Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: New Clause 3: how MPs voted on 8 July 2025
Division 255, 8 July 2025, 18:09. The Commons Votes API gives 86 Ayes, 340 Noes: majority 254 for the Noes.
The question
New Clause 3
Free to air coverage
“(1) The Independent Football Regulator must require that every season—
(a) at least ten Premier League football matches,
(b) the League Cup Final, and
(c) the Championship, League One and League Two playoff finals
are made available for live broadcast on free-to-air television channels in the United Kingdom.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(a) the matches must include a representative selection across different clubs and times in the season, subject to reasonable considerations of scheduling and broadcasting logistics.
(3) In this section ‘free-to-air television’ means a service that satisfies the qualifying conditions of such a service defined by Section 2 of the 1996 Communications Act.”—(Max Wilkinson.)
This new clause would mandate a minimum of ten Premier League matches, the League Cup Final and the Championship, League One and League Two playoff finals on free-to-air television channels.
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 62 of the 86 named Aye votes; Labour MPs 337 of the 339 named No votes.
| Party | Aye (named) | No (named) |
|---|---|---|
| Labour | 0 | 337 |
| Liberal Democrat | 62 | 0 |
| Independent | 7 | 2 |
| Democratic Unionist Party | 4 | 0 |
| Green Party | 4 | 0 |
| Plaid Cymru | 4 | 0 |
| Reform UK | 3 | 0 |
| Traditional Unionist Voice | 1 | 0 |
| Ulster Unionist Party | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 86 | 339 |
Tellers: Bobby Dean (Liberal Democrat, Carshalton and Wallington) and Tom Morrison (Liberal Democrat, Cheadle) (Ayes); Keir Mather (Labour, Selby) and Taiwo Owatemi (Labour, Coventry North West) (Noes).
How each MP voted
425 named · CSV
Sources
- Bill: Football Governance Act 2025
- Hansard: Football Governance Bill [Lords]
- Commons division 255
- Commons Votes API: division
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