Votes · February 2026 · Motion

Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2026-27: how MPs voted on 11 February 2026

Division 428, 11 February 2026, 18:20. The Commons Votes API gives 279 Ayes, 90 Noes: majority 189 for the Ayes.

Ayes

279

Noes

Result (Hansard)

Question accordingly agreed to.

The question

Motion made, and Question put,
That the Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2026–27 (HC 1605), which was laid before this House on 9 February, be approved.—(Gen Kitchen.)

As printed in Hansard before the division.

By party

Labour MPs cast 273 of the 278 named Aye votes; Conservative MPs 85 of the 90 named No votes.

Party	Aye (named)	No (named)
Labour	273	0
Conservative	0	85
Independent	3	2
Reform UK	0	3
Democratic Unionist Party	1	0
Your Party	1	0
Total	278	90

Tellers: Jade Botterill (Labour, Ossett and Denby Dale) and Gregor Poynton (Labour, Livingston) (Ayes); Mr Andrew Snowden (Conservative, Fylde) and Katie Lam (Conservative, Weald of Kent) (Noes).

How each MP voted

368 named · CSV

MP	Party	Constituency	Vote
Ms Diane Abbott	Independent	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Aye
Debbie Abrahams	Labour	Oldham East and Saddleworth	Aye
Dr Zubir Ahmed	Labour	Glasgow South West	Aye
Luke Akehurst	Labour	North Durham	Aye
Dan Aldridge	Labour	Weston-super-Mare	Aye
Heidi Alexander	Labour	Swindon South	Aye
Rushanara Ali	Labour	Bethnal Green and Stepney	Aye
Tahir Ali	Labour	Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley	Aye
Callum Anderson	Labour	Buckingham and Bletchley	Aye
Fleur Anderson	Labour	Putney	Aye
Stuart Andrew	Conservative	Daventry	No
Tonia Antoniazzi	Labour	Gower	Aye
Edward Argar	Conservative	Melton and Syston	No
Dr Scott Arthur	Labour	Edinburgh South West	Aye
Jess Asato	Labour	Lowestoft	Aye
Jas Athwal	Labour	Ilford South	Aye
Victoria Atkins	Conservative	Louth and Horncastle	No
Catherine Atkinson	Labour	Derby North	Aye
Lewis Atkinson	Labour	Sunderland Central	Aye
Gareth Bacon	Conservative	Orpington	No
David Baines	Labour	St Helens North	Aye
Alex Baker	Labour	Aldershot	Aye
Dame Harriett Baldwin	Conservative	West Worcestershire	No
Alex Ballinger	Labour	Halesowen	Aye
Antonia Bance	Labour	Tipton and Wednesbury	Aye
Steve Barclay	Conservative	North East Cambridgeshire	No
Paula Barker	Labour	Liverpool Wavertree	Aye
Lee Barron	Labour	Corby and East Northamptonshire	Aye
Mr Alex Barros-Curtis	Labour	Cardiff West	Aye
Johanna Baxter	Labour	Paisley and Renfrewshire South	Aye
Danny Beales	Labour	Uxbridge and South Ruislip	Aye
Lorraine Beavers	Labour	Blackpool North and Fleetwood	Aye
Apsana Begum	Labour	Poplar and Limehouse	Aye
Torsten Bell	Labour	Swansea West	Aye
Hilary Benn	Labour	Leeds South	Aye
Mr Clive Betts	Labour	Sheffield South East	Aye
Ms Polly Billington	Labour	East Thanet	Aye
Matt Bishop	Labour	Forest of Dean	Aye
Bob Blackman	Conservative	Harrow East	No
Olivia Blake	Labour	Sheffield Hallam	Aye
Rachel Blake	Labour	Cities of London and Westminster	Aye
Kevin Bonavia	Labour	Stevenage	Aye
Sarah Bool	Conservative	South Northamptonshire	No
Andrew Bowie	Conservative	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	No
