Votes · September 2025 · Ten Minute Rule motion

Child poverty strategy (removal of two child limit): Ten Minute Rule Motion: how MPs voted on 16 September 2025

Division 305, 16 September 2025, 15:51. 89 Ayes to 79 Noes: Ayes by 10 votes, says the Commons Votes API.

Ayes

Noes

Result (Hansard)

Question accordingly agreed to.

The question

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require the Secretary of State to publish a child poverty strategy which includes proposals for removing the limit on the number of children or qualifying young persons included in the calculation of an award of Universal Credit; and for connected purposes.

As printed in Hansard before the division.

By party

Liberal Democrat MPs cast 61 of the 93 named Aye votes; Conservative MPs 75 of the 77 named No votes.

Party	Aye (named)	No (named)
Conservative	0	75
Liberal Democrat	61	1
Independent	8	1
Labour	7	0
Scottish National Party	6	0
Green Party	3	0
Plaid Cymru	3	0
Social Democratic & Labour Party	2	0
Democratic Unionist Party	1	0
Traditional Unionist Voice	1	0
Ulster Unionist Party	1	0
Total	93	77

Tellers: Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party, Aberdeen North) and Graham Leadbitter (Scottish National Party, Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey) (Ayes); James Wild (Conservative, North West Norfolk) and Lincoln Jopp (Conservative, Spelthorne) (Noes).

