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

Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11: how MPs voted on 29 April 2025

Division 183, 29 April 2025, 18:39. The Commons Votes API gives 85 Ayes, 238 Noes: majority 153 for the Noes.

Ayes

Noes

238

Result (Hansard)

Question accordingly negatived.

The question

Schedule 3
Eligibility Verification ETC
Amendment proposed: 11, page 73, line 25, leave out from “accounts” to the end of line 31 and insert—
“which belong to a person who the authorised officer has reasonable grounds to suspect has committed, is committing or intends to commit a DWP offence.”—(Neil Duncan-Jordan.)
This amendment would limit the exercise of an eligibility verification notice to cases where the welfare recipient is suspected of wrongdoing.
Question put, That the amendment be made.

As printed in Hansard before the division.

By party

Liberal Democrat MPs cast 45 of the 86 named Aye votes; Labour MPs 235 of the 239 named No votes.

Party	Aye (named)	No (named)
Labour	11	235
Liberal Democrat	45	1
Independent	9	2
Scottish National Party	7	0
Democratic Unionist Party	4	0
Plaid Cymru	4	0
Green Party	3	0
Conservative	1	0
Reform UK	0	1
Traditional Unionist Voice	1	0
Ulster Unionist Party	1	0
Total	86	239

Tellers: Chris Hinchliff (Labour, North East Hertfordshire) and Iqbal Mohamed (Independent, Dewsbury and Batley) (Ayes); Gerald Jones (Labour, Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare) and Gen Kitchen (Labour, Wellingborough and Rushden) (Noes).

