Votes · April 2025 · Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Act 2025 · Amendment

Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-Sentence Reports) Bill: Amendment 3: how MPs voted on 30 April 2025

Division 184, 30 April 2025, 16:16. The Commons Votes API gives 86 Ayes, 222 Noes: majority 136 for the Noes.

Ayes

Noes

222

Result (Hansard)

Question accordingly negatived.

The question

Amendment proposed: 3, page 1, line 7, at end insert—
“(2A) After subsection (7) insert—
‘(7A) In the case of guidelines within subsection (4) about pre-sentence reports, the Council must, after making any amendments of the guidelines which it considers appropriate, obtain the consent of the Secretary of State before issuing sentencing guidelines as definitive guidelines.
(7B) In any case to which subsection (7A) applies, the Secretary of State may—
(a) consent to the issuing of guideline as definitive guidelines,
(b) refuse consent for the issuing of guidelines as definitive guidelines, or
(c) direct the Council to issue the guidelines in an amended form as definitive guidelines.
(7C) Where the Secretary of State has consented to the issuing of guidelines under subsection (7B)(a) or has directed the Council to issue guidelines in an amended form under subsection (7B)(c), the Council must issue the guidelines as definitive guidelines in the appropriate form’.” —(Dr Mullan.)
Question put, That the amendment be made.

As printed in Hansard before the division.

By party

Conservative MPs cast 82 of the 85 named Aye votes; Labour MPs 208 of the 222 named No votes.

Party	Aye (named)	No (named)
Labour	0	208
Conservative	82	0
Independent	0	7
Plaid Cymru	0	4
Green Party	0	3
Democratic Unionist Party	2	0
Traditional Unionist Voice	1	0
Total	85	222

Tellers: Jerome Mayhew (Conservative, Broadland and Fakenham) and Rebecca Smith (Conservative, South West Devon) (Ayes); Anna McMorrin (Labour, Cardiff North) and Taiwo Owatemi (Labour, Coventry North West) (Noes).

