camberwell Green	No
Bill Esterson	Labour	Sefton Central	No
Chris Evans	Labour	Caerphilly	No
Dr Luke Evans	Conservative	Hinckley and Bosworth	Aye
Miatta Fahnbulleh	Labour	Peckham	No
Mr Hamish Falconer	Labour	Lincoln	No
Josh Fenton-Glynn	Labour	Calder Valley	No
Mark Ferguson	Labour	Gateshead Central and Whickham	No
Patricia Ferguson	Labour	Glasgow West	No
Peter Fortune	Conservative	Bromley and Biggin Hill	Aye
Mr Paul Foster	Labour	South Ribble	No
Sir Ashley Fox	Conservative	Bridgwater	Aye
Vicky Foxcroft	Labour	Lewisham North	No
Mary Kelly Foy	Labour	City of Durham	No
Daniel Francis	Labour	Bexleyheath and Crayford	No
Mr Mark Francois	Conservative	Rayleigh and Wickford	Aye
Mr Louie French	Conservative	Old Bexley and Sidcup	Aye
Mr James Frith	Labour	Bury North	No
Richard Fuller	Conservative	North Bedfordshire	Aye
Gill Furniss	Labour	Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough	No
Sir Roger Gale	Conservative	Herne Bay and Sandwich	Aye
Barry Gardiner	Labour	Brent West	No
Dr Allison Gardner	Labour	Stoke-on-Trent South	No
Mark Garnier	Conservative	Wyre Forest	Aye
Alan Gemmell	Labour	Central Ayrshire	No
Gill German	Labour	Clwyd North	No
Preet Kaur Gill	Labour	Birmingham Edgbaston	No
John Glen	Conservative	Salisbury	Aye
Ben Goldsborough	Labour	South Norfolk	No
Georgia Gould	Labour	Queen's Park and Maida Vale	No
John Grady	Labour	Glasgow East	No
Lilian Greenwood	Labour	Nottingham South	No
Dame Nia Griffith	Labour	Llanelli	No
Alison Griffiths	Conservative	Bognor Regis and Littlehampton	Aye
Andrew Gwynne	Independent	Gorton and Denton	No
Amanda Hack	Labour	North West Leicestershire	No
Louise Haigh	Labour	Sheffield Heeley	No
Sarah Hall	Labour	Warrington South	No
Emma Hardy	Labour	Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice	No
Carolyn Harris	Labour	Neath and Swansea East	No
Rebecca Harris	Conservative	Castle Point	Aye
Lloyd Hatton	Labour	South Dorset	No
Helen Hayes	Labour	Dulwich and West Norwood	No
Sir John Hayes	Conservative	South Holland and The Deepings	Aye
Tom Hayes	Labour	Bournemouth East	No
Claire Hazelgrove	Labour	Filton and Bradley Stoke	No
Dame Meg Hillier	Labour	Hackney South and Shoreditch	No
Chris Hinchliff	Labour	North East Hertfordshire	No
Damian Hinds	Conservative	East Hampshire	Aye
Simon Hoare	Conservative	North Dorset	Aye
Mrs Sharon Hodgson	Labour	Washington and Gateshead South	No
Mr Richard Holden	Conservative	Basildon and Billericay	Aye
Paul Holmes	Conservative	Hamble Valley	Aye
Rachel Hopkins	Labour	Luton South and South Bedfordshire	No
Nigel Huddleston	Conservative	Droitwich and Evesham	Aye
Dr Neil Hudson	Conservative	Epping Forest	Aye
Claire Hughes	Labour	Bangor Aberconwy	No
Alison Hume	Labour	Scarborough and Whitby	No
Patrick Hurley	Labour	Southport	No
Natasha Irons	Labour	Croydon East	No
Sir Bernard Jenkin	Conservative	Harwich and North Essex	Aye
Adam Jogee	Labour	Newcastle-under-Lyme	No
Dame Diana Johnson	Labour	Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham	No
Dr Caroline Johnson	Conservative	Sleaford and North Hykeham	Aye
Louise Sandher-Jones	Labour	North East Derbyshire	No
Ruth Jones	Labour	Newport West and Islwyn	No
Sarah Jones	Labour	Croydon West	No
Lincoln Jopp	Conservative	Spelthorne	Aye
Gurinder Singh Josan	Labour	Smethwick	No
Warinder Juss	Labour	Wolverhampton West	No
Chris Kane	Labour	Stirling and Strathallan	No
Satvir Kaur	Labour	Southampton Test	No
Alicia Kearns	Conservative	Rutland and Stamford	Aye
Liz Kendall	Labour	Leicester West	No
Afzal Khan	Labour	Manchester Rusholme	No
Naushabah Khan	Labour	Gillingham and Rainham	No
Jayne Kirkham	Labour	Truro and Falmouth	No
Sonia Kumar	Labour	Dudley	No
Uma Kumaran	Labour	Stratford and Bow	No
Peter Kyle	Labour	Hove and Portslade	No
Laura Kyrke-Smith	Labour	Aylesbury	No
Katie Lam	Conservative	Weald of Kent	Aye
Peter Lamb	Labour	Crawley	No
John Lamont	Conservative	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk	Aye
