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Votes · September 2026 · Health Bill · Amendment

Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6: how MPs voted on 7 September 2026

Division 66, 7 September 2026, 22:00. Noes 317, against 77; majority 240 (Commons Votes API).

Ayes
77
Noes
317
Result (Hansard)
Question accordingly negatived.

The question

New Clause 6

Maternity Safety

“(1) The Secretary of State must ensure that every NHS maternity unit is rated “good” or

“outstanding” by the CQC.

(2) The Secretary of State must, within 6 months of the passage of this Act, establish a scheme to support NHS trusts to deliver the requirement under subsection (1), which includes—

(a) 24/7 consultant obstetrician cover on every labour ward,

(b) one-to-one midwifery care,

(c) a Director of Midwifery in every maternity service,

(d) ringfenced maternity service development funding, and

(e) a dedicated neonatal workforce plan.

(3) Within 12 months of the commencement of the scheme under subsection (2), and every 12 months thereafter, an annual report should be laid before both Houses of Parliament on the effectiveness of the scheme.”—(Helen Morgan.)

This new clause would place a duty on the Secretary of State to create a scheme to ensure that every maternity unit in the country achieves a “good” or “outstanding” rating by the CQC.

Brought up.

Question put, That the clause be added to the Bill.

As printed in Hansard before the division.

By party

Liberal Democrat MPs cast 56 of the 76 named Aye votes; all 317 named No votes from Labour MPs.

PartyAye (named)No (named)
Labour0317
Liberal Democrat560
Green Party50
Independent50
Reform UK40
Democratic Unionist Party30
Your Party20
Ulster Unionist Party10
Total76317

Tellers: Bobby Dean (Liberal Democrat, Carshalton and Wallington) and Mr Will Forster (Liberal Democrat, Woking) (Ayes); Shaun Davies (Labour, Telford) and Jade Botterill (Labour, Ossett and Denby Dale) (Noes).