How each MP voted

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MP	Party	Constituency	Vote
Ms Diane Abbott	Independent	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Aye
Shockat Adam	Independent	Leicester South	Aye
Jim Allister	Traditional Unionist Voice	North Antrim	Aye
Gideon Amos	Liberal Democrat	Taunton and Wellington	Aye
Stuart Anderson	Conservative	South Shropshire	No
Stuart Andrew	Conservative	Daventry	No
Steff Aquarone	Liberal Democrat	North Norfolk	Aye
Edward Argar	Conservative	Melton and Syston	No
Josh Babarinde	Liberal Democrat	Eastbourne	Aye
Gareth Bacon	Conservative	Orpington	No
Mrs Kemi Badenoch	Conservative	North West Essex	No
Dame Harriett Baldwin	Conservative	West Worcestershire	No
Steve Barclay	Conservative	North East Cambridgeshire	No
Mr Peter Bedford	Conservative	Mid Leicestershire	No
Apsana Begum	Independent	Poplar and Limehouse	Aye
Alison Bennett	Liberal Democrat	Mid Sussex	Aye
Siân Berry	Green Party	Brighton Pavilion	Aye
Saqib Bhatti	Conservative	Meriden and Solihull East	No
Bob Blackman	Conservative	Harrow East	No
Sarah Bool	Conservative	South Northamptonshire	No
Aphra Brandreth	Conservative	Chester South and Eddisbury	No
Alex Brewer	Liberal Democrat	North East Hampshire	Aye
Jess Brown-Fuller	Liberal Democrat	Chichester	Aye
Alex Burghart	Conservative	Brentwood and Ongar	No
Richard Burgon	Labour	Leeds East	Aye
Ian Byrne	Labour	Liverpool West Derby	Aye
Charlotte Cane	Liberal Democrat	Ely and East Cambridgeshire	Aye
Charlotte Cane	Liberal Democrat	Ely and East Cambridgeshire	No
Mr Alistair Carmichael	Liberal Democrat	Orkney and Shetland	Aye
David Chadwick	Liberal Democrat	Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe	Aye
Wendy Chamberlain	Liberal Democrat	North East Fife	Aye
Dr Ellie Chowns	Green Party	North Herefordshire	Aye
Lewis Cocking	Conservative	Broxbourne	No
Chris Coghlan	Liberal Democrat	Dorking and Horley	Aye
Victoria Collins	Liberal Democrat	Harpenden and Berkhamsted	Aye
Daisy Cooper	Liberal Democrat	St Albans	Aye
John Cooper	Conservative	Dumfries and Galloway	No
Jeremy Corbyn	Independent	Islington North	Aye
Alberto Costa	Conservative	South Leicestershire	No
Claire Coutinho	Conservative	East Surrey	No
Sir Geoffrey Cox	Conservative	Torridge and Tavistock	No
Adam Dance	Liberal Democrat	Yeovil	Aye
Steve Darling	Liberal Democrat	Torbay	Aye
Ed Davey	Liberal Democrat	Kingston and Surbiton	Aye
Mims Davies	Conservative	East Grinstead and Uckfield	No
David Davis	Conservative	Goole and Pocklington	No
Bobby Dean	Liberal Democrat	Carshalton and Wallington	Aye
Carla Denyer	Green Party	Bristol Central	Aye
Dave Doogan	Scottish National Party	Angus and Perthshire Glens	Aye
Sarah Dyke	Liberal Democrat	Glastonbury and Somerton	Aye
Colum Eastwood	Social Democratic & Labour Party	Foyle	Aye
Dr Luke Evans	Conservative	Hinckley and Bosworth	No
Stephen Flynn	Scottish National Party	Aberdeen South	Aye
Richard Foord	Liberal Democrat	Honiton and Sidmouth	Aye
Mr Will Forster	Liberal Democrat	Woking	Aye
Mr Louie French	Conservative	Old Bexley and Sidcup	No
Richard Fuller	Conservative	North Bedfordshire	No
Mark Garnier	Conservative	Wyre Forest	No
Andrew George	Liberal Democrat	St Ives	Aye
Stephen Gethins	Scottish National Party	Arbroath and Broughty Ferry	Aye
Sarah Gibson	Liberal Democrat	Chippenham	Aye
Rachel Gilmour	Liberal Democrat	Tiverton and Minehead	Aye
John Glen	Conservative	Salisbury	No
Olly Glover	Liberal Democrat	Didcot and Wantage	Aye
Marie Goldman	Liberal Democrat	Chelmsford	Aye
Tom Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Aye
Helen Grant	Conservative	Maidstone and Malling	No
Sarah Green	Liberal Democrat	Chesham and Amersham	Aye
Andrew Griffith	Conservative	Arundel and South Downs	No
Alison Griffiths	Conservative	Bognor Regis and Littlehampton	No
Claire Hanna	Social Democratic & Labour Party	Belfast South and Mid Down	Aye
Monica Harding	Liberal Democrat	Esher and Walton	Aye
Rebecca Harris	Conservative	Castle Point	No
Sir John Hayes	Conservative	South Holland and The Deepings	No
Pippa Heylings	Liberal Democrat	South Cambridgeshire	Aye
Damian Hinds	Conservative	East Hampshire	No
Wera Hobhouse	Liberal Democrat	Bath	Aye
Mr Richard Holden	Conservative	Basildon and Billericay	No
Kevin Hollinrake	Conservative	Thirsk and Malton	No
Paul Holmes	Conservative	Hamble Valley	No
Nigel Huddleston	Conservative	Droitwich and Evesham	No
Imran Hussain	Labour	Bradford East	Aye
Liz Jarvis	Liberal Democrat	Eastleigh	Aye
Robert Jenrick	Conservative	Newark	No
Clive Jones	Liberal Democrat	Wokingham	Aye
Alicia Kearns	Conservative	Rutland and Stamford	No
Ayoub Khan	Independent	Birmingham Perry Barr	Aye
Mr Paul Kohler	Liberal Democrat	Wimbledon	Aye
Ben Lake	Plaid Cymru	Ceredigion Preseli	Aye