How each MP voted

307 named · CSV

MP	Party	Constituency	Vote
Jack Abbott	Labour	Ipswich	No
Debbie Abrahams	Labour	Oldham East and Saddleworth	No
Dr Zubir Ahmed	Labour	Glasgow South West	No
Sadik Al-Hassan	Labour	North Somerset	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
Stuart Anderson	Conservative	South Shropshire	Aye
Tonia Antoniazzi	Labour	Gower	No
Edward Argar	Conservative	Melton and Syston	Aye
Jess Asato	Labour	Lowestoft	No
James Asser	Labour	West Ham and Beckton	No
Jas Athwal	Labour	Ilford South	No
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
Alex Baker	Labour	Aldershot	No
Richard Baker	Labour	Glenrothes and Mid Fife	No
Dame Harriett Baldwin	Conservative	West Worcestershire	Aye
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
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
Rachel Blake	Labour	Cities of London and Westminster	No
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
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
Liam Byrne	Labour	Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North	No
Ruth Cadbury	Labour	Brentford and Isleworth	No
Markus Campbell-Savours	Labour	Penrith and Solway	No
Dan Carden	Labour	Liverpool Walton	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
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown	Conservative	North Cotswolds	Aye
Tom Collins	Labour	Worcester	No
Liam Conlon	Labour	Beckenham and Penge	No
Sarah Coombes	Labour	West Bromwich	No
Dr Beccy Cooper	Labour	Worthing West	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
Neil Coyle	Labour	Bermondsey and Old Southwark	No
Jen Craft	Labour	Thurrock	No
Ms Stella Creasy	Labour	Walthamstow	No
Torcuil Crichton	Labour	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	No
Harriet Cross	Conservative	Gordon and Buchan	Aye
Chris Curtis	Labour	Milton Keynes North	No
Sir Nicholas Dakin	Labour	Scunthorpe	No
Emily Darlington	Labour	Milton Keynes Central	No
Ann Davies	Plaid Cymru	Caerfyrddin	No
Gareth Davies	Conservative	Grantham and Bourne	Aye
Mims Davies	Conservative	East Grinstead and Uckfield	Aye
Paul Davies	Labour	Colne Valley	No
David Davis	Conservative	Goole and Pocklington	Aye
Marsha De Cordova	Labour	Battersea	No
Josh Dean	Labour	Hertford and Stortford	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
Stephen Doughty	Labour	Cardiff South and Penarth	No
Sir Oliver Dowden	Conservative	Hertsmere	Aye
Graeme Downie	Labour	Dunfermline and Dollar	No
Sir Iain Duncan Smith	Conservative	Chingford and Woodford Green	Aye
Neil Duncan-Jordan	Labour	Poole	No
Cat Eccles	Labour	Stourbridge	No
Lauren Edwards	Labour	Rochester and Strood	No
Sarah Edwards	Labour	Tamworth	No
Clive Efford	Labour	Eltham and Chislehurst	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
Mark Ferguson	Labour	Gateshead Central and Whickham	No
Patricia Ferguson	Labour	Glasgow West	No
Catherine Fookes	Labour	Monmouthshire	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
Daniel Francis	Labour	Bexleyheath and Crayford	No
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
Gill German	Labour	Clwyd North	No
Tracy Gilbert	Labour	Edinburgh North and Leith	No
Preet Kaur Gill	Labour	Birmingham Edgbaston	No
John Glen	Conservative	Salisbury	Aye
Ben Goldsborough	Labour	South Norfolk	No
John Grady	Labour	Glasgow East	No
Lilian Greenwood	Labour	Nottingham South	No
Andrew Griffith	Conservative	Arundel and South Downs	Aye
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
Fabian Hamilton	Labour	Leeds North East	No
Carolyn Harris	Labour	Neath and Swansea East	No
Rebecca Harris	Conservative	Castle Point	Aye
Sir John Hayes	Conservative	South Holland and The Deepings	Aye
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
Paul Holmes	Conservative	Hamble Valley	Aye
Rachel Hopkins	Labour	Luton South and South Bedfordshire	No
Dr Neil Hudson	Conservative	Epping Forest	Aye
Claire Hughes	Labour	Bangor Aberconwy	No
Alison Hume	Labour	Scarborough and Whitby	No
Natasha Irons	Labour	Croydon East	No
Sir Bernard Jenkin	Conservative	Harwich and North Essex	Aye
Robert Jenrick	Conservative	Newark	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
Gerald Jones	Labour	Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare	No
Lillian Jones	Labour	Kilmarnock and Loudoun	No
Ruth Jones	Labour	Newport West and Islwyn	No
Gurinder Singh Josan	Labour	Smethwick	No
Sojan Joseph	Labour	Ashford	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
Afzal Khan	Labour	Manchester Rusholme	No
Ayoub Khan	Independent	Birmingham Perry Barr	No
Stephen Kinnock	Labour	Aberafan Maesteg	No
Danny Kruger	Conservative	East Wiltshire	Aye
Sonia Kumar	Labour	Dudley	No
Uma Kumaran	Labour	Stratford and Bow	No
Ben Lake	Plaid Cymru	Ceredigion Preseli	No
Katie Lam	Conservative	Weald of Kent	Aye
Peter Lamb	Labour	Crawley	No
John Lamont	Conservative	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk	Aye
Kim Leadbeater	Labour	Spen Valley	No
Brian Leishman	Labour	Alloa and Grangemouth	No
Emma Lewell	Labour	South Shields	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
Shabana Mahmood	Labour	Birmingham Ladywood	No
Alan Mak	Conservative	Havant	Aye
