Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: New Clause 1: how MPs voted on 20 October 2025
Division 317, 20 October 2025, 22:25. The Commons Votes API gives 172 Ayes, 322 Noes: majority 150 for the Noes.
The question
New Clause 1
Approval of payments to Mauritius by the House of Commons
“(1) No payment may be made by the Government of the United Kingdom to the Government of Mauritius under Article 11 (1)(a) of the Treaty without the approval of the House of Commons.
(2) No development framework under Article 11 (1)(c) may be agreed by the Government of the United Kingdom with the Government of Mauritius without the approval of the House of Commons.
(3) No payment may be made under any development framework agreed between the Government of the United Kingdom and the Government of Mauritius without the approval of the House of Commons.
(4) The approval required by subsections (1), (2) and (3) must be in the form of a resolution of the House of Commons.”—(Priti Patel.)
This new clause requires parliamentary approval for any payment by the UK Government to the Government of Mauritius under the Treaty.
Brought up, and read the First time.
Question put, That the clause be read a Second time.
As printed in Hansard before the division.
By party
Conservative MPs cast 94 of the 171 named Aye votes; Labour MPs 301 of the 321 named No votes.
| Party | Aye (named) | No (named) |
|---|---|---|
| Labour | 0 | 301 |
| Conservative | 94 | 0 |
| Liberal Democrat | 64 | 0 |
| Independent | 2 | 12 |
| Reform UK | 5 | 0 |
| Democratic Unionist Party | 4 | 0 |
| Plaid Cymru | 0 | 4 |
| Green Party | 0 | 3 |
| Social Democratic & Labour Party | 0 | 1 |
| Traditional Unionist Voice | 1 | 0 |
| Ulster Unionist Party | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 171 | 321 |
Tellers: David Reed (Conservative, Exmouth and Exeter East) and Jerome Mayhew (Conservative, Broadland and Fakenham) (Ayes); Deirdre Costigan (Labour, Ealing Southall) and Stephen Morgan (Labour, Portsmouth South) (Noes).
How each MP voted
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Sources
- Bill: Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
- Hansard: Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
- Commons division 317
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