John Lamont	Conservative	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk	No
Chris Law	Scottish National Party	Dundee Central	Aye
Sir Edward Leigh	Conservative	Gainsborough	No
Sir Julian Lewis	Conservative	New Forest East	No
Rebecca Long Bailey	Labour	Salford	Aye
Julia Lopez	Conservative	Hornchurch and Upminster	No
James MacCleary	Liberal Democrat	Lewes	Aye
Mr Angus MacDonald	Liberal Democrat	Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire	Aye
Ben Maguire	Liberal Democrat	North Cornwall	Aye
Helen Maguire	Liberal Democrat	Epsom and Ewell	Aye
Alan Mak	Conservative	Havant	No
Kit Malthouse	Conservative	North West Hampshire	No
Mike Martin	Liberal Democrat	Tunbridge Wells	Aye
Brian Mathew	Liberal Democrat	Melksham and Devizes	Aye
Charlie Maynard	Liberal Democrat	Witney	Aye
Andy McDonald	Labour	Middlesbrough and Thornaby East	Aye
John McDonnell	Independent	Hayes and Harlington	Aye
Esther McVey	Conservative	Tatton	No
Llinos Medi	Plaid Cymru	Ynys Môn	Aye
Calum Miller	Liberal Democrat	Bicester and Woodstock	Aye
John Milne	Liberal Democrat	Horsham	Aye
Iqbal Mohamed	Independent	Dewsbury and Batley	Aye
Mr Gagan Mohindra	Conservative	South West Hertfordshire	No
Robbie Moore	Conservative	Keighley and Ilkley	No
Layla Moran	Liberal Democrat	Oxford West and Abingdon	Aye
Edward Morello	Liberal Democrat	West Dorset	Aye
Helen Morgan	Liberal Democrat	North Shropshire	Aye
Tom Morrison	Liberal Democrat	Cheadle	Aye
Wendy Morton	Conservative	Aldridge-Brownhills	No
Dr Kieran Mullan	Conservative	Bexhill and Battle	No
Susan Murray	Liberal Democrat	Mid Dunbartonshire	Aye
Dr Andrew Murrison	Conservative	South West Wiltshire	No
Jesse Norman	Conservative	Hereford and South Herefordshire	No
Neil O'Brien	Conservative	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston	No
Brendan O'Hara	Scottish National Party	Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber	Aye
Ben Obese-Jecty	Conservative	Huntingdon	No
Sarah Olney	Liberal Democrat	Richmond Park	Aye
Priti Patel	Conservative	Witham	No
Manuela Perteghella	Liberal Democrat	Stratford-on-Avon	Aye
Chris Philp	Conservative	Croydon South	No
Dr Al Pinkerton	Liberal Democrat	Surrey Heath	Aye
Shivani Raja	Conservative	Leicester East	No
Jack Rankin	Conservative	Windsor	No
Mr Joshua Reynolds	Liberal Democrat	Maidenhead	Aye
Ian Roome	Liberal Democrat	North Devon	Aye
Anna Sabine	Liberal Democrat	Frome and East Somerset	Aye
Dr Roz Savage	Liberal Democrat	South Cotswolds	Aye
Liz Saville Roberts	Plaid Cymru	Dwyfor Meirionnydd	Aye
Jim Shannon	Democratic Unionist Party	Strangford	Aye
Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst	Conservative	Solihull West and Shirley	No
Sir Alec Shelbrooke	Conservative	Wetherby and Easingwold	No
David Simmonds	Conservative	Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner	No
Vikki Slade	Liberal Democrat	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Aye
Lisa Smart	Liberal Democrat	Hazel Grove	Aye
Greg Smith	Conservative	Mid Buckinghamshire	No
Rebecca Smith	Conservative	South West Devon	No
Sir Julian Smith	Conservative	Skipton and Ripon	No
Ian Sollom	Liberal Democrat	St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire	Aye
Dr Ben Spencer	Conservative	Runnymede and Weybridge	No
Patrick Spencer	Independent	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich	No
Blake Stephenson	Conservative	Mid Bedfordshire	No
Sir Mel Stride	Conservative	Central Devon	No
Zarah Sultana	Independent	Coventry South	Aye
Robin Swann	Ulster Unionist Party	South Antrim	Aye
Sir Desmond Swayne	Conservative	New Forest West	No
Luke Taylor	Liberal Democrat	Sutton and Cheam	Aye
Bradley Thomas	Conservative	Bromsgrove	No
Nick Timothy	Conservative	West Suffolk	No
Jon Trickett	Labour	Normanton and Hemsworth	Aye
Laura Trott	Conservative	Sevenoaks	No
Freddie van Mierlo	Liberal Democrat	Henley and Thame	Aye
Martin Vickers	Conservative	Brigg and Immingham	No
Matt Vickers	Conservative	Stockton West	No
Sir John Whittingdale	Conservative	Maldon	No
Nadia Whittome	Labour	Nottingham East	Aye
Sir Gavin Williamson	Conservative	Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge	No
Pete Wishart	Scottish National Party	Perth and Kinross-shire	Aye
Mike Wood	Conservative	Kingswinford and South Staffordshire	No
Sir Jeremy Wright	Conservative	Kenilworth and Southam	No
Martin Wrigley	Liberal Democrat	Newton Abbot	Aye
Claire Young	Liberal Democrat	Thornbury and Yate	Aye

Sources

Hansard: Child Poverty Strategy (Removal of Two Child Limit)
Commons division 305
Commons Votes API: division 26285320c005493a 15 October 2026
Hansard API: division search ac37c3ae6cf70e5b 15 October 2026
Hansard API: debate 02a43446ec7dfed7 15 October 2026

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