Data (Use and Access) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21: how MPs voted on 7 May 2025
Division 190, 7 May 2025, 18:38. The Commons Votes API gives 97 Ayes, 363 Noes: majority 266 for the Noes.
The question
New Clause 21
Directions to public authorities on recording of sex data
“(1) The Secretary of State must, within three months of the passage of this Act, issue regulations relating to the code of practice set out in section 49 of this Act which require public authorities to—
(a) collect, process and retain sex data only where it is lawful to do so in accordance with data protection legislation;
(b) request and record sex data accurately, in every circumstance where sex data is collected, in accordance with following category terms and definitions—
(i) ‘Sex’ meaning male or female only based on ‘sex at birth’, ‘natal sex’ or ‘biological sex’ (these terms carrying the same meaning and capable of being used interchangeably); and,
(ii) in addition, where it is lawful to do so in accordance with data protection legislation and the Gender Recognition Act 2004, ‘Acquired Gender’ meaning male or female only, as recorded on a gender recognition certificate issued in accordance with the Gender Recognition Act 2004;
(c) have updated relevant organisation guidance to stipulate that, where sex data is collected, this must be done in accordance with the definitions set out by subsection (1)(b) within three months of these regulations coming into force;
(d) have conducted a review of the accuracy of data held in relation to the sex of data subjects to ensure that the data is accurate in recording sex at birth and, where relevant and collected lawfully, acquired gender as recorded on a gender recognition certificate within 12 months of these regulations coming into force;
(e) have taken every reasonable step to ensure that any data held in relation to the sex and, where relevant and collected lawfully, acquired gender as recorded on a gender recognition certificate of a data subject that is found to be inaccurate is rectified or erased within 18 months of these regulations coming into force; and
(f) have produced and submitted to the Secretary of State a report setting out the findings of its review in relation to the matters set out by subsection (1)(d) and, where relevant, a description of the steps taken to ensure that the data held by the relevant public authority is accurate within the definitions set out subsection (1)(b) with 18 months of these regulations coming into force.
(2) The Secretary of State may, on receipt of a report in accordance with subsection (1)(f) instruct a public authority to take any further remedial steps within a specified timeframe reasonably …
As printed in Hansard before the division.
By party
Conservative MPs cast 91 of the 97 named Aye votes; Labour MPs 288 of the 363 named No votes.
| Party | Aye (named) | No (named) |
|---|---|---|
| Labour | 0 | 288 |
| Conservative | 91 | 0 |
| Liberal Democrat | 0 | 56 |
| Independent | 1 | 5 |
| Scottish National Party | 0 | 5 |
| Green Party | 0 | 4 |
| Plaid Cymru | 0 | 4 |
| Reform UK | 3 | 0 |
| Democratic Unionist Party | 1 | 0 |
| Social Democratic & Labour Party | 0 | 1 |
| Traditional Unionist Voice | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 97 | 363 |
Tellers: Ben Obese-Jecty (Conservative, Huntingdon) and Jerome Mayhew (Conservative, Broadland and Fakenham) (Ayes); Gen Kitchen (Labour, Wellingborough and Rushden) and Anna McMorrin (Labour, Cardiff North) (Noes).
How each MP voted
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Sources
- Bill: Data (Use and Access) Act 2025
- Hansard: Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]
- Commons division 190
- Commons Votes API: division
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