Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11: how MPs voted on 22 June 2026
Division 34, 22 June 2026, 21:14. The Commons Votes API gives 104 Ayes, 391 Noes: majority 287 for the Noes.
The question
New Clause 11
Overseas operations and the European Convention on Human Rights
“After section 14 of the Human Rights Act 1998 insert—
“(1) Where the Secretary of State considers that any overseas operation is, or is likely to be, significant, the Secretary of State must authorise for the United Kingdom to make a derogation under Article 15(1) of the Convention.
(2) In this section —
“overseas operations” means operations of Her Majesty’s forces outside the British Islands in the course of which members of those forces may come under attack or face the threat of attack or violent resistance;
“Her Majesty’s forces” has the same meaning as in the Armed Forces Act 2006 (see section 374 of that Act).””—(Mr Francois.)
This new clause reinstates a duty, removed during passage of the Overseas Operations Act 2021, requiring the Secretary of State to derogate from the European Convention on Human Rights during significant overseas operations.
Brought up.
Question put, That the clause be added to the Bill.
As printed in Hansard before the division.
By party
Conservative MPs cast 90 of the 104 named Aye votes; Labour MPs 316 of the 388 named No votes.
| Party | Aye (named) | No (named) |
|---|---|---|
| Labour | 0 | 316 |
| Conservative | 90 | 0 |
| Liberal Democrat | 0 | 56 |
| Independent | 2 | 5 |
| Reform UK | 6 | 0 |
| Democratic Unionist Party | 5 | 0 |
| Green Party | 0 | 5 |
| Plaid Cymru | 0 | 4 |
| Your Party | 0 | 2 |
| Ulster Unionist Party | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 104 | 388 |
Tellers: James Wild (Conservative, North West Norfolk) and Mr Andrew Snowden (Conservative, Fylde) (Ayes); Gregor Poynton (Labour, Livingston) and Jake Richards (Labour, Rother Valley) (Noes).
How each MP voted
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Sources
- Bill: Armed Forces Bill
- Hansard: Armed Forces Bill
- Commons division 34
- Commons Votes API: division
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