How each MP voted

325 named · CSV

MP	Party	Constituency	Vote
Jack Abbott	Labour	Ipswich	No
Ms Diane Abbott	Labour	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Aye
Debbie Abrahams	Labour	Oldham East and Saddleworth	No
Shockat Adam	Independent	Leicester South	Aye
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
Gideon Amos	Liberal Democrat	Taunton and Wellington	Aye
Callum Anderson	Labour	Buckingham and Bletchley	No
Tonia Antoniazzi	Labour	Gower	No
Steff Aquarone	Liberal Democrat	North Norfolk	Aye
Dr Scott Arthur	Labour	Edinburgh South West	No
Jess Asato	Labour	Lowestoft	No
Jas Athwal	Labour	Ilford South	No
Catherine Atkinson	Labour	Derby North	No
Lewis Atkinson	Labour	Sunderland Central	No
Josh Babarinde	Liberal Democrat	Eastbourne	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
Johanna Baxter	Labour	Paisley and Renfrewshire South	No
Danny Beales	Labour	Uxbridge and South Ruislip	No
Apsana Begum	Independent	Poplar and Limehouse	Aye
Hilary Benn	Labour	Leeds South	No
Alison Bennett	Liberal Democrat	Mid Sussex	Aye
Siân Berry	Green Party	Brighton Pavilion	Aye
Mr Clive Betts	Labour	Sheffield South East	No
Kirsty Blackman	Scottish National Party	Aberdeen North	Aye
Mrs Elsie Blundell	Labour	Heywood and Middleton North	No
Kevin Bonavia	Labour	Stevenage	No
Jade Botterill	Labour	Ossett and Denby Dale	No
Sureena Brackenridge	Labour	Wolverhampton North East	No
Alex Brewer	Liberal Democrat	North East Hampshire	Aye
Phil Brickell	Labour	Bolton West	No
Jess Brown-Fuller	Liberal Democrat	Chichester	Aye
Julia Buckley	Labour	Shrewsbury	No
Richard Burgon	Labour	Leeds East	Aye
Maureen Burke	Labour	Glasgow North East	No
David Burton-Sampson	Labour	Southend West and Leigh	No
Ian Byrne	Labour	Liverpool West Derby	Aye
Liam Byrne	Labour	Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North	No
Irene Campbell	Labour	North Ayrshire and Arran	No
Mr Gregory Campbell	Democratic Unionist Party	East Londonderry	Aye
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
Mr Alistair Carmichael	Liberal Democrat	Orkney and Shetland	Aye
David Chadwick	Liberal Democrat	Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe	Aye
Wendy Chamberlain	Liberal Democrat	North East Fife	Aye
Dr Danny Chambers	Liberal Democrat	Winchester	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	Aye
Feryal Clark	Labour	Enfield North	No
Tom Collins	Labour	Worcester	No
Liam Conlon	Labour	Beckenham and Penge	No
Sarah Coombes	Labour	West Bromwich	No
Andrew Cooper	Labour	Mid Cheshire	No
Jeremy Corbyn	Independent	Islington North	Aye
Deirdre Costigan	Labour	Ealing Southall	No
Pam Cox	Labour	Colchester	No
Neil Coyle	Labour	Bermondsey and Old Southwark	No
Mary Creagh	Labour	Coventry East	No
Chris Curtis	Labour	Milton Keynes North	No
Sir Nicholas Dakin	Labour	Scunthorpe	No
Ashley Dalton	Labour	West Lancashire	No
Steve Darling	Liberal Democrat	Torbay	Aye
Emily Darlington	Labour	Milton Keynes Central	No
Ann Davies	Plaid Cymru	Caerfyrddin	Aye
Paul Davies	Labour	Colne Valley	No
Alex Davies-Jones	Labour	Pontypridd	No
David Davis	Conservative	Goole and Pocklington	Aye
Bobby Dean	Liberal Democrat	Carshalton and Wallington	Aye
Josh Dean	Labour	Hertford and Stortford	No
Kate Dearden	Labour	Halifax	No
Carla Denyer	Green Party	Bristol Central	Aye
Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi	Labour	Slough	No
Jim Dickson	Labour	Dartford	No
Mr Lee Dillon	Liberal Democrat	Newbury	Aye
Anna Dixon	Labour	Shipley	No
Anneliese Dodds	Labour	Oxford East	No
Helena Dollimore	Labour	Hastings and Rye	No
Dave Doogan	Scottish National Party	Angus and Perthshire Glens	Aye
Graeme Downie	Labour	Dunfermline and Dollar	No
Rosie Duffield	Independent	Canterbury	Aye
Neil Duncan-Jordan	Labour	Poole	Aye
Dame Angela Eagle	Labour	Wallasey	No
Alex Easton	Independent	North Down	Aye
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
