Votes · January 2026 · Opposition day motion

Opposition Day: Youth unemployment: how MPs voted on 28 January 2026

Division 423, 28 January 2026, 18:57. The Commons Votes API gives 91 Ayes, 287 Noes: majority 196 for the Noes.

Ayes

Noes

287

Result (Hansard)

Question accordingly negatived.

The question

That this House regrets that both youth unemployment and the numbers of young people not in education, employment or training are rising as a result of the Government’s policies, such as increasing the rate of employer’s National Insurance contributions, reducing business rates relief for 2025-26 for retail, leisure and hospitality businesses, and passing the Employment Rights Act 2025; notes that these policies have heavily impacted the retail, leisure and hospitality sectors where young people often have their first job; further regrets that the Government’s inability to reform the welfare system will mean that young people struggling to find work are more likely to become trapped in welfare benefits dependency; and calls on the Government to back business, scrap business rates for pubs and high street shops, and back job opportunities for young people.

As printed in Hansard before the division.

By party

Conservative MPs cast 89 of the 91 named Aye votes; Labour MPs 281 of the 284 named No votes.

Party	Aye (named)	No (named)
Labour	0	281
Conservative	89	0
Independent	1	3
Democratic Unionist Party	1	0
Total	91	284

Tellers: Paul Holmes (Conservative, Hamble Valley) and David Simmonds (Conservative, Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner) (Ayes); Deirdre Costigan (Labour, Ealing Southall) and Mark Ferguson (Labour, Gateshead Central and Whickham) (Noes).

