Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7: how MPs voted on 27 October 2025
Division 326, 27 October 2025, 20:27. The Commons Votes API gives 165 Ayes, 323 Noes: majority 158 for the Noes.
The question
New Clause 7
Extension of Victim Contact Scheme
“(1) The Secretary of State must ensure that the Victim Contact Scheme is made available to—
(a) victims of offenders sentenced to less than 12 months for violent and sexual offences,
(b) victims in cases involving coercive or controlling behaviour, stalking, or harassment, and
(c) bereaved families in manslaughter or death by dangerous driving cases.
(2) The Secretary of State must ensure that information under the Victim Contact Scheme is communicated in a timely and trauma-informed manner.
(3) The Secretary of State must publish data each year on uptake and accessibility of the Victim Contact Scheme.”—(Jess Brown-Fuller.)
This new clause would require the Secretary of State to extend the Victim Contact Scheme to certain categories of victim. It would also ensure information is provided in a timely, trauma-informed way and require annual reporting on the Scheme’s uptake and accessibility.
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 82 of the 164 named Aye votes; Labour MPs 313 of the 321 named No votes.
| Party | Aye (named) | No (named) |
|---|---|---|
| Labour | 0 | 313 |
| Conservative | 82 | 0 |
| Liberal Democrat | 61 | 0 |
| Independent | 7 | 7 |
| Plaid Cymru | 4 | 0 |
| Democratic Unionist Party | 3 | 0 |
| Green Party | 3 | 0 |
| Reform UK | 3 | 0 |
| Traditional Unionist Voice | 0 | 1 |
| Ulster Unionist Party | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 164 | 321 |
Tellers: Zöe Franklin (Liberal Democrat, Guildford) and Claire Young (Liberal Democrat, Thornbury and Yate) (Ayes); Imogen Walker (Labour, Hamilton and Clyde Valley) and Mark Ferguson (Labour, Gateshead Central and Whickham) (Noes).
How each MP voted
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Sources
- Bill: Victims and Courts Act 2026
- Hansard: Victims and Courts Bill
- Commons division 326
- Commons Votes API: division
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ac37c3ae6cf70e5b15 October 2026 - Hansard API: debate
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