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
Mr Will Forster	Liberal Democrat	Woking	Aye
Mr Paul Foster	Labour	South Ribble	No
Vicky Foxcroft	Labour	Lewisham North	No
Mary Kelly Foy	Labour	City of Durham	Aye
Daniel Francis	Labour	Bexleyheath and Crayford	No
Zöe Franklin	Liberal Democrat	Guildford	Aye
Mr James Frith	Labour	Bury North	No
Gill Furniss	Labour	Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough	No
Barry Gardiner	Labour	Brent West	No
Dr Allison Gardner	Labour	Stoke-on-Trent South	No
Anna Gelderd	Labour	South East Cornwall	No
Alan Gemmell	Labour	Central Ayrshire	No
Andrew George	Liberal Democrat	St Ives	Aye
Gill German	Labour	Clwyd North	No
Stephen Gethins	Scottish National Party	Arbroath and Broughty Ferry	Aye
Sarah Gibson	Liberal Democrat	Chippenham	Aye
Preet Kaur Gill	Labour	Birmingham Edgbaston	No
Marie Goldman	Liberal Democrat	Chelmsford	Aye
Ben Goldsborough	Labour	South Norfolk	No
Tom Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Aye
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
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
Monica Harding	Liberal Democrat	Esher and Walton	Aye
Emma Hardy	Labour	Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice	No
Carolyn Harris	Labour	Neath and Swansea East	No
Lloyd Hatton	Labour	South Dorset	No
Helen Hayes	Labour	Dulwich and West Norwood	No
Tom Hayes	Labour	Bournemouth East	No
Claire Hazelgrove	Labour	Filton and Bradley Stoke	No
Dame Meg Hillier	Labour	Hackney South and Shoreditch	No
Wera Hobhouse	Liberal Democrat	Bath	Aye
Mrs Sharon Hodgson	Labour	Washington and Gateshead South	No
Rachel Hopkins	Labour	Luton South and South Bedfordshire	No
Claire Hughes	Labour	Bangor Aberconwy	No
Alison Hume	Labour	Scarborough and Whitby	No
Patrick Hurley	Labour	Southport	No
Mr Adnan Hussain	Independent	Blackburn	Aye
Natasha Irons	Labour	Croydon East	No
Christine Jardine	Liberal Democrat	Edinburgh West	Aye
Liz Jarvis	Liberal Democrat	Eastleigh	Aye
Adam Jogee	Labour	Newcastle-under-Lyme	No
Dame Diana Johnson	Labour	Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham	No
Clive Jones	Liberal Democrat	Wokingham	Aye
Louise Sandher-Jones	Labour	North East Derbyshire	No
Ruth Jones	Labour	Newport West and Islwyn	No
Sarah Jones	Labour	Croydon West	No
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
Liz Kendall	Labour	Leicester West	No
Afzal Khan	Labour	Manchester Rusholme	No
Ayoub Khan	Independent	Birmingham Perry Barr	Aye
Naushabah Khan	Labour	Gillingham and Rainham	No
Jayne Kirkham	Labour	Truro and Falmouth	No
Uma Kumaran	Labour	Stratford and Bow	No
Peter Kyle	Labour	Hove and Portslade	No
Laura Kyrke-Smith	Labour	Aylesbury	No
Ben Lake	Plaid Cymru	Ceredigion Preseli	Aye
Peter Lamb	Labour	Crawley	No
Ian Lavery	Labour	Blyth and Ashington	Aye
Chris Law	Scottish National Party	Dundee Central	Aye
Noah Law	Labour	St Austell and Newquay	No
Kim Leadbeater	Labour	Spen Valley	No
Graham Leadbitter	Scottish National Party	Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey	Aye
Brian Leishman	Labour	Alloa and Grangemouth	Aye
Carla Lockhart	Democratic Unionist Party	Upper Bann	Aye
Seamus Logan	Scottish National Party	Aberdeenshire North and Moray East	Aye
Josh MacAlister	Labour	Whitehaven and Workington	No
James MacCleary	Liberal Democrat	Lewes	Aye
Alice Macdonald	Labour	Norwich North	No
Mr Angus MacDonald	Liberal Democrat	Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire	Aye
Justin Madders	Labour	Ellesmere Port and Bromborough	No
Helen Maguire	Liberal Democrat	Epsom and Ewell	Aye
Amanda Martin	Labour	Portsmouth North	No
Rachael Maskell	Labour	York Central	Aye
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	Aye
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	No
Kirsty McNeill	Labour	Midlothian	No
Llinos Medi	Plaid Cymru	Ynys Môn	Aye
Anneliese Midgley	Labour	Knowsley	No
