Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 6: how MPs voted on 21 October 2025
Division 322, 21 October 2025, 18:43. The Commons Votes API gives 167 Ayes, 313 Noes: majority 146 for the Noes.
The question
New Clause 6
Lifetime driving ban for death by dangerous or careless driving and related offences
“(1) This section applies where a person is convicted of an offence under sections 1, 2B, 3ZB, 3ZC or 3A of the Road Traffic Act 1988.
(2) Where this section applies, notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 1 of Part 8 of the Sentencing Code (Driving disqualification), the driver must be banned from driving for life.” —(Ben Obese-Jecty.)
This new clause would mean that anyone who causes death by dangerous or careless driving (or related offences) would be banned from driving for life.
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 88 of the 167 named Aye votes; Labour MPs 298 of the 315 named No votes.
| Party | Aye (named) | No (named) |
|---|---|---|
| Labour | 0 | 298 |
| Conservative | 88 | 0 |
| Liberal Democrat | 64 | 0 |
| Independent | 8 | 10 |
| Democratic Unionist Party | 0 | 5 |
| Plaid Cymru | 4 | 0 |
| Reform UK | 3 | 0 |
| Traditional Unionist Voice | 0 | 1 |
| Ulster Unionist Party | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 167 | 315 |
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
482 named · CSV
Sources
- Bill: Sentencing Act 2026
- Hansard: Sentencing Bill
- Commons division 322
- Commons Votes API: division
6cedf787d85f1f1815 October 2026 - Hansard API: division search
ac37c3ae6cf70e5b15 October 2026 - Hansard API: debate
e153b9716d7c76d015 October 2026
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