Votes · July 2026 · Opposition day motion

Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners: how MPs voted on 7 July 2026

Division 50, 7 July 2026, 18:41. Ayes 115, against 0; majority 115 (Commons Votes API).

Ayes

115

Noes

Result (Hansard)

Question accordingly agreed to.

The question

That this House calls on the Government to exempt from automatic early release under the provisions of the Sentencing Act 2026 any offender who has been convicted of a sexual offence against an adult or a child, including rape and grooming, or convicted of the attempt, conspiracy, or incitement to commit such offences; further calls on the Government to bring forward legislation to enact this change immediately; and regrets that the Conservative amendment to the Sentencing Act 2026 that would have secured these exemptions was not agreed to.

As printed in Hansard before the division.

By party

Conservative MPs cast 89 of the 116 named Aye votes.

Party	Aye (named)	No (named)
Conservative	89	0
Labour	11	0
Democratic Unionist Party	4	0
Independent	4	0
Plaid Cymru	4	0
Green Party	3	0
Traditional Unionist Voice	1	0
Total	116	0

Tellers: Rebecca Smith (Conservative, South West Devon) and James Wild (Conservative, North West Norfolk) (Ayes); Sir Christopher Chope (Conservative, Christchurch) and Sir Edward Leigh (Conservative, Gainsborough) (Noes).

