Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 24: how MPs voted on 21 October 2025
Division 321, 21 October 2025, 18:29. The Commons Votes API gives 182 Ayes, 307 Noes: majority 125 for the Noes.
The question
Clause 20
Release
Amendment proposed: 24, page 37, line 14, at end insert—
“(ab) but sections 244ZA(8)(a) and (aa) do not apply to any person convicted of—
(a) rape;
(b) assault by penetration;
(c) rape of a child under 13;
(d) assault of a child under 13 by penetration;
(e) inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity;
(f) paying for the sexual services of a child aged under 13;
(g) kidnapping or false imprisonment with the intention of committing a sexual offence;
(h) creating or possessing indecent photographs of children;
(i) grievous bodily harm;
(j) grooming;
(k) stalking;
(l) causing or allowing the death of a vulnerable child or adult; or
(m) death by dangerous driving, and
(ac) but sections 244ZA(8)(a) and (aa) cannot come into force until the Secretary of State has consulted on and ensured exclusions for all offences considered to be serious violence, offences against children, sexual offences and domestic abuse offences, and”.—(Dr Mullan.)
This amendment would disapply the clause 20 early release provisions of the Bill in relation to those convicted of the offences listed in the amendment, and would require the Secretary of State to consult on and ensure exclusions for those convicted of other serious violent and sexual offence categories.
Question put, That the amendment be made.
As printed in Hansard before the division.
By party
Conservative MPs cast 89 of the 182 named Aye votes; Labour MPs 300 of the 307 named No votes.
| Party | Aye (named) | No (named) |
|---|---|---|
| Labour | 1 | 300 |
| Conservative | 89 | 0 |
| Liberal Democrat | 65 | 0 |
| Independent | 10 | 7 |
| Democratic Unionist Party | 5 | 0 |
| Plaid Cymru | 4 | 0 |
| Green Party | 3 | 0 |
| Reform UK | 3 | 0 |
| Traditional Unionist Voice | 1 | 0 |
| Ulster Unionist Party | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 182 | 307 |
Tellers: David Reed (Conservative, Exmouth and Exeter East) and Jerome Mayhew (Conservative, Broadland and Fakenham) (Ayes); Taiwo Owatemi (Labour, Coventry North West) and Mark Ferguson (Labour, Gateshead Central and Whickham) (Noes).
How each MP voted
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Sources
- Bill: Sentencing Act 2026
- Hansard: Sentencing Bill
- Commons division 321
- Commons Votes API: division
5aa1bb33b904c05115 October 2026 - Hansard API: division search
ac37c3ae6cf70e5b15 October 2026 - Hansard API: debate
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