Ian Lavery	Labour	Blyth and Ashington	No
Noah Law	Labour	St Austell and Newquay	No
Kim Leadbeater	Labour	Spen Valley	No
Brian Leishman	Labour	Alloa and Grangemouth	No
Sir Julian Lewis	Conservative	New Forest East	Aye
Julia Lopez	Conservative	Hornchurch and Upminster	Aye
Josh MacAlister	Labour	Whitehaven and Workington	No
Alice Macdonald	Labour	Norwich North	No
Justin Madders	Labour	Ellesmere Port and Bromborough	No
Alan Mak	Conservative	Havant	Aye
Kit Malthouse	Conservative	North West Hampshire	Aye
Amanda Martin	Labour	Portsmouth North	No
Rachael Maskell	Labour	York Central	No
Keir Mather	Labour	Selby	No
Alex Mayer	Labour	Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard	No
Douglas McAllister	Labour	West Dunbartonshire	No
Kerry McCarthy	Labour	Bristol East	No
Dame Siobhain McDonagh	Labour	Mitcham and Morden	No
Chris McDonald	Labour	Stockton North	No
John McDonnell	Independent	Hayes and Harlington	No
Lola McEvoy	Labour	Darlington	No
Alison McGovern	Labour	Birkenhead	No
Gordon McKee	Labour	Glasgow South	No
Kevin McKenna	Labour	Sittingbourne and Sheppey	No
Catherine McKinnell	Labour	Newcastle upon Tyne North	No
Jim McMahon	Labour	Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton	No
James McMurdock	Reform UK	South Basildon and East Thurrock	Aye
Kirsty McNeill	Labour	Midlothian	No
Esther McVey	Conservative	Tatton	Aye
Anneliese Midgley	Labour	Knowsley	No
Ms Julie Minns	Labour	Carlisle	No
Sir Andrew Mitchell	Conservative	Sutton Coldfield	Aye
Abtisam Mohamed	Labour	Sheffield Central	No
Perran Moon	Labour	Camborne and Redruth	No
Robbie Moore	Conservative	Keighley and Ilkley	Aye
Jessica Morden	Labour	Newport East	No
Stephen Morgan	Labour	Portsmouth South	No
Joe Morris	Labour	Hexham	No
Joy Morrissey	Conservative	Beaconsfield	Aye
Wendy Morton	Conservative	Aldridge-Brownhills	Aye
Dr Kieran Mullan	Conservative	Bexhill and Battle	Aye
Margaret Mullane	Labour	Dagenham and Rainham	No
David Mundell	Conservative	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale	Aye
Chris Murray	Labour	Edinburgh East and Musselburgh	No
Ian Murray	Labour	Edinburgh South	No
James Murray	Labour	Ealing North	No
Dr Andrew Murrison	Conservative	South West Wiltshire	Aye
Luke Myer	Labour	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	No
James Naish	Labour	Rushcliffe	No
Connor Naismith	Labour	Crewe and Nantwich	No
Kanishka Narayan	Labour	Vale of Glamorgan	No
Pamela Nash	Labour	Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke	No
Josh Newbury	Labour	Cannock Chase	No
Samantha Niblett	Labour	South Derbyshire	No
Charlotte Nichols	Labour	Warrington North	No
Neil O'Brien	Conservative	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston	Aye
Ben Obese-Jecty	Conservative	Huntingdon	Aye
Melanie Onn	Labour	Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes	No
Dame Chi Onwurah	Labour	Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West	No
Sarah Owen	Labour	Luton North	No
Darren Paffey	Labour	Southampton Itchen	No
Matthew Patrick	Labour	Wirral West	No
Stephanie Peacock	Labour	Barnsley South	No
Matthew Pennycook	Labour	Greenwich and Woolwich	No
Chris Philp	Conservative	Croydon South	Aye
David Pinto-Duschinsky	Labour	Hendon	No
Lee Pitcher	Labour	Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme	No
Jo Platt	Labour	Leigh and Atherton	No
Joe Powell	Labour	Kensington and Bayswater	No
Lucy Powell	Labour	Manchester Central	No
Gregor Poynton	Labour	Livingston	No
Dr Peter Prinsley	Labour	Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket	No
Richard Quigley	Labour	Isle of Wight West	No
Shivani Raja	Conservative	Leicester East	Aye
Andrew Ranger	Labour	Wrexham	No
Jack Rankin	Conservative	Windsor	Aye
David Reed	Conservative	Exmouth and Exeter East	Aye
Joani Reid	Labour	East Kilbride and Strathaven	No
Martin Rhodes	Labour	Glasgow North	No
Bell Ribeiro-Addy	Labour	Clapham and Brixton Hill	No
Jake Richards	Labour	Rother Valley	No
