Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 12: how MPs voted on 9 July 2025
Division 260, 9 July 2025, 18:30. The Commons Votes API gives 105 Ayes, 370 Noes: majority 265 for the Noes.
The question
Amendment proposed: 12, page 3, line 3, leave out from “Schedule 1” to end of line 6 and insert “may not come into force until the conditions in section [Pre-commencement requirements] have been met.
(4) If the conditions in section [Pre-commencement requirements] have been met prior to 6 April 2026, this section and Schedule 1 shall come into force on 6 April 2026 and have effect in relation to assessment periods commencing on or after that date, and for this purpose “assessment period” has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012.
(5) If the conditions in section [Pre-commencement requirements] have not been met prior to 6 April 2026, but are met on a subsequent day, this section and Schedule 1 shall come into force on the first day of the calendar month after that day and have effect in relation to assessment periods commencing on or after that date, and for this purpose “assessment period” has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012.”—(Steve Darling.)
This amendment makes the commencement of Clause 2 and Schedule 1 conditional on the pre-commencement requirements set out in NC2.
Question put, That the amendment be made.
As printed in Hansard before the division.
By party
Liberal Democrat MPs cast 63 of the 106 named Aye votes; Labour MPs 364 of the 368 named No votes.
| Party | Aye (named) | No (named) |
|---|---|---|
| Labour | 7 | 364 |
| Liberal Democrat | 63 | 0 |
| Independent | 7 | 4 |
| Scottish National Party | 9 | 0 |
| Democratic Unionist Party | 4 | 0 |
| Green Party | 4 | 0 |
| Plaid Cymru | 4 | 0 |
| Reform UK | 3 | 0 |
| Social Democratic & Labour Party | 2 | 0 |
| Alliance | 1 | 0 |
| Traditional Unionist Voice | 1 | 0 |
| Ulster Unionist Party | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 106 | 368 |
Tellers: Charlie Maynard (Liberal Democrat, Witney) and Bobby Dean (Liberal Democrat, Carshalton and Wallington) (Ayes); Martin McCluskey (Labour, Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West) and Gen Kitchen (Labour, Wellingborough and Rushden) (Noes).
How each MP voted
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Sources
- Bill: Universal Credit Act 2025
- Hansard: Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill
- Commons division 260
- Commons Votes API: division
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