How each MP voted

116 named · CSV

MP	Party	Constituency	Vote
Jim Allister	Traditional Unionist Voice	North Antrim	Aye
Stuart Andrew	Conservative	Daventry	Aye
Edward Argar	Conservative	Melton and Syston	Aye
Victoria Atkins	Conservative	Louth and Horncastle	Aye
Gareth Bacon	Conservative	Orpington	Aye
Mrs Kemi Badenoch	Conservative	North West Essex	Aye
Dame Harriett Baldwin	Conservative	West Worcestershire	Aye
Steve Barclay	Conservative	North East Cambridgeshire	Aye
Paula Barker	Labour	Liverpool Wavertree	Aye
Lorraine Beavers	Labour	Blackpool North and Fleetwood	Aye
Mr Peter Bedford	Conservative	Mid Leicestershire	Aye
Apsana Begum	Labour	Poplar and Limehouse	Aye
Saqib Bhatti	Conservative	Meriden and Solihull East	Aye
Bob Blackman	Conservative	Harrow East	Aye
Sarah Bool	Conservative	South Northamptonshire	Aye
Andrew Bowie	Conservative	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	Aye
Dame Karen Bradley	Conservative	Staffordshire Moorlands	Aye
Aphra Brandreth	Conservative	Chester South and Eddisbury	Aye
Alex Burghart	Conservative	Brentwood and Ongar	Aye
Richard Burgon	Labour	Leeds East	Aye
Mr Gregory Campbell	Democratic Unionist Party	East Londonderry	Aye
James Cartlidge	Conservative	South Suffolk	Aye
Dr Ellie Chowns	Green Party	North Herefordshire	Aye
Sir James Cleverly	Conservative	Braintree	Aye
Lewis Cocking	Conservative	Broxbourne	Aye
John Cooper	Conservative	Dumfries and Galloway	Aye
Alberto Costa	Conservative	South Leicestershire	Aye
Sir Geoffrey Cox	Conservative	Torridge and Tavistock	Aye
Harriet Cross	Conservative	Gordon and Buchan	Aye
Ann Davies	Plaid Cymru	Caerfyrddin	Aye
Gareth Davies	Conservative	Grantham and Bourne	Aye
Mims Davies	Conservative	East Grinstead and Uckfield	Aye
Charlie Dewhirst	Conservative	Bridlington and The Wolds	Aye
Dame Caroline Dinenage	Conservative	Gosport	Aye
Sir Oliver Dowden	Conservative	Hertsmere	Aye
Rosie Duffield	Independent	Canterbury	Aye
Sir Iain Duncan Smith	Conservative	Chingford and Woodford Green	Aye
Neil Duncan-Jordan	Labour	Poole	Aye
Alex Easton	Independent	North Down	Aye
Peter Fortune	Conservative	Bromley and Biggin Hill	Aye
Sir Ashley Fox	Conservative	Bridgwater	Aye
Mary Kelly Foy	Labour	City of Durham	Aye
Mr Mark Francois	Conservative	Rayleigh and Wickford	Aye
George Freeman	Conservative	Mid Norfolk	Aye
Mr Louie French	Conservative	Old Bexley and Sidcup	Aye
Mark Garnier	Conservative	Wyre Forest	Aye
John Glen	Conservative	Salisbury	Aye
Helen Grant	Conservative	Maidstone and Malling	Aye
Alison Griffiths	Conservative	Bognor Regis and Littlehampton	Aye
Rebecca Harris	Conservative	Castle Point	Aye
Sir John Hayes	Conservative	South Holland and The Deepings	Aye
Damian Hinds	Conservative	East Hampshire	Aye
Simon Hoare	Conservative	North Dorset	Aye
Mr Richard Holden	Conservative	Basildon and Billericay	Aye
Kevin Hollinrake	Conservative	Thirsk and Malton	Aye
Paul Holmes	Conservative	Hamble Valley	Aye
Nigel Huddleston	Conservative	Droitwich and Evesham	Aye
Dr Neil Hudson	Conservative	Epping Forest	Aye
Imran Hussain	Labour	Bradford East	Aye
Mr Adnan Hussain	Independent	Blackburn	Aye
Sir Bernard Jenkin	Conservative	Harwich and North Essex	Aye
Dr Caroline Johnson	Conservative	Sleaford and North Hykeham	Aye
Kim Johnson	Labour	Liverpool Riverside	Aye
Lincoln Jopp	Conservative	Spelthorne	Aye
Ben Lake	Plaid Cymru	Ceredigion Preseli	Aye
Katie Lam	Conservative	Weald of Kent	Aye
John Lamont	Conservative	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk	Aye
Brian Leishman	Labour	Alloa and Grangemouth	Aye
Sir Julian Lewis	Conservative	New Forest East	Aye
Carla Lockhart	Democratic Unionist Party	Upper Bann	Aye
Julia Lopez	Conservative	Hornchurch and Upminster	Aye
Douglas Lumsden	Conservative	Aberdeen South	Aye
Kit Malthouse	Conservative	North West Hampshire	Aye
Jerome Mayhew	Conservative	Broadland and Fakenham	Aye
Esther McVey	Conservative	Tatton	Aye
Llinos Medi	Plaid Cymru	Ynys Môn	Aye
Sir Andrew Mitchell	Conservative	Sutton Coldfield	Aye
Mr Gagan Mohindra	Conservative	South West Hertfordshire	Aye
Robbie Moore	Conservative	Keighley and Ilkley	Aye
Wendy Morton	Conservative	Aldridge-Brownhills	Aye
Dr Kieran Mullan	Conservative	Bexhill and Battle	Aye
David Mundell	Conservative	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale	Aye
Dr Andrew Murrison	Conservative	South West Wiltshire	Aye
Jesse Norman	Conservative	Hereford and South Herefordshire	Aye
Neil O'Brien	Conservative	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston	Aye
Priti Patel	Conservative	Witham	Aye
Rebecca Paul	Conservative	Reigate	Aye
Chris Philp	Conservative	Croydon South	Aye
Shivani Raja	Conservative	Leicester East	Aye
Adrian Ramsay	Green Party	Waveney Valley	Aye
David Reed	Conservative	Exmouth and Exeter East	Aye
Joe Robertson	Conservative	Isle of Wight East	Aye
Gavin Robinson	Democratic Unionist Party	Belfast East	Aye
Liz Saville Roberts	Plaid Cymru	Dwyfor Meirionnydd	Aye
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
Sir Julian Smith	Conservative	Skipton and Ripon	Aye
Mr Andrew Snowden	Conservative	Fylde	Aye
Dr Ben Spencer	Conservative	Runnymede and Weybridge	Aye
Hannah Spencer	Green Party	Gorton and Denton	Aye
Patrick Spencer	Independent	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich	Aye
Gregory Stafford	Conservative	Farnham and Bordon	Aye
Blake Stephenson	Conservative	Mid Bedfordshire	Aye
Sir Mel Stride	Conservative	Central Devon	Aye
Graham Stuart	Conservative	Beverley and Holderness	Aye
Sir Desmond Swayne	Conservative	New Forest West	Aye
Bradley Thomas	Conservative	Bromsgrove	Aye
Nick Timothy	Conservative	West Suffolk	Aye
Jon Trickett	Labour	Normanton and Hemsworth	Aye
Martin Vickers	Conservative	Brigg and Immingham	Aye
Matt Vickers	Conservative	Stockton West	Aye
Helen Whately	Conservative	Faversham and Mid Kent	Aye
Nadia Whittome	Labour	Nottingham East	Aye
Sir Gavin Williamson	Conservative	Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge	Aye
Mike Wood	Conservative	Kingswinford and South Staffordshire	Aye

Sources

Hansard: Early Release of Prisoners
Commons division 50
Commons Votes API: division 76e5947a270522bd 15 October 2026
Hansard API: division search 501988bfaf8b89cb 15 October 2026
Hansard API: debate b293f4211305f83a 15 October 2026

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