How each MP voted

393 named · CSV

MPPartyConstituencyVote
Jack AbbottLabourIpswichNo
Debbie AbrahamsLabourOldham East and SaddleworthNo
Shockat AdamIndependentLeicester SouthAye
Dr Zubir AhmedLabourGlasgow South WestNo
Luke AkehurstLabourNorth DurhamNo
Sadik Al-HassanLabourNorth SomersetNo
Dan AldridgeLabourWeston-super-MareNo
Heidi AlexanderLabourSwindon SouthNo
Rushanara AliLabourBethnal Green and StepneyNo
Tahir AliLabourBirmingham Hall Green and MoseleyNo
Dr Rosena Allin-KhanLabourTootingNo
Gideon AmosLiberal DemocratTaunton and WellingtonAye
Callum AndersonLabourBuckingham and BletchleyNo
Fleur AndersonLabourPutneyNo
Lee AndersonReform UKAshfieldAye
Steff AquaroneLiberal DemocratNorth NorfolkAye
Dr Scott ArthurLabourEdinburgh South WestNo
James AsserLabourWest Ham and BecktonNo
Jas AthwalLabourIlford SouthNo
Catherine AtkinsonLabourDerby NorthNo
Lewis AtkinsonLabourSunderland CentralNo
Josh BabarindeLiberal DemocratEastbourneAye
Mr Calvin BaileyLabourLeyton and WansteadNo
Olivia BaileyLabourReading West and Mid BerkshireNo
David BainesLabourSt Helens NorthNo
Alex BakerLabourAldershotNo
Antonia BanceLabourTipton and WednesburyNo
Paula BarkerLabourLiverpool WavertreeNo
Lee BarronLabourCorby and East NorthamptonshireNo
Danny BealesLabourUxbridge and South RuislipNo
Lorraine BeaversLabourBlackpool North and FleetwoodNo
Torsten BellLabourSwansea WestNo
Hilary BennLabourLeeds SouthNo
Alison BennettLiberal DemocratMid SussexAye
Siân BerryGreen PartyBrighton PavilionAye
Mr Clive BettsLabourSheffield South EastNo
Ms Polly BillingtonLabourEast ThanetNo
Olivia BlakeLabourSheffield HallamNo
Rachel BlakeLabourCities of London and WestminsterNo
Chris BlooreLabourRedditchNo
Mrs Elsie BlundellLabourHeywood and Middleton NorthNo
Kevin BonaviaLabourStevenageNo
Sureena BrackenridgeLabourWolverhampton North EastNo
Mr Jonathan BrashLabourHartlepoolNo
Alex BrewerLiberal DemocratNorth East HampshireAye
Phil BrickellLabourBolton WestNo
Jess Brown-FullerLiberal DemocratChichesterAye
Julia BuckleyLabourShrewsburyNo
Richard BurgonLabourLeeds EastNo
Maureen BurkeLabourGlasgow North EastNo
Andy BurnhamLabourMakerfieldNo
David Burton-SampsonLabourSouthend West and LeighNo
Ian ByrneLabourLiverpool West DerbyNo
Liam ByrneLabourBirmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull NorthNo
Nesil CaliskanLabourBarkingNo
Juliet CampbellLabourBroxtoweNo
Mr Gregory CampbellDemocratic Unionist PartyEast LondonderryAye
Sir Alan CampbellLabourTynemouthNo
Markus Campbell-SavoursLabourPenrith and SolwayNo
Charlotte CaneLiberal DemocratEly and East CambridgeshireAye
Sam CarlingLabourNorth West CambridgeshireNo
Al CarnsLabourBirmingham Selly OakNo
David ChadwickLiberal DemocratBrecon, Radnor and Cwm TaweAye
Wendy ChamberlainLiberal DemocratNorth East FifeAye
Dr Danny ChambersLiberal DemocratWinchesterAye
Sarah ChampionLabourRotherhamNo
Bambos CharalambousLabourSouthgate and Wood GreenNo
Mr Luke ChartersLabourYork OuterNo
Dr Ellie ChownsGreen PartyNorth HerefordshireAye
Feryal ClarkLabourEnfield NorthNo
Chris CoghlanLiberal DemocratDorking and HorleyAye
Ben ColemanLabourChelsea and FulhamNo
Jacob CollierLabourBurton and UttoxeterNo
Lizzi CollingeLabourMorecambe and LunesdaleNo
Tom CollinsLabourWorcesterNo
Victoria CollinsLiberal DemocratHarpenden and BerkhamstedAye
Liam ConlonLabourBeckenham and PengeNo
Sarah CoombesLabourWest BromwichNo
Andrew CooperLabourMid CheshireNo
Daisy CooperLiberal DemocratSt AlbansAye
Yvette CooperLabourPontefract, Castleford and KnottingleyNo
Jeremy CorbynYour PartyIslington NorthAye
