Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 18: how MPs voted on 12 May 2025
Division 193, 12 May 2025, 21:27. The Commons Votes API gives 94 Ayes, 315 Noes: majority 221 for the Noes.
The question
New Clause 18
Cap on the number of entrants
“(1) Within six months of the passing of this Act, the Secretary of State must make regulations specifying the total maximum number of persons who may enter the United Kingdom annually across all non-visitor visa routes, with such regulations subject to approval by both Houses.
(2) The Secretary of State may by regulations also specify a maximum number of entrants for individual visa routes, subject to the overall total.
(3) No visas may be issued in excess of the total maximum number specified in subsection (1).
(4) Any visas issued in excess of the number specified in subsection (1) must be revoked.”—(Chris Philp.)
This new clause would provide a mechanism for a binding annual cap on the number of nonvisitor visas issued by the UK.
Brought up.
Question put, That the clause be added to the Bill.
As printed in Hansard before the division.
By party
Conservative MPs cast 87 of the 96 named Aye votes; Labour MPs 295 of the 317 named No votes.
| Party | Aye (named) | No (named) |
|---|---|---|
| Labour | 0 | 295 |
| Conservative | 87 | 0 |
| Independent | 0 | 9 |
| Scottish National Party | 0 | 7 |
| Reform UK | 5 | 0 |
| Plaid Cymru | 0 | 3 |
| Democratic Unionist Party | 2 | 0 |
| Green Party | 0 | 2 |
| Social Democratic & Labour Party | 0 | 1 |
| Traditional Unionist Voice | 1 | 0 |
| Ulster Unionist Party | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 96 | 317 |
Tellers: Katie Lam (Conservative, Weald of Kent) and Mr Richard Holden (Conservative, Basildon and Billericay) (Ayes); Keir Mather (Labour, Selby) and Christian Wakeford (Labour, Bury South) (Noes).
How each MP voted
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Sources
- Bill: Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025
- Hansard: Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
- Commons division 193
- Commons Votes API: division
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