Seema Malhotra	Labour	Feltham and Heston	No
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
Chris McDonald	Labour	Stockton North	No
John McDonnell	Independent	Hayes and Harlington	No
Lola McEvoy	Labour	Darlington	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
Frank McNally	Labour	Coatbridge and Bellshill	No
Esther McVey	Conservative	Tatton	Aye
Llinos Medi	Plaid Cymru	Ynys Môn	No
Anneliese Midgley	Labour	Knowsley	No
Ms Julie Minns	Labour	Carlisle	No
Abtisam Mohamed	Labour	Sheffield Central	No
Robbie Moore	Conservative	Keighley and Ilkley	Aye
Jessica Morden	Labour	Newport East	No
Stephen Morgan	Labour	Portsmouth South	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
Luke Murphy	Labour	Basingstoke	No
Ian Murray	Labour	Edinburgh South	No
James Murray	Labour	Ealing North	No
Katrina Murray	Labour	Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch	No
Dr Andrew Murrison	Conservative	South West Wiltshire	Aye
Luke Myer	Labour	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	No
Kanishka Narayan	Labour	Vale of Glamorgan	No
Pamela Nash	Labour	Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke	No
Alex Norris	Labour	Nottingham North and Kimberley	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
Dr Simon Opher	Labour	Stroud	No
Ms Abena Oppong-Asare	Labour	Erith and Thamesmead	No
Kate Osamor	Labour	Edmonton and Winchmore Hill	No
Rebecca Paul	Conservative	Reigate	Aye
Matthew Pennycook	Labour	Greenwich and Woolwich	No
Chris Philp	Conservative	Croydon South	Aye
David Pinto-Duschinsky	Labour	Hendon	No
Jo Platt	Labour	Leigh and Atherton	No
Luke Pollard	Labour	Plymouth Sutton and Devonport	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
Jenny Riddell-Carpenter	Labour	Suffolk Coastal	No
Tim Roca	Labour	Macclesfield	No
Andrew Rosindell	Conservative	Romford	Aye
Tom Rutland	Labour	East Worthing and Shoreham	No
Oliver Ryan	Independent	Burnley	No
Liz Saville Roberts	Plaid Cymru	Dwyfor Meirionnydd	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
Jim Shannon	Democratic Unionist Party	Strangford	Aye
Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst	Conservative	Solihull West and Shirley	Aye
Sir Alec Shelbrooke	Conservative	Wetherby and Easingwold	Aye
Tulip Siddiq	Labour	Hampstead and Highgate	No
Josh Simons	Labour	Makerfield	No
Andy Slaughter	Labour	Hammersmith and Chiswick	No
John Slinger	Labour	Rugby	No
Cat Smith	Labour	Lancaster and Wyre	No
Greg Smith	Conservative	Mid Buckinghamshire	Aye
Sir Julian Smith	Conservative	Skipton and Ripon	Aye
Karin Smyth	Labour	Bristol South	No
Gareth Snell	Labour	Stoke-on-Trent Central	No
Alex Sobel	Labour	Leeds Central and Headingley	No
Gregory Stafford	Conservative	Farnham and Bordon	Aye
Euan Stainbank	Labour	Falkirk	No
Blake Stephenson	Conservative	Mid Bedfordshire	Aye
Jo Stevens	Labour	Cardiff East	No
Will Stone	Labour	Swindon North	No
Sir Mel Stride	Conservative	Central Devon	Aye
Graham Stringer	Labour	Blackley and Middleton South	No
Dr Lauren Sullivan	Labour	Gravesham	No
Kirsteen Sullivan	Labour	Bathgate and Linlithgow	No
Zarah Sultana	Independent	Coventry South	No
Peter Swallow	Labour	Bracknell	No
Sir Desmond Swayne	Conservative	New Forest West	Aye
Bradley Thomas	Conservative	Bromsgrove	Aye
Gareth Thomas	Labour	Harrow West	No
Adam Thompson	Labour	Erewash	No
Nick Timothy	Conservative	West Suffolk	Aye
Dan Tomlinson	Labour	Chipping Barnet	No
Henry Tufnell	Labour	Mid and South Pembrokeshire	No
Tom Tugendhat	Conservative	Tonbridge	Aye
Anna Turley	Labour	Redcar	No
Matt Turmaine	Labour	Watford	No
Karl Turner	Labour	Kingston upon Hull East	No
Derek Twigg	Labour	Widnes and Halewood	No
Liz Twist	Labour	Blaydon and Consett	No
Harpreet Uppal	Labour	Huddersfield	No
Tony Vaughan	Labour	Folkestone and Hythe	No
Martin Vickers	Conservative	Brigg and Immingham	Aye
Chris Ward	Labour	Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven	No
Paul Waugh	Labour	Rochdale	No
Catherine West	Labour	Hornsey and Friern Barnet	No
Andrew Western	Labour	Stretford and Urmston	No
Matt Western	Labour	Warwick and Leamington	No
Michael Wheeler	Labour	Worsley and Eccles	No
Katie White	Labour	Leeds North West	No
Sir John Whittingdale	Conservative	Maldon	Aye
Nadia Whittome	Labour	Nottingham East	No
James Wild	Conservative	North West Norfolk	Aye
Sir Gavin Williamson	Conservative	Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge	Aye
Sammy Wilson	Democratic Unionist Party	East Antrim	Aye
Steve Witherden	Labour	Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr	No
Mike Wood	Conservative	Kingswinford and South Staffordshire	Aye
Sean Woodcock	Labour	Banbury	No
Yuan Yang	Labour	Earley and Woodley	No
Mohammad Yasin	Labour	Bedford	No
Steve Yemm	Labour	Mansfield	No

Sources

Bill: Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Act 2025
Hansard: Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Bill
Commons division 184
Commons Votes API: division 32fad88ab5d168f9 15 October 2026
Hansard API: division search b1ab8e1ec9335fbe 15 October 2026
Hansard API: debate b6ce0fe6b281abdf 15 October 2026

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