Deirdre CostiganLabourEaling SouthallNo
Pam CoxLabourColchesterNo
Neil CoyleLabourBermondsey and Old SouthwarkNo
Jen CraftLabourThurrockNo
Mary CreaghLabourCoventry EastNo
Ms Stella CreasyLabourWalthamstowNo
Torcuil CrichtonLabourNa h-Eileanan an IarNo
Chris CurtisLabourMilton Keynes NorthNo
Janet DabyLabourLewisham EastNo
Sir Nicholas DakinLabourScunthorpeNo
Ashley DaltonLabourWest LancashireNo
Steve DarlingLiberal DemocratTorbayAye
Emily DarlingtonLabourMilton Keynes CentralNo
Jonathan DaviesLabourMid DerbyshireNo
Paul DaviesLabourColne ValleyNo
Josh DeanLabourHertford and StortfordNo
Kate DeardenLabourHalifaxNo
Carla DenyerGreen PartyBristol CentralAye
Jim DicksonLabourDartfordNo
Anna DixonLabourShipleyNo
Samantha DixonLabourChester North and NestonNo
Anneliese DoddsLabourOxford EastNo
Helena DollimoreLabourHastings and RyeNo
Graeme DownieLabourDunfermline and DollarNo
Neil Duncan-JordanLabourPooleNo
Sarah DykeLiberal DemocratGlastonbury and SomertonAye
Dame Angela EagleLabourWallaseyNo
Maria EagleLabourLiverpool GarstonNo
Cat EcclesLabourStourbridgeNo
Lauren EdwardsLabourRochester and StroodNo
Sarah EdwardsLabourTamworthNo
Clive EffordLabourEltham and ChislehurstNo
Chris ElmoreLabourBridgendNo
Kirith EntwistleLabourBolton North EastNo
Florence EshalomiLabourVauxhall and Camberwell GreenNo
Bill EstersonLabourSefton CentralNo
Chris EvansLabourCaerphillyNo
Miatta FahnbullehLabourPeckhamNo
Mr Hamish FalconerLabourLincolnNo
Nigel FarageReform UKClactonAye
Linsey FarnsworthLabourAmber ValleyNo
Tim FarronLiberal DemocratWestmorland and LonsdaleAye
Josh Fenton-GlynnLabourCalder ValleyNo
Mark FergusonLabourGateshead Central and WhickhamNo
Patricia FergusonLabourGlasgow WestNo
Natalie FleetLabourBolsoverNo
Emma FoodyLabourCramlington and KillingworthNo
Catherine FookesLabourMonmouthshireNo
Richard FoordLiberal DemocratHoniton and SidmouthAye
Mr Paul FosterLabourSouth RibbleNo
Vicky FoxcroftLabourLewisham NorthNo
Mary Kelly FoyLabourCity of DurhamNo
Daniel FrancisLabourBexleyheath and CrayfordNo
Zöe FranklinLiberal DemocratGuildfordAye
Gill FurnissLabourSheffield Brightside and HillsboroughNo
Dr Allison GardnerLabourStoke-on-Trent SouthNo
Alan GemmellLabourCentral AyrshireNo
Andrew GeorgeLiberal DemocratSt IvesAye
Gill GermanLabourClwyd NorthNo
Sarah GibsonLiberal DemocratChippenhamAye
Tracy GilbertLabourEdinburgh North and LeithNo
Preet Kaur GillLabourBirmingham EdgbastonNo
Mary GlindonLabourNewcastle upon Tyne East and WallsendNo
Olly GloverLiberal DemocratDidcot and WantageAye
Marie GoldmanLiberal DemocratChelmsfordAye
Ben GoldsboroughLabourSouth NorfolkNo
Tom GordonLiberal DemocratHarrogate and KnaresboroughAye
Jodie GoslingLabourNuneatonNo
John GradyLabourGlasgow EastNo
Sarah GreenLiberal DemocratChesham and AmershamAye
Lilian GreenwoodLabourNottingham SouthNo
Amanda HackLabourNorth West LeicestershireNo
Louise HaighLabourSheffield HeeleyNo
Sarah HallLabourWarrington SouthNo
Monica HardingLiberal DemocratEsher and WaltonAye
Emma HardyLabourKingston upon Hull West and HaltempriceNo
Lloyd HattonLabourSouth DorsetNo
Helen HayesLabourDulwich and West NorwoodNo
Tom HayesLabourBournemouth EastNo
Claire HazelgroveLabourFilton and Bradley StokeNo
Pippa HeylingsLiberal DemocratSouth CambridgeshireAye
Dame Meg HillierLabourHackney South and ShoreditchNo
Chris HinchliffLabourNorth East HertfordshireNo
Jonathan HinderLabourPendle and ClitheroeNo
Wera HobhouseLiberal DemocratBathAye
Mrs Sharon HodgsonLabourWashington and Gateshead SouthNo
Rachel HopkinsLabourLuton South and South BedfordshireNo