How each MP voted

375 named · CSV

MP	Party	Constituency	Vote
Jack Abbott	Labour	Ipswich	No
Debbie Abrahams	Labour	Oldham East and Saddleworth	No
Dr Zubir Ahmed	Labour	Glasgow South West	No
Luke Akehurst	Labour	North Durham	No
Sadik Al-Hassan	Labour	North Somerset	No
Mr Bayo Alaba	Labour	Southend East and Rochford	No
Heidi Alexander	Labour	Swindon South	No
Rushanara Ali	Labour	Bethnal Green and Stepney	No
Tahir Ali	Labour	Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley	No
Callum Anderson	Labour	Buckingham and Bletchley	No
Stuart Andrew	Conservative	Daventry	Aye
Edward Argar	Conservative	Melton and Syston	Aye
Jess Asato	Labour	Lowestoft	No
James Asser	Labour	West Ham and Beckton	No
Jas Athwal	Labour	Ilford South	No
Victoria Atkins	Conservative	Louth and Horncastle	Aye
Catherine Atkinson	Labour	Derby North	No
Gareth Bacon	Conservative	Orpington	Aye
David Baines	Labour	St Helens North	No
Dame Harriett Baldwin	Conservative	West Worcestershire	Aye
Paula Barker	Labour	Liverpool Wavertree	No
Mr Alex Barros-Curtis	Labour	Cardiff West	No
Johanna Baxter	Labour	Paisley and Renfrewshire South	No
Danny Beales	Labour	Uxbridge and South Ruislip	No
Lorraine Beavers	Labour	Blackpool North and Fleetwood	No
Mr Peter Bedford	Conservative	Mid Leicestershire	Aye
Apsana Begum	Labour	Poplar and Limehouse	No
Hilary Benn	Labour	Leeds South	No
Mr Clive Betts	Labour	Sheffield South East	No
Ms Polly Billington	Labour	East Thanet	No
Matt Bishop	Labour	Forest of Dean	No
Bob Blackman	Conservative	Harrow East	Aye
Olivia Blake	Labour	Sheffield Hallam	No
Rachel Blake	Labour	Cities of London and Westminster	No
Mrs Elsie Blundell	Labour	Heywood and Middleton North	No
Kevin Bonavia	Labour	Stevenage	No
Sarah Bool	Conservative	South Northamptonshire	Aye
Jade Botterill	Labour	Ossett and Denby Dale	No
Sureena Brackenridge	Labour	Wolverhampton North East	No
Aphra Brandreth	Conservative	Chester South and Eddisbury	Aye
Mr Jonathan Brash	Labour	Hartlepool	No
Phil Brickell	Labour	Bolton West	No
Julia Buckley	Labour	Shrewsbury	No
Alex Burghart	Conservative	Brentwood and Ongar	Aye
Richard Burgon	Labour	Leeds East	No
Maureen Burke	Labour	Glasgow North East	No
David Burton-Sampson	Labour	Southend West and Leigh	No
Ian Byrne	Labour	Liverpool West Derby	No
Irene Campbell	Labour	North Ayrshire and Arran	No
Juliet Campbell	Labour	Broxtowe	No
Sir Alan Campbell	Labour	Tynemouth	No
Markus Campbell-Savours	Independent	Penrith and Solway	No
Sam Carling	Labour	North West Cambridgeshire	No
James Cartlidge	Conservative	South Suffolk	Aye
Bambos Charalambous	Labour	Southgate and Wood Green	No
Mr Luke Charters	Labour	York Outer	No
Feryal Clark	Labour	Enfield North	No
Sir James Cleverly	Conservative	Braintree	Aye
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown	Conservative	North Cotswolds	Aye
Lewis Cocking	Conservative	Broxbourne	Aye
Ben Coleman	Labour	Chelsea and Fulham	No
Jacob Collier	Labour	Burton and Uttoxeter	No
Lizzi Collinge	Labour	Morecambe and Lunesdale	No
Tom Collins	Labour	Worcester	No
Liam Conlon	Labour	Beckenham and Penge	No
Sarah Coombes	Labour	West Bromwich	No
Andrew Cooper	Labour	Mid Cheshire	No
Dr Beccy Cooper	Labour	Worthing West	No
Alberto Costa	Conservative	South Leicestershire	Aye
Pam Cox	Labour	Colchester	No
Sir Geoffrey Cox	Conservative	Torridge and Tavistock	Aye
Neil Coyle	Labour	Bermondsey and Old Southwark	No
Jen Craft	Labour	Thurrock	No
Mary Creagh	Labour	Coventry East	No
Ms Stella Creasy	Labour	Walthamstow	No
Torcuil Crichton	Labour	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	No
Harriet Cross	Conservative	Gordon and Buchan	Aye
Chris Curtis	Labour	Milton Keynes North	No
Janet Daby	Labour	Lewisham East	No
Sir Nicholas Dakin	Labour	Scunthorpe	No
Emily Darlington	Labour	Milton Keynes Central	No
Gareth Davies	Conservative	Grantham and Bourne	Aye
Jonathan Davies	Labour	Mid Derbyshire	No
Mims Davies	Conservative	East Grinstead and Uckfield	Aye
Paul Davies	Labour	Colne Valley	No
Shaun Davies	Labour	Telford	No
Alex Davies-Jones	Labour	Pontypridd	No
David Davis	Conservative	Goole and Pocklington	Aye
Marsha De Cordova	Labour	Battersea	No
Josh Dean	Labour	Hertford and Stortford	No
Kate Dearden	Labour	Halifax	No
Charlie Dewhirst	Conservative	Bridlington and The Wolds	Aye
Dame Caroline Dinenage	Conservative	Gosport	Aye
Anna Dixon	Labour	Shipley	No
Anneliese Dodds	Labour	Oxford East	No
Helena Dollimore	Labour	Hastings and Rye	No
Peter Dowd	Labour	Bootle	No
Sir Iain Duncan Smith	Conservative	Chingford and Woodford Green	Aye
Neil Duncan-Jordan	Labour	Poole	No
Dame Angela Eagle	Labour	Wallasey	No
Clive Efford	Labour	Eltham and Chislehurst	No
Maya Ellis	Labour	Ribble Valley	No
Florence Eshalomi	Labour	Vauxhall and Camberwell Green	No
Bill Esterson	Labour	Sefton Central	No
Chris Evans	Labour	Caerphilly	No
Dr Luke Evans	Conservative	Hinckley and Bosworth	Aye
Miatta Fahnbulleh	Labour	Peckham	No
Josh Fenton-Glynn	Labour	Calder Valley	No
Patricia Ferguson	Labour	Glasgow West	No
Natalie Fleet	Labour	Bolsover	No
Emma Foody	Labour	Cramlington and Killingworth	No
Catherine Fookes	Labour	Monmouthshire	No
Peter Fortune	Conservative	Bromley and Biggin Hill	Aye
Mr Paul Foster	Labour	South Ribble	No
Sir Ashley Fox	Conservative	Bridgwater	Aye
Mary Kelly Foy	Labour	City of Durham	No
Daniel Francis	Labour	Bexleyheath and Crayford	No
Mr Mark Francois	Conservative	Rayleigh and Wickford	Aye
George Freeman	Conservative	Mid Norfolk	Aye
Mr Louie French	Conservative	Old Bexley and Sidcup	Aye
Mr James Frith	Labour	Bury North	No
Richard Fuller	Conservative	North Bedfordshire	Aye
Gill Furniss	Labour	Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough	No
Sir Roger Gale	Conservative	Herne Bay and Sandwich	Aye
Barry Gardiner	Labour	Brent West	No
Mark Garnier	Conservative	Wyre Forest	Aye
Alan Gemmell	Labour	Central Ayrshire	No
Tracy Gilbert	Labour	Edinburgh North and Leith	No
Preet Kaur Gill	Labour	Birmingham Edgbaston	No
Becky Gittins	Labour	Clwyd East	No
John Glen	Conservative	Salisbury	Aye
Mary Glindon	Labour	Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend	No
Ben Goldsborough	Labour	South Norfolk	No
Georgia Gould	Labour	Queen's Park and Maida Vale	No
John Grady	Labour	Glasgow East	No
Lilian Greenwood	Labour	Nottingham South	No
Dame Nia Griffith	Labour	Llanelli	No
Amanda Hack	Labour	North West Leicestershire	No
Louise Haigh	Labour	Sheffield Heeley	No
Sarah Hall	Labour	Warrington South	No
Fabian Hamilton	Labour	Leeds North East	No
Paulette Hamilton	Labour	Birmingham Erdington	No
Emma Hardy	Labour	Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice	No
Carolyn Harris	Labour	Neath and Swansea East	No
Rebecca Harris	Conservative	Castle Point	Aye
Lloyd Hatton	Labour	South Dorset	No
Helen Hayes	Labour	Dulwich and West Norwood	No
Sir John Hayes	Conservative	South Holland and The Deepings	Aye
Claire Hazelgrove	Labour	Filton and Bradley Stoke	No
Sir Mark Hendrick	Labour	Preston	No
Dame Meg Hillier	Labour	Hackney South and Shoreditch	No
Chris Hinchliff	Labour	North East Hertfordshire	No
Jonathan Hinder	Labour	Pendle and Clitheroe	No
Damian Hinds	Conservative	East Hampshire	Aye
Simon Hoare	Conservative	North Dorset	Aye
Mrs Sharon Hodgson	Labour	Washington and Gateshead South	No
Mr Richard Holden	Conservative	Basildon and Billericay	Aye
Kevin Hollinrake	Conservative	Thirsk and Malton	Aye
Rachel Hopkins	Labour	Luton South and South Bedfordshire	No
Nigel Huddleston	Conservative	Droitwich and Evesham	Aye
Dr Neil Hudson	Conservative	Epping Forest	Aye
Claire Hughes	Labour	Bangor Aberconwy	No
Dr Rupa Huq	Labour	Ealing Central and Acton	No
Patrick Hurley	Labour	Southport	No
Natasha Irons	Labour	Croydon East	No
Sally Jameson	Labour	Doncaster Central	No
Sir Bernard Jenkin	Conservative	Harwich and North Essex	Aye
Terry Jermy	Labour	South West Norfolk	No
Dame Diana Johnson	Labour	Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham	No
Dr Caroline Johnson	Conservative	Sleaford and North Hykeham	Aye
Kim Johnson	Labour	Liverpool Riverside	No
Gerald Jones	Labour	Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare	No
Lillian Jones	Labour	Kilmarnock and Loudoun	No
Ruth Jones	Labour	Newport West and Islwyn	No
Sarah Jones	Labour	Croydon West	No
Lincoln Jopp	Conservative	Spelthorne	Aye
Gurinder Singh Josan	Labour	Smethwick	No
Sojan Joseph	Labour	Ashford	No
Warinder Juss	Labour	Wolverhampton West	No
Chris Kane	Labour	Stirling and Strathallan	No
Satvir Kaur	Labour	Southampton Test	No
Afzal Khan	Labour	Manchester Rusholme	No
Naushabah Khan	Labour	Gillingham and Rainham	No
Stephen Kinnock	Labour	Aberafan Maesteg	No
Jayne Kirkham	Labour	Truro and Falmouth	No
Gen Kitchen	Labour	Wellingborough and Rushden	No
Uma Kumaran	Labour	Stratford and Bow	No
Laura Kyrke-Smith	Labour	Aylesbury	No
Peter Lamb	Labour	Crawley	No
John Lamont	Conservative	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk	Aye
Ian Lavery	Labour	Blyth and Ashington	No
Noah Law	Labour	St Austell and Newquay	No
Kim Leadbeater	Labour	Spen Valley	No
Brian Leishman	Labour	Alloa and Grangemouth	No
Andrew Lewin	Labour	Welwyn Hatfield	No
Clive Lewis	Labour	Norwich South	No
Sir Julian Lewis	Conservative	New Forest East	Aye
Rebecca Long Bailey	Labour	Salford	No
Julia Lopez	Conservative	Hornchurch and Upminster	Aye
Josh MacAlister	Labour	Whitehaven and Workington	No
Alice Macdonald	Labour	Norwich North	No
Alan Mak	Conservative	Havant	Aye
Kit Malthouse	Conservative	North West Hampshire	Aye
Amanda Martin	Labour	Portsmouth North	No
Rachael Maskell	Labour	York Central	No
Keir Mather	Labour	Selby	No
Alex Mayer	Labour	Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard	No
Jerome Mayhew	Conservative	Broadland and Fakenham	Aye
Douglas McAllister	Labour	West Dunbartonshire	No
Kerry McCarthy	Labour	Bristol East	No
Martin McCluskey	Labour	Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West	No
Dame Siobhain McDonagh	Labour	Mitcham and Morden	No
Andy McDonald	Labour	Middlesbrough and Thornaby East	No
Chris McDonald	Labour	Stockton North	No
John McDonnell	Labour	Hayes and Harlington	No
Blair McDougall	Labour	East Renfrewshire	No
Alison McGovern	Labour	Birkenhead	No
Alex McIntyre	Labour	Gloucester	No
Gordon McKee	Labour	Glasgow South	No
Kevin McKenna	Labour	Sittingbourne and Sheppey	No
Jim McMahon	Labour	Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton	No
Anna McMorrin	Labour	Cardiff North	No
Frank McNally	Labour	Coatbridge and Bellshill	No
Anneliese Midgley	Labour	Knowsley	No
Ed Miliband	Labour	Doncaster North	No
Ms Julie Minns	Labour	Carlisle	No
Navendu Mishra	Labour	Stockport	No
Sir Andrew Mitchell	Conservative	Sutton Coldfield	Aye
Abtisam Mohamed	Labour	Sheffield Central	No
Iqbal Mohamed	Independent	Dewsbury and Batley	No
Mr Gagan Mohindra	Conservative	South West Hertfordshire	Aye
Stephen Morgan	Labour	Portsmouth South	No
Grahame Morris	Labour	Easington	No
Joy Morrissey	Conservative	Beaconsfield	Aye
Wendy Morton	Conservative	Aldridge-Brownhills	Aye
Dr Kieran Mullan	Conservative	Bexhill and Battle	Aye
David Mundell	Conservative	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale	Aye
Luke Murphy	Labour	Basingstoke	No
Chris Murray	Labour	Edinburgh East and Musselburgh	No
Dr Andrew Murrison	Conservative	South West Wiltshire	Aye
Luke Myer	Labour	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	No
James Naish	Labour	Rushcliffe	No
Connor Naismith	Labour	Crewe and Nantwich	No
Kanishka Narayan	Labour	Vale of Glamorgan	No
Josh Newbury	Labour	Cannock Chase	No
Charlotte Nichols	Labour	Warrington North	No
Jesse Norman	Conservative	Hereford and South Herefordshire	Aye
Dan Norris	Independent	North East Somerset and Hanham	No
Neil O'Brien	Conservative	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston	Aye
Ben Obese-Jecty	Conservative	Huntingdon	Aye
Melanie Onn	Labour	Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes	No
Dame Chi Onwurah	Labour	Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West	No
Ms Abena Oppong-Asare	Labour	Erith and Thamesmead	No
Tristan Osborne	Labour	Chatham and Aylesford	No
Taiwo Owatemi	Labour	Coventry North West	No
Sarah Owen	Labour	Luton North	No
Darren Paffey	Labour	Southampton Itchen	No
Andrew Pakes	Labour	Peterborough	No
Priti Patel	Conservative	Witham	Aye
Matthew Patrick	Labour	Wirral West	No
Rebecca Paul	Conservative	Reigate	Aye
Stephanie Peacock	Labour	Barnsley South	No
Jon Pearce	Labour	High Peak	No
Matthew Pennycook	Labour	Greenwich and Woolwich	No
Mr Toby Perkins	Labour	Chesterfield	No
Bridget Phillipson	Labour	Houghton and Sunderland South	No
Chris Philp	Conservative	Croydon South	Aye
Lee Pitcher	Labour	Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme	No
Jo Platt	Labour	Leigh and Atherton	No
Luke Pollard	Labour	Plymouth Sutton and Devonport	No
Joe Powell	Labour	Kensington and Bayswater	No
Gregor Poynton	Labour	Livingston	No
Mark Pritchard	Conservative	The Wrekin	Aye
Yasmin Qureshi	Labour	Bolton South and Walkden	No
Steve Race	Labour	Exeter	No
Mr Connor Rand	Labour	Altrincham and Sale West	No
Andrew Ranger	Labour	Wrexham	No
Jack Rankin	Conservative	Windsor	Aye
Angela Rayner	Labour	Ashton-under-Lyne	No
David Reed	Conservative	Exmouth and Exeter East	Aye
Ellie Reeves	Labour	Lewisham West and East Dulwich	No
Joani Reid	Labour	East Kilbride and Strathaven	No
Emma Reynolds	Labour	Wycombe	No
Jonathan Reynolds	Labour	Stalybridge and Hyde	No
Martin Rhodes	Labour	Glasgow North	No
Jake Richards	Labour	Rother Valley	No
Jenny Riddell-Carpenter	Labour	Suffolk Coastal	No
Ms Marie Rimmer	Labour	St Helens South and Whiston	No
Dave Robertson	Labour	Lichfield	No
Joe Robertson	Conservative	Isle of Wight East	Aye
Tim Roca	Labour	Macclesfield	No
Sarah Russell	Labour	Congleton	No
Oliver Ryan	Labour	Burnley	No
Sarah Sackman	Labour	Finchley and Golders Green	No
Dr Jeevun Sandher	Labour	Loughborough	No
Louise Sandher-Jones	Labour	North East Derbyshire	No
Naz Shah	Labour	Bradford West	No
Baggy Shanker	Labour	Derby South	No
Jim Shannon	Democratic Unionist Party	Strangford	Aye
Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst	Conservative	Solihull West and Shirley	Aye
Sir Alec Shelbrooke	Conservative	Wetherby and Easingwold	Aye
Tulip Siddiq	Labour	Hampstead and Highgate	No
Josh Simons	Labour	Makerfield	No
Andy Slaughter	Labour	Hammersmith and Chiswick	No
Cat Smith	Labour	Lancaster and Wyre	No
Greg Smith	Conservative	Mid Buckinghamshire	Aye
Jeff Smith	Labour	Manchester Withington	No
Nick Smith	Labour	Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney	No
Rebecca Smith	Conservative	South West Devon	Aye
Sarah Smith	Labour	Hyndburn	No
Sir Julian Smith	Conservative	Skipton and Ripon	Aye
Gareth Snell	Labour	Stoke-on-Trent Central	No
Mr Andrew Snowden	Conservative	Fylde	Aye
Alex Sobel	Labour	Leeds Central and Headingley	No
Patrick Spencer	Independent	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich	Aye
Gregory Stafford	Conservative	Farnham and Bordon	Aye
Euan Stainbank	Labour	Falkirk	No
Blake Stephenson	Conservative	Mid Bedfordshire	Aye
Jo Stevens	Labour	Cardiff East	No
Elaine Stewart	Labour	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	No
Alistair Strathern	Labour	Hitchin	No
Alan Strickland	Labour	Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor	No
Sir Mel Stride	Conservative	Central Devon	Aye
Graham Stuart	Conservative	Beverley and Holderness	Aye
Kirsteen Sullivan	Labour	Bathgate and Linlithgow	No
Peter Swallow	Labour	Bracknell	No
Sir Desmond Swayne	Conservative	New Forest West	Aye
David Taylor	Labour	Hemel Hempstead	No
Rachel Taylor	Labour	North Warwickshire and Bedworth	No
Bradley Thomas	Conservative	Bromsgrove	Aye
Gareth Thomas	Labour	Harrow West	No
Nick Thomas-Symonds	Labour	Torfaen	No
Adam Thompson	Labour	Erewash	No
Emily Thornberry	Labour	Islington South and Finsbury	No
Dr Marie Tidball	Labour	Penistone and Stocksbridge	No
Sir Stephen Timms	Labour	East Ham	No
Nick Timothy	Conservative	West Suffolk	Aye
Jessica Toale	Labour	Bournemouth West	No
Jon Trickett	Labour	Normanton and Hemsworth	No
Laura Trott	Conservative	Sevenoaks	Aye
Henry Tufnell	Labour	Mid and South Pembrokeshire	No
Tom Tugendhat	Conservative	Tonbridge	Aye
Anna Turley	Labour	Redcar	No
Matt Turmaine	Labour	Watford	No
Laurence Turner	Labour	Birmingham Northfield	No
Liz Twist	Labour	Blaydon and Consett	No
Harpreet Uppal	Labour	Huddersfield	No
Valerie Vaz	Labour	Walsall and Bloxwich	No
Martin Vickers	Conservative	Brigg and Immingham	Aye
Matt Vickers	Conservative	Stockton West	Aye
Chris Vince	Labour	Harlow	No
Christian Wakeford	Labour	Bury South	No
Chris Ward	Labour	Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven	No
Paul Waugh	Labour	Rochdale	No
Chris Webb	Labour	Blackpool South	No
Michelle Welsh	Labour	Sherwood Forest	No
Catherine West	Labour	Hornsey and Friern Barnet	No
Andrew Western	Labour	Stretford and Urmston	No
Matt Western	Labour	Warwick and Leamington	No
Helen Whately	Conservative	Faversham and Mid Kent	Aye
Michael Wheeler	Labour	Worsley and Eccles	No
John Whitby	Labour	Derbyshire Dales	No
Sir John Whittingdale	Conservative	Maldon	Aye
Nadia Whittome	Labour	Nottingham East	No
James Wild	Conservative	North West Norfolk	Aye
David Williams	Labour	Stoke-on-Trent North	No
Sir Gavin Williamson	Conservative	Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge	Aye
Steve Witherden	Labour	Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr	No
Mike Wood	Conservative	Kingswinford and South Staffordshire	Aye
Sean Woodcock	Labour	Banbury	No
Rosie Wrighting	Labour	Kettering	No
Yuan Yang	Labour	Earley and Woodley	No
Mohammad Yasin	Labour	Bedford	No
Steve Yemm	Labour	Mansfield	No
Daniel Zeichner	Labour	Cambridge	No

Sources

Hansard: Youth Unemployment
Commons division 423
Commons Votes API: division 93f2aca89405666b 15 October 2026
Hansard API: division search 512702e6682b2161 15 October 2026
Hansard API: debate a0ea7454181e2cee 15 October 2026

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