Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-Sentence Reports) Bill: Amendment 4: how MPs voted on 30 April 2025
Division 185, 30 April 2025, 16:30. The Commons Votes API gives 88 Ayes, 226 Noes: majority 138 for the Noes.
The question
Amendment proposed: 4, page 1, line 13, at end insert—
“(d) status as part of a group that may have experienced trauma from experiences of racism or discrimination—
(i) inter-generationally and relayed to the defendant, or
(ii) as a result of important historical events which may have had a greater impact on those from specific groups and cultures.”—(Dr Mullan.)
This amendment would ensure that sentencing guidelines about pre-sentence reports cannot include a defendant’s status as part of a group, particularly not if this involves considering events that may not have impacted the defendant personally.
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 211 of the 226 named No votes.
| Party | Aye (named) | No (named) |
|---|---|---|
| Labour | 0 | 211 |
| Conservative | 82 | 0 |
| Independent | 0 | 8 |
| Plaid Cymru | 0 | 4 |
| Green Party | 0 | 3 |
| Democratic Unionist Party | 2 | 0 |
| Traditional Unionist Voice | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 85 | 226 |
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
311 named · CSV
Sources
- Bill: Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Act 2025
- Hansard: Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Bill
- Commons division 185
- Commons Votes API: division
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