Sureena Brackenridge	Labour	Wolverhampton North East	Aye
Aphra Brandreth	Conservative	Chester South and Eddisbury	No
Phil Brickell	Labour	Bolton West	Aye
Chris Bryant	Labour	Rhondda and Ogmore	Aye
Alex Burghart	Conservative	Brentwood and Ongar	No
Richard Burgon	Labour	Leeds East	Aye
Maureen Burke	Labour	Glasgow North East	Aye
David Burton-Sampson	Labour	Southend West and Leigh	Aye
Dawn Butler	Labour	Brent East	Aye
Liam Byrne	Labour	Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North	Aye
Ruth Cadbury	Labour	Brentford and Isleworth	Aye
Irene Campbell	Labour	North Ayrshire and Arran	Aye
Juliet Campbell	Labour	Broxtowe	Aye
Sir Alan Campbell	Labour	Tynemouth	Aye
Markus Campbell-Savours	Independent	Penrith and Solway	Aye
Dan Carden	Labour	Liverpool Walton	Aye
James Cartlidge	Conservative	South Suffolk	No
Sarah Champion	Labour	Rotherham	Aye
Bambos Charalambous	Labour	Southgate and Wood Green	Aye
Mr Luke Charters	Labour	York Outer	Aye
Sir Christopher Chope	Conservative	Christchurch	No
Feryal Clark	Labour	Enfield North	Aye
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown	Conservative	North Cotswolds	No
Lewis Cocking	Conservative	Broxbourne	No
Jacob Collier	Labour	Burton and Uttoxeter	Aye
Lizzi Collinge	Labour	Morecambe and Lunesdale	Aye
Tom Collins	Labour	Worcester	Aye
Liam Conlon	Labour	Beckenham and Penge	Aye
Dr Beccy Cooper	Labour	Worthing West	Aye
John Cooper	Conservative	Dumfries and Galloway	No
Alberto Costa	Conservative	South Leicestershire	No
Claire Coutinho	Conservative	East Surrey	No
Pam Cox	Labour	Colchester	Aye
Jen Craft	Labour	Thurrock	Aye
Ms Stella Creasy	Labour	Walthamstow	Aye
Torcuil Crichton	Labour	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Aye
Harriet Cross	Conservative	Gordon and Buchan	No
Chris Curtis	Labour	Milton Keynes North	Aye
Janet Daby	Labour	Lewisham East	Aye
Sir Nicholas Dakin	Labour	Scunthorpe	Aye
Emily Darlington	Labour	Milton Keynes Central	Aye
Jonathan Davies	Labour	Mid Derbyshire	Aye
Mims Davies	Conservative	East Grinstead and Uckfield	No
Paul Davies	Labour	Colne Valley	Aye
Alex Davies-Jones	Labour	Pontypridd	Aye
David Davis	Conservative	Goole and Pocklington	No
Josh Dean	Labour	Hertford and Stortford	Aye
Kate Dearden	Labour	Halifax	Aye
Charlie Dewhirst	Conservative	Bridlington and The Wolds	No
Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi	Labour	Slough	Aye
Jim Dickson	Labour	Dartford	Aye
Samantha Dixon	Labour	Chester North and Neston	Aye
Anneliese Dodds	Labour	Oxford East	Aye
Helena Dollimore	Labour	Hastings and Rye	Aye
Stephen Doughty	Labour	Cardiff South and Penarth	Aye
Peter Dowd	Labour	Bootle	Aye
Sir Oliver Dowden	Conservative	Hertsmere	No
Graeme Downie	Labour	Dunfermline and Dollar	Aye
Sir Iain Duncan Smith	Conservative	Chingford and Woodford Green	No
Neil Duncan-Jordan	Labour	Poole	Aye
Lauren Edwards	Labour	Rochester and Strood	Aye
Sarah Edwards	Labour	Tamworth	Aye
Clive Efford	Labour	Eltham and Chislehurst	Aye
Damien Egan	Labour	Bristol North East	Aye
Maya Ellis	Labour	Ribble Valley	Aye
Chris Elmore	Labour	Bridgend	Aye
Florence Eshalomi	Labour	Vauxhall and Camberwell Green	Aye
Chris Evans	Labour	Caerphilly	Aye