John Milne	Liberal Democrat	Horsham	Aye
Ms Julie Minns	Labour	Carlisle	No
Abtisam Mohamed	Labour	Sheffield Central	No
Perran Moon	Labour	Camborne and Redruth	No
Layla Moran	Liberal Democrat	Oxford West and Abingdon	No
Jessica Morden	Labour	Newport East	No
Edward Morello	Liberal Democrat	West Dorset	Aye
Helen Morgan	Liberal Democrat	North Shropshire	Aye
Stephen Morgan	Labour	Portsmouth South	No
Joe Morris	Labour	Hexham	No
Tom Morrison	Liberal Democrat	Cheadle	Aye
Margaret Mullane	Labour	Dagenham and Rainham	No
Tessa Munt	Liberal Democrat	Wells and Mendip Hills	Aye
Chris Murray	Labour	Edinburgh East and Musselburgh	No
Ian Murray	Labour	Edinburgh South	No
James Murray	Labour	Ealing North	No
Susan Murray	Liberal Democrat	Mid Dunbartonshire	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
Sarah Olney	Liberal Democrat	Richmond Park	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
Manuela Perteghella	Liberal Democrat	Stratford-on-Avon	Aye
Dr Al Pinkerton	Liberal Democrat	Surrey Heath	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
Andrew Ranger	Labour	Wrexham	No
Joani Reid	Labour	East Kilbride and Strathaven	No
Mr Joshua Reynolds	Liberal Democrat	Maidenhead	Aye
Martin Rhodes	Labour	Glasgow North	No
Bell Ribeiro-Addy	Labour	Clapham and Brixton Hill	Aye
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	Aye
Gavin Robinson	Democratic Unionist Party	Belfast East	Aye
Ian Roome	Liberal Democrat	North Devon	Aye
Oliver Ryan	Independent	Burnley	No
Anna Sabine	Liberal Democrat	Frome and East Somerset	Aye
Sarah Sackman	Labour	Finchley and Golders Green	No
Liz Saville Roberts	Plaid Cymru	Dwyfor Meirionnydd	Aye
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
Jim Shannon	Democratic Unionist Party	Strangford	Aye
Tulip Siddiq	Labour	Hampstead and Highgate	No
Josh Simons	Labour	Makerfield	No
Vikki Slade	Liberal Democrat	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Aye
Andy Slaughter	Labour	Hammersmith and Chiswick	No
Cat Smith	Labour	Lancaster and Wyre	No
David Smith	Labour	North Northumberland	No
Jeff Smith	Labour	Manchester Withington	No
Gareth Snell	Labour	Stoke-on-Trent Central	No
Euan Stainbank	Labour	Falkirk	No
Jo Stevens	Labour	Cardiff East	No
Kenneth Stevenson	Labour	Airdrie and Shotts	No
Jamie Stone	Liberal Democrat	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	Aye
Will Stone	Labour	Swindon North	No
Graham Stringer	Labour	Blackley and Middleton South	No
Kirsteen Sullivan	Labour	Bathgate and Linlithgow	No
Zarah Sultana	Independent	Coventry South	Aye
Peter Swallow	Labour	Bracknell	No
Robin Swann	Ulster Unionist Party	South Antrim	Aye
Mike Tapp	Labour	Dover and Deal	No
David Taylor	Labour	Hemel Hempstead	No
Luke Taylor	Liberal Democrat	Sutton and Cheam	Aye
Cameron Thomas	Liberal Democrat	Tewkesbury	Aye
Gareth Thomas	Labour	Harrow West	No
Adam Thompson	Labour	Erewash	No
Emily Thornberry	Labour	Islington South and Finsbury	No
Dr Marie Tidball	Labour	Penistone and Stocksbridge	No
Jessica Toale	Labour	Bournemouth West	No
Dan Tomlinson	Labour	Chipping Barnet	No
Jon Trickett	Labour	Normanton and Hemsworth	Aye
Henry Tufnell	Labour	Mid and South Pembrokeshire	No
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
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
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
Max Wilkinson	Liberal Democrat	Cheltenham	Aye
Pete Wishart	Scottish National Party	Perth and Kinross-shire	Aye
Sean Woodcock	Labour	Banbury	No
Rosie Wrighting	Labour	Kettering	No
Yuan Yang	Labour	Earley and Woodley	No
Claire Young	Liberal Democrat	Thornbury and Yate	Aye
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 183
Commons Votes API: division 6213dbba49376b04 15 October 2026
Hansard API: division search b1ab8e1ec9335fbe 15 October 2026
Hansard API: debate 4fb5be4ae995ed99 15 October 2026

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