Claire HughesLabourBangor AberconwyNo
Alison HumeLabourScarborough and WhitbyNo
Dr Rupa HuqLabourEaling Central and ActonNo
Patrick HurleyLabourSouthportNo
Mr Adnan HussainIndependentBlackburnAye
Leigh InghamLabourStaffordNo
Natasha IronsLabourCroydon EastNo
Sally JamesonLabourDoncaster CentralNo
Christine JardineLiberal DemocratEdinburgh WestAye
Liz JarvisLiberal DemocratEastleighAye
Adam JogeeLabourNewcastle-under-LymeNo
Dame Diana JohnsonLabourKingston upon Hull North and CottinghamNo
Kim JohnsonLabourLiverpool RiversideNo
Clive JonesLiberal DemocratWokinghamAye
Darren JonesLabourBristol North WestNo
Gerald JonesLabourMerthyr Tydfil and AberdareNo
Lillian JonesLabourKilmarnock and LoudounNo
Ruth JonesLabourNewport West and IslwynNo
Sarah JonesLabourCroydon WestNo
Gurinder Singh JosanLabourSmethwickNo
Sojan JosephLabourAshfordNo
Warinder JussLabourWolverhampton WestNo
Chris KaneLabourStirling and StrathallanNo
Mike KaneLabourWythenshawe and Sale EastNo
Satvir KaurLabourSouthampton TestNo
Liz KendallLabourLeicester WestNo
Ayoub KhanIndependentBirmingham Perry BarrAye
Naushabah KhanLabourGillingham and RainhamNo
Stephen KinnockLabourAberafan MaestegNo
Jayne KirkhamLabourTruro and FalmouthNo
Gen KitchenLabourWellingborough and RushdenNo
Danny KrugerReform UKEast WiltshireAye
Sonia KumarLabourDudleyNo
Laura Kyrke-SmithLabourAylesburyNo
Peter LambLabourCrawleyNo
Ian LaveryLabourBlyth and AshingtonNo
Noah LawLabourSt Austell and NewquayNo
Kim LeadbeaterLabourSpen ValleyNo
Brian LeishmanLabourAlloa and GrangemouthNo
Andrew LewinLabourWelwyn HatfieldNo
Clive LewisLabourNorwich SouthNo
Simon LightwoodLabourWakefield and RothwellNo
Rebecca Long BaileyLabourSalfordNo
James MacClearyLiberal DemocratLewesAye
Alice MacdonaldLabourNorwich NorthNo
Mr Angus MacDonaldLiberal DemocratInverness, Skye and West Ross-shireAye
Andy MacNaeLabourRossendale and DarwenNo
Justin MaddersLabourEllesmere Port and BromboroughNo
Seema MalhotraLabourFeltham and HestonNo
Amanda MartinLabourPortsmouth NorthNo
Keir MatherLabourSelbyNo
Brian MathewLiberal DemocratMelksham and DevizesAye
Alex MayerLabourDunstable and Leighton BuzzardNo
Charlie MaynardLiberal DemocratWitneyAye
Douglas McAllisterLabourWest DunbartonshireNo
Kerry McCarthyLabourBristol EastNo
Martin McCluskeyLabourInverclyde and Renfrewshire WestNo
Andy McDonaldLabourMiddlesbrough and Thornaby EastNo
Chris McDonaldLabourStockton NorthNo
John McDonnellLabourHayes and HarlingtonNo
Blair McDougallLabourEast RenfrewshireNo
Lola McEvoyLabourDarlingtonNo
Alison McGovernLabourBirkenheadNo
Alex McIntyreLabourGloucesterNo
Gordon McKeeLabourGlasgow SouthNo
Kevin McKennaLabourSittingbourne and SheppeyNo
Jim McMahonLabourOldham West, Chadderton and RoytonNo
Anna McMorrinLabourCardiff NorthNo
Frank McNallyLabourCoatbridge and BellshillNo
Kirsty McNeillLabourMidlothianNo
Anneliese MidgleyLabourKnowsleyNo
Calum MillerLiberal DemocratBicester and WoodstockAye
John MilneLiberal DemocratHorshamAye
Ms Julie MinnsLabourCarlisleNo
Navendu MishraLabourStockportNo
Abtisam MohamedLabourSheffield CentralNo
Iqbal MohamedIndependentDewsbury and BatleyAye
Perran MoonLabourCamborne and RedruthNo
Layla MoranLiberal DemocratOxford West and AbingdonAye
Jessica MordenLabourNewport EastNo
Edward MorelloLiberal DemocratWest DorsetAye
Helen MorganLiberal DemocratNorth ShropshireAye
Grahame MorrisLabourEasingtonNo
Joe MorrisLabourHexhamNo
Tom MorrisonLiberal DemocratCheadleAye
Margaret MullaneLabourDagenham and RainhamNo
Tessa MuntLiberal DemocratWells and Mendip HillsAye
Luke MurphyLabourBasingstokeNo