Dr Luke Evans	Conservative	Hinckley and Bosworth	No
Miatta Fahnbulleh	Labour	Peckham	Aye
Mr Hamish Falconer	Labour	Lincoln	Aye
Linsey Farnsworth	Labour	Amber Valley	Aye
Josh Fenton-Glynn	Labour	Calder Valley	Aye
Mark Ferguson	Labour	Gateshead Central and Whickham	Aye
Patricia Ferguson	Labour	Glasgow West	Aye
Natalie Fleet	Labour	Bolsover	Aye
Emma Foody	Labour	Cramlington and Killingworth	Aye
Catherine Fookes	Labour	Monmouthshire	Aye
Peter Fortune	Conservative	Bromley and Biggin Hill	No
Mr Paul Foster	Labour	South Ribble	Aye
Vicky Foxcroft	Labour	Lewisham North	Aye
Mary Kelly Foy	Labour	City of Durham	Aye
Daniel Francis	Labour	Bexleyheath and Crayford	Aye
Mr Mark Francois	Conservative	Rayleigh and Wickford	No
George Freeman	Conservative	Mid Norfolk	No
Mr Louie French	Conservative	Old Bexley and Sidcup	No
Mr James Frith	Labour	Bury North	Aye
Gill Furniss	Labour	Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough	Aye
Sir Roger Gale	Conservative	Herne Bay and Sandwich	No
Barry Gardiner	Labour	Brent West	Aye
Dr Allison Gardner	Labour	Stoke-on-Trent South	Aye
Mark Garnier	Conservative	Wyre Forest	No
Anna Gelderd	Labour	South East Cornwall	Aye
Alan Gemmell	Labour	Central Ayrshire	Aye
Tracy Gilbert	Labour	Edinburgh North and Leith	Aye
Preet Kaur Gill	Labour	Birmingham Edgbaston	Aye
Becky Gittins	Labour	Clwyd East	Aye
John Glen	Conservative	Salisbury	No
Mary Glindon	Labour	Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend	Aye
Ben Goldsborough	Labour	South Norfolk	Aye
Georgia Gould	Labour	Queen's Park and Maida Vale	Aye
John Grady	Labour	Glasgow East	Aye
Helen Grant	Conservative	Maidstone and Malling	No
Lilian Greenwood	Labour	Nottingham South	Aye
Andrew Griffith	Conservative	Arundel and South Downs	No
Dame Nia Griffith	Labour	Llanelli	Aye
Alison Griffiths	Conservative	Bognor Regis and Littlehampton	No
Amanda Hack	Labour	North West Leicestershire	Aye
Sarah Hall	Labour	Warrington South	Aye
Emma Hardy	Labour	Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice	Aye
Rebecca Harris	Conservative	Castle Point	No
Lloyd Hatton	Labour	South Dorset	Aye
Sir John Hayes	Conservative	South Holland and The Deepings	No
Tom Hayes	Labour	Bournemouth East	Aye
Claire Hazelgrove	Labour	Filton and Bradley Stoke	Aye
Dame Meg Hillier	Labour	Hackney South and Shoreditch	Aye
Chris Hinchliff	Labour	North East Hertfordshire	Aye
Jonathan Hinder	Labour	Pendle and Clitheroe	Aye
Damian Hinds	Conservative	East Hampshire	No
Simon Hoare	Conservative	North Dorset	No
Mr Richard Holden	Conservative	Basildon and Billericay	No
Kevin Hollinrake	Conservative	Thirsk and Malton	No
Paul Holmes	Conservative	Hamble Valley	No
Rachel Hopkins	Labour	Luton South and South Bedfordshire	Aye
Nigel Huddleston	Conservative	Droitwich and Evesham	No
Claire Hughes	Labour	Bangor Aberconwy	Aye
Alison Hume	Labour	Scarborough and Whitby	Aye
Sir Jeremy Hunt	Conservative	Godalming and Ash	No
Patrick Hurley	Labour	Southport	Aye
Imran Hussain	Labour	Bradford East	Aye
Natasha Irons	Labour	Croydon East	Aye
Sir Bernard Jenkin	Conservative	Harwich and North Essex	No
Terry Jermy	Labour	South West Norfolk	Aye
Dame Diana Johnson	Labour	Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham	Aye