Jenny Riddell-Carpenter	Labour	Suffolk Coastal	No
Lucy Rigby	Labour	Northampton North	No
Ms Marie Rimmer	Labour	St Helens South and Whiston	No
Joe Robertson	Conservative	Isle of Wight East	Aye
Andrew Rosindell	Conservative	Romford	Aye
Oliver Ryan	Independent	Burnley	No
Sarah Sackman	Labour	Finchley and Golders Green	No
Michelle Scrogham	Labour	Barrow and Furness	No
Mark Sewards	Labour	Leeds South West and Morley	No
Naz Shah	Labour	Bradford West	No
Baggy Shanker	Labour	Derby South	No
Michael Shanks	Labour	Rutherglen	No
Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst	Conservative	Solihull West and Shirley	Aye
Tulip Siddiq	Labour	Hampstead and Highgate	No
David Simmonds	Conservative	Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner	Aye
Josh Simons	Labour	Makerfield	No
Andy Slaughter	Labour	Hammersmith and Chiswick	No
Cat Smith	Labour	Lancaster and Wyre	No
David Smith	Labour	North Northumberland	No
Greg Smith	Conservative	Mid Buckinghamshire	Aye
Jeff Smith	Labour	Manchester Withington	No
Rebecca Smith	Conservative	South West Devon	Aye
Sir Julian Smith	Conservative	Skipton and Ripon	Aye
Karin Smyth	Labour	Bristol South	No
Gareth Snell	Labour	Stoke-on-Trent Central	No
Dr Ben Spencer	Conservative	Runnymede and Weybridge	Aye
Gregory Stafford	Conservative	Farnham and Bordon	Aye
Euan Stainbank	Labour	Falkirk	No
Blake Stephenson	Conservative	Mid Bedfordshire	Aye
Jo Stevens	Labour	Cardiff East	No
Kenneth Stevenson	Labour	Airdrie and Shotts	No
Will Stone	Labour	Swindon North	No
Graham Stuart	Conservative	Beverley and Holderness	Aye
Kirsteen Sullivan	Labour	Bathgate and Linlithgow	No
Zarah Sultana	Independent	Coventry South	No
Peter Swallow	Labour	Bracknell	No
Robin Swann	Ulster Unionist Party	South Antrim	Aye
Mike Tapp	Labour	Dover and Deal	No
Bradley Thomas	Conservative	Bromsgrove	Aye
Gareth Thomas	Labour	Harrow West	No
Adam Thompson	Labour	Erewash	No
Emily Thornberry	Labour	Islington South and Finsbury	No
Richard Tice	Reform UK	Boston and Skegness	Aye
Dr Marie Tidball	Labour	Penistone and Stocksbridge	No
Nick Timothy	Conservative	West Suffolk	Aye
Jessica Toale	Labour	Bournemouth West	No
Dan Tomlinson	Labour	Chipping Barnet	No
Jon Trickett	Labour	Normanton and Hemsworth	No
Laura Trott	Conservative	Sevenoaks	Aye
Henry Tufnell	Labour	Mid and South Pembrokeshire	No
Tom Tugendhat	Conservative	Tonbridge	Aye
Matt Turmaine	Labour	Watford	No
Karl Turner	Labour	Kingston upon Hull East	No
Laurence Turner	Labour	Birmingham Northfield	No
Derek Twigg	Labour	Widnes and Halewood	No
Liz Twist	Labour	Blaydon and Consett	No
Harpreet Uppal	Labour	Huddersfield	No
Valerie Vaz	Labour	Walsall and Bloxwich	No
Martin Vickers	Conservative	Brigg and Immingham	Aye
Chris Vince	Labour	Harlow	No
Paul Waugh	Labour	Rochdale	No
Michelle Welsh	Labour	Sherwood Forest	No
Andrew Western	Labour	Stretford and Urmston	No
Matt Western	Labour	Warwick and Leamington	No
Helen Whately	Conservative	Faversham and Mid Kent	Aye
Michael Wheeler	Labour	Worsley and Eccles	No
John Whitby	Labour	Derbyshire Dales	No
Jo White	Labour	Bassetlaw	No
Katie White	Labour	Leeds North West	No
Sir John Whittingdale	Conservative	Maldon	Aye
James Wild	Conservative	North West Norfolk	Aye
Sir Gavin Williamson	Conservative	Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge	Aye
Mike Wood	Conservative	Kingswinford and South Staffordshire	Aye
Sean Woodcock	Labour	Banbury	No
Rosie Wrighting	Labour	Kettering	No
Yuan Yang	Labour	Earley and Woodley	No
Daniel Zeichner	Labour	Cambridge	No

Sources

Bill: Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act 2025
Hansard: Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill
Commons division 182
Commons Votes API: division 5cc2873feb3d4a19 15 October 2026
Hansard API: division search b1ab8e1ec9335fbe 15 October 2026
Hansard API: debate 4fb5be4ae995ed99 15 October 2026

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