Chris MurrayLabourEdinburgh East and MusselburghNo
James MurrayLabourEaling NorthNo
Katrina MurrayLabourCumbernauld and KirkintillochNo
Susan MurrayLiberal DemocratMid DunbartonshireAye
Luke MyerLabourMiddlesbrough South and East ClevelandNo
James NaishLabourRushcliffeNo
Connor NaismithLabourCrewe and NantwichNo
Pamela NashLabourMotherwell, Wishaw and CarlukeNo
Josh NewburyLabourCannock ChaseNo
Charlotte NicholsLabourWarrington NorthNo
Alex NorrisLabourNottingham North and KimberleyNo
Sarah OlneyLiberal DemocratRichmond ParkAye
Melanie OnnLabourGreat Grimsby and CleethorpesNo
Dame Chi OnwurahLabourNewcastle upon Tyne Central and WestNo
Dr Simon OpherLabourStroudNo
Ms Abena Oppong-AsareLabourErith and ThamesmeadNo
Kate OsamorLabourEdmonton and Winchmore HillNo
Kate OsborneLabourJarrow and Gateshead EastNo
Tristan OsborneLabourChatham and AylesfordNo
Sarah OwenLabourLuton NorthNo
Darren PaffeyLabourSouthampton ItchenNo
Andrew PakesLabourPeterboroughNo
Matthew PatrickLabourWirral WestNo
Michael PayneLabourGedlingNo
Stephanie PeacockLabourBarnsley SouthNo
Matthew PennycookLabourGreenwich and WoolwichNo
Mr Toby PerkinsLabourChesterfieldNo
Manuela PerteghellaLiberal DemocratStratford-on-AvonAye
Jess PhillipsLabourBirmingham YardleyNo
Dr Al PinkertonLiberal DemocratSurrey HeathAye
Lee PitcherLabourDoncaster East and the Isle of AxholmeNo
Jo PlattLabourLeigh and AthertonNo
Sarah PochinReform UKRuncorn and HelsbyAye
Joe PowellLabourKensington and BayswaterNo
Gregor PoyntonLabourLivingstonNo
Richard QuigleyLabourIsle of Wight WestNo
Yasmin QureshiLabourBolton South and WalkdenNo
Steve RaceLabourExeterNo
Adrian RamsayGreen PartyWaveney ValleyAye
Mr Connor RandLabourAltrincham and Sale WestNo
Andrew RangerLabourWrexhamNo
Mike ReaderLabourNorthampton SouthNo
Steve ReedLabourStreatham and Croydon NorthNo
Rachel ReevesLabourLeeds West and PudseyNo
Emma ReynoldsLabourWycombeNo
Jonathan ReynoldsLabourStalybridge and HydeNo
Mr Joshua ReynoldsLiberal DemocratMaidenheadAye
Martin RhodesLabourGlasgow NorthNo
Bell Ribeiro-AddyLabourClapham and Brixton HillNo
Jake RichardsLabourRother ValleyNo
Jenny Riddell-CarpenterLabourSuffolk CoastalNo
Lucy RigbyLabourNorthampton NorthNo
Ms Marie RimmerLabourSt Helens South and WhistonNo
Dave RobertsonLabourLichfieldNo
Tim RocaLabourMacclesfieldNo
Matt RoddaLabourReading CentralNo
Dr Sam RushworthLabourBishop AucklandNo
Sarah RussellLabourCongletonNo
Tom RutlandLabourEast Worthing and ShorehamNo
Oliver RyanLabourBurnleyNo
Dr Roz SavageLiberal DemocratSouth CotswoldsAye
Mark SewardsLabourLeeds South West and MorleyNo
Naz ShahLabourBradford WestNo
Baggy ShankerLabourDerby SouthNo
Michael ShanksLabourRutherglenNo
Jim ShannonDemocratic Unionist PartyStrangfordAye
Tulip SiddiqLabourHampstead and HighgateNo
Vikki SladeLiberal DemocratMid Dorset and North PooleAye
John SlingerLabourRugbyNo
Lisa SmartLiberal DemocratHazel GroveAye
David SmithLabourNorth NorthumberlandNo
Jeff SmithLabourManchester WithingtonNo
Karin SmythLabourBristol SouthNo
Gareth SnellLabourStoke-on-Trent CentralNo
Alex SobelLabourLeeds Central and HeadingleyNo
Ian SollomLiberal DemocratSt Neots and Mid CambridgeshireAye
Hannah SpencerGreen PartyGorton and DentonAye
Euan StainbankLabourFalkirkNo
Jo StevensLabourCardiff EastNo
Kenneth StevensonLabourAirdrie and ShottsNo
Elaine StewartLabourAyr, Carrick and CumnockNo
Alistair StrathernLabourHitchinNo
Wes StreetingLabourIlford NorthNo
Alan StricklandLabourNewton Aycliffe and SpennymoorNo
Graham StringerLabourBlackley and Middleton SouthNo
Dr Lauren SullivanLabourGraