Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 43: how MPs voted on 18 June 2025
Division 235, 18 June 2025, 18:14. The Commons Votes API gives 147 Ayes, 305 Noes: majority 158 for the Noes.
The question
New Clause 43
Commencement of the Protection from Sex-based Harassment in Public Act
“(1) Section 4 of the Protection from Sex-based Harassment in Public Act 2023 is amended as follows.
(2) Leave out subsections (3) and (4) and insert—
‘(3) Sections 1, 2 and 3 come into force on the day that the Crime and Policing Act 2025 receives Royal Assent’.”—(Mike Martin.)
This new clause automatically commences Protection from Sex-based Harassment in Public Act 2023 when the Crime and Policing Bill receives Royal Assent, removing the need for regulations to bring the Act into force. The Act criminalises the public harassment of individuals where that harassment is based on an individual's sex.
Brought up.
Question put, That the clause be added to the Bill.
As printed in Hansard before the division.
By party
Liberal Democrat MPs cast 63 of the 147 named Aye votes; Labour MPs 301 of the 305 named No votes.
| Party | Aye (named) | No (named) |
|---|---|---|
| Labour | 1 | 301 |
| Liberal Democrat | 63 | 0 |
| Conservative | 60 | 0 |
| Independent | 9 | 4 |
| Green Party | 4 | 0 |
| Reform UK | 4 | 0 |
| Plaid Cymru | 3 | 0 |
| Democratic Unionist Party | 2 | 0 |
| Ulster Unionist Party | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 147 | 305 |
Tellers: Bobby Dean (Liberal Democrat, Carshalton and Wallington) and Mr Will Forster (Liberal Democrat, Woking) (Ayes); Anna McMorrin (Labour, Cardiff North) and Martin McCluskey (Labour, Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West) (Noes).
How each MP voted
452 named · CSV
Sources
- Bill: Crime and Policing Act 2026
- Hansard: Crime and Policing Bill
- Commons division 235
- Commons Votes API: division
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a70909daf7799dd715 October 2026 - Hansard API: debate
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