Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 9: how MPs voted on 21 October 2025
Division 323, 21 October 2025, 18:56. The Commons Votes API gives 104 Ayes, 317 Noes: majority 213 for the Noes.
The question
New Clause 9
Duty to collect and publish data on sentencing
“(1) Within 24 hours of the conclusion of the passing of a sentence, the relevant court must provide HM Courts and Tribunals Service (‘HMCTS’) with information regarding—
(a) the offence category;
(b) the sentence length; and
(c) such information about the sentenced individual as the Secretary of State may specify in regulations, but which must include—
(i) nationality,
(ii) sex at birth,
(iii) country of birth,
(iv) method of entry to the United Kingdom,
(v) visa route,
(vi) visa status, and
(vii) asylum status.
(2) HMCTS must collect and record the information set out in subsection (1) in a safe and secure manner.
(3) The Secretary of State must publish statistics on the information set out in subsection (1) no less than once every three months.”—(Dr Mullan.)
This new clause would require HMCTS to collect data and other information on sentencing and sentenced offenders, and would require the Government to publish statistics on that data every three months.
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 89 of the 104 named Aye votes; Labour MPs 298 of the 318 named No votes.
| Party | Aye (named) | No (named) |
|---|---|---|
| Labour | 0 | 298 |
| Conservative | 89 | 0 |
| Independent | 5 | 12 |
| Democratic Unionist Party | 5 | 0 |
| Green Party | 0 | 4 |
| Plaid Cymru | 0 | 4 |
| Reform UK | 3 | 0 |
| Traditional Unionist Voice | 1 | 0 |
| Ulster Unionist Party | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 104 | 318 |
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
422 named · CSV
Sources
- Bill: Sentencing Act 2026
- Hansard: Sentencing Bill
- Commons division 323
- Commons Votes API: division
1bfb4091d337706c15 October 2026 - Hansard API: division search
ac37c3ae6cf70e5b15 October 2026 - Hansard API: debate
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