English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 69: how MPs voted on 25 November 2025
Division 367, 25 November 2025, 18:14. The Commons Votes API gives 189 Ayes, 320 Noes: majority 131 for the Noes.
The question
New Clause 69
Limitation on delay to elections resulting from local government reorganisation
“(1) The Secretary of State may not make any order or regulations to delay the ordinary elections of councillors of any specified authority if—
(a) the order or regulations result from any change to local government organisation under or by virtue of this Act,
(b) the effect of the order or regulations is to delay any such election by a period exceeding 53 weeks from the date on which it was originally scheduled to be held.
(2) For the purposes of this section, “any order or regulations” includes—
(a) an order under section 87 (Power to change years in which elections held) of the Local Government Act 2000;
(b) an order under sections 7 (Implementation of proposals by order), 10 (Implementation of recommendations by order of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007; or
(c) any other delegated power exercisable by order or by regulations in relation to the scheduling of ordinary elections of councillors.”—(David Simmonds.)
This new clause would prevent the Secretary of State from delaying by more than one year any local government election, if the delay results from local government reorganisation under this Act.
Brought up.
Question put, That the clause added to the Bill.
As printed in Hansard before the division.
By party
Conservative MPs cast 100 of the 187 named Aye votes; Labour MPs 317 of the 320 named No votes.
| Party | Aye (named) | No (named) |
|---|---|---|
| Labour | 0 | 317 |
| Conservative | 100 | 0 |
| Liberal Democrat | 67 | 0 |
| Independent | 4 | 3 |
| Democratic Unionist Party | 5 | 0 |
| Reform UK | 5 | 0 |
| Green Party | 3 | 0 |
| Traditional Unionist Voice | 1 | 0 |
| Ulster Unionist Party | 1 | 0 |
| Your Party | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 187 | 320 |
Tellers: Jerome Mayhew (Conservative, Broadland and Fakenham) and Lincoln Jopp (Conservative, Spelthorne) (Ayes); Stephen Morgan (Labour, Portsmouth South) and Taiwo Owatemi (Labour, Coventry North West) (Noes).
How each MP voted
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Sources
- Bill: English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026
- Hansard: English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
- Commons division 367
- Commons Votes API: division
03ae065420fcb15115 October 2026 - Hansard API: division search
ac37c3ae6cf70e5b15 October 2026 - Hansard API: debate
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