Dr Caroline Johnson	Conservative	Sleaford and North Hykeham	No
Gerald Jones	Labour	Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare	Aye
Lillian Jones	Labour	Kilmarnock and Loudoun	Aye
Ruth Jones	Labour	Newport West and Islwyn	Aye
Lincoln Jopp	Conservative	Spelthorne	No
Gurinder Singh Josan	Labour	Smethwick	Aye
Sojan Joseph	Labour	Ashford	Aye
Warinder Juss	Labour	Wolverhampton West	Aye
Satvir Kaur	Labour	Southampton Test	Aye
Naushabah Khan	Labour	Gillingham and Rainham	Aye
Jayne Kirkham	Labour	Truro and Falmouth	Aye
Gen Kitchen	Labour	Wellingborough and Rushden	Aye
Danny Kruger	Reform UK	East Wiltshire	No
Sonia Kumar	Labour	Dudley	Aye
Uma Kumaran	Labour	Stratford and Bow	Aye
Laura Kyrke-Smith	Labour	Aylesbury	Aye
John Lamont	Conservative	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk	No
Noah Law	Labour	St Austell and Newquay	Aye
Kim Leadbeater	Labour	Spen Valley	Aye
Sir Edward Leigh	Conservative	Gainsborough	No
Brian Leishman	Labour	Alloa and Grangemouth	Aye
Emma Lewell	Labour	South Shields	Aye
Sir Julian Lewis	Conservative	New Forest East	No
Rebecca Long Bailey	Labour	Salford	Aye
Julia Lopez	Conservative	Hornchurch and Upminster	No
Rupert Lowe	Independent	Great Yarmouth	No
Alice Macdonald	Labour	Norwich North	Aye
Andy MacNae	Labour	Rossendale and Darwen	Aye
Justin Madders	Labour	Ellesmere Port and Bromborough	Aye
Seema Malhotra	Labour	Feltham and Heston	Aye
Kit Malthouse	Conservative	North West Hampshire	No
Amanda Martin	Labour	Portsmouth North	Aye
Rachael Maskell	Labour	York Central	Aye
Keir Mather	Labour	Selby	Aye
Alex Mayer	Labour	Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard	Aye
Jerome Mayhew	Conservative	Broadland and Fakenham	No
Douglas McAllister	Labour	West Dunbartonshire	Aye
Kerry McCarthy	Labour	Bristol East	Aye
Martin McCluskey	Labour	Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West	Aye
Dame Siobhain McDonagh	Labour	Mitcham and Morden	Aye
Andy McDonald	Labour	Middlesbrough and Thornaby East	Aye
John McDonnell	Labour	Hayes and Harlington	Aye
Blair McDougall	Labour	East Renfrewshire	Aye
Lola McEvoy	Labour	Darlington	Aye
Alison McGovern	Labour	Birkenhead	Aye
Alex McIntyre	Labour	Gloucester	Aye
Anna McMorrin	Labour	Cardiff North	Aye
Frank McNally	Labour	Coatbridge and Bellshill	Aye
Anneliese Midgley	Labour	Knowsley	Aye
Ms Julie Minns	Labour	Carlisle	Aye
Mr Gagan Mohindra	Conservative	South West Hertfordshire	No
Perran Moon	Labour	Camborne and Redruth	Aye
Jessica Morden	Labour	Newport East	Aye
Grahame Morris	Labour	Easington	Aye
Joy Morrissey	Conservative	Beaconsfield	No
Dr Kieran Mullan	Conservative	Bexhill and Battle	No
Margaret Mullane	Labour	Dagenham and Rainham	Aye
Luke Murphy	Labour	Basingstoke	Aye
Chris Murray	Labour	Edinburgh East and Musselburgh	Aye
Katrina Murray	Labour	Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch	Aye
Dr Andrew Murrison	Conservative	South West Wiltshire	No
Luke Myer	Labour	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	Aye
James Naish	Labour	Rushcliffe	Aye
Kanishka Narayan	Labour	Vale of Glamorgan	Aye
Pamela Nash	Labour	Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke	Aye
Josh Newbury	Labour	Cannock Chase	Aye
Samantha Niblett	Labour	South Derbyshire	Aye
Charlotte Nichols	Labour	Warrington North	Aye
Jesse Norman	Conservative	Hereford and South Herefordshire	No
Dan Norris	Independent	North East Somerset and Hanham	Aye
Neil O'Brien	Conservative	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston	No
Ben Obese-Jecty	Conservative	Huntingdon	No
Melanie Onn	Labour	Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes	Aye
Dame Chi Onwurah	Labour	Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West	Aye
Dr Simon Opher	Labour	Stroud	Aye
Ms Abena Oppong-Asare	Labour	Erith and Thamesmead	Aye
Kate Osamor	Labour	Edmonton and Winchmore Hill	Aye
Tristan Osborne	Labour	Chatham and Aylesford	Aye
Taiwo Owatemi	Labour	Coventry North West	Aye
Sarah Owen	Labour	Luton North	Aye
Darren Paffey	Labour	Southampton Itchen	Aye
Priti Patel	Conservative	Witham	No
Matthew Patrick	Labour	Wirral West	Aye
Rebecca Paul	Conservative	Reigate	No
Michael Payne	Labour	Gedling	Aye
Stephanie Peacock	Labour	Barnsley South	Aye
Jon Pearce	Labour	High Peak	Aye
Matthew Pennycook	Labour	Greenwich and Woolwich	Aye
Mr Toby Perkins	Labour	Chesterfield	Aye
Chris Philp	Conservative	Croydon South	No
David Pinto-Duschinsky	Labour	Hendon	Aye
Lee Pitcher	Labour	Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme	Aye
Dr Peter Prinsley	Labour	Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket	Aye
Mark Pritchard	Conservative	The Wrekin	No
Richard Quigley	Labour	Isle of Wight West	Aye
Steve Race	Labour	Exeter	Aye
Mr Connor Rand	Labour	Altrincham and Sale West	Aye
Andrew Ranger	Labour	Wrexham	Aye
Jack Rankin	Conservative	Windsor	No
Mike Reader	Labour	Northampton South	Aye
Steve Reed	Labour	Streatham and Croydon North	Aye
Ellie Reeves	Labour	Lewisham West and East Dulwich	Aye
Joani Reid	Labour	East Kilbride and Strathaven	Aye
Jonathan Reynolds	Labour	Stalybridge and Hyde	Aye
Martin Rhodes	Labour	Glasgow North	Aye
Bell Ribeiro-Addy	Labour	Clapham and Brixton Hill	Aye
Ms Marie Rimmer	Labour	St Helens South and Whiston	Aye
Dave Robertson	Labour	Lichfield	Aye
Tim Roca	Labour	Macclesfield	Aye
Matt Rodda	Labour	Reading Central	Aye
Andrew Rosindell	Reform UK	Romford	No
Dr Sam Rushworth	Labour	Bishop Auckland	Aye
Sarah Russell	Labour	Congleton	Aye
Tom Rutland	Labour	East Worthing and Shoreham	Aye
Oliver Ryan	Labour	Burnley	Aye
Michelle Scrogham	Labour	Barrow and Furness	Aye
Mark Sewards	Labour	Leeds South West and Morley	Aye
Naz Shah	Labour	Bradford West	Aye
Baggy Shanker	Labour	Derby South	Aye
Jim Shannon	Democratic Unionist Party	Strangford	Aye
Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst	Conservative	Solihull West and Shirley	No
Sir Alec Shelbrooke	Conservative	Wetherby and Easingwold	No
David Simmonds	Conservative	Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner	No
Josh Simons	Labour	Makerfield	Aye
John Slinger	Labour	Rugby	Aye
David Smith	Labour	North Northumberland	Aye
Greg Smith	Conservative	Mid Buckinghamshire	No
Rebecca Smith	Conservative	South West Devon	No
Sarah Smith	Labour	Hyndburn	Aye
Sir Julian Smith	Conservative	Skipton and Ripon	No
Karin Smyth	Labour	Bristol South	Aye
Gareth Snell	Labour	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Aye
Dr Ben Spencer	Conservative	Runnymede and Weybridge	No
Patrick Spencer	Independent	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich	No
Gregory Stafford	Conservative	Farnham and Bordon	No
Euan Stainbank	Labour	Falkirk	Aye
Blake Stephenson	Conservative	Mid Bedfordshire	No
Jo Stevens	Labour	Cardiff East	Aye
Alistair Strathern	Labour	Hitchin	Aye
Alan Strickland	Labour	Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor	Aye
Sir Mel Stride	Conservative	Central Devon	No
Graham Stuart	Conservative	Beverley and Holderness	No
Dr Lauren Sullivan	Labour	Gravesham	Aye
Kirsteen Sullivan	Labour	Bathgate and Linlithgow	Aye
Zarah Sultana	Your Party	Coventry South	Aye
Sir Desmond Swayne	Conservative	New Forest West	No
Sir Mark Tami	Labour	Alyn and Deeside	Aye
Alison Taylor	Labour	Paisley and Renfrewshire North	Aye
David Taylor	Labour	Hemel Hempstead	Aye
Rachel Taylor	Labour	North Warwickshire and Bedworth	Aye
Bradley Thomas	Conservative	Bromsgrove	No
Gareth Thomas	Labour	Harrow West	Aye
Adam Thompson	Labour	Erewash	Aye
Richard Tice	Reform UK	Boston and Skegness	No
Dr Marie Tidball	Labour	Penistone and Stocksbridge	Aye
Nick Timothy	Conservative	West Suffolk	No
Jessica Toale	Labour	Bournemouth West	Aye
Dan Tomlinson	Labour	Chipping Barnet	Aye
Jon Trickett	Labour	Normanton and Hemsworth	Aye
Henry Tufnell	Labour	Mid and South Pembrokeshire	Aye
Derek Twigg	Labour	Widnes and Halewood	Aye
Liz Twist	Labour	Blaydon and Consett	Aye
Harpreet Uppal	Labour	Huddersfield	Aye
Tony Vaughan	Labour	Folkestone and Hythe	Aye
Valerie Vaz	Labour	Walsall and Bloxwich	Aye
Martin Vickers	Conservative	Brigg and Immingham	No
Matt Vickers	Conservative	Stockton West	No
Chris Vince	Labour	Harlow	Aye
Christian Wakeford	Labour	Bury South	Aye
Chris Ward	Labour	Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven	Aye
Melanie Ward	Labour	Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy	Aye
Paul Waugh	Labour	Rochdale	Aye
Michelle Welsh	Labour	Sherwood Forest	Aye
Matt Western	Labour	Warwick and Leamington	Aye
Helen Whately	Conservative	Faversham and Mid Kent	No
John Whitby	Labour	Derbyshire Dales	Aye
Jo White	Labour	Bassetlaw	Aye
Katie White	Labour	Leeds North West	Aye
Sir John Whittingdale	Conservative	Maldon	No
Nadia Whittome	Labour	Nottingham East	Aye
James Wild	Conservative	North West Norfolk	No
David Williams	Labour	Stoke-on-Trent North	Aye
Sir Gavin Williamson	Conservative	Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge	No
Steve Witherden	Labour	Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr	Aye
Sean Woodcock	Labour	Banbury	Aye
Rosie Wrighting	Labour	Kettering	Aye
Yuan Yang	Labour	Earley and Woodley	Aye
Mohammad Yasin	Labour	Bedford	Aye
Steve Yemm	Labour	Mansfield	Aye
Daniel Zeichner	Labour	Cambridge	Aye

Sources

Hansard: Local Government Finance
Commons division 428
Commons Votes API: division 88d24c17811b5af9 15 October 2026
Hansard API: division search 512702e6682b2161 15 October 2026
Hansard API: debate fa3f3ca06afa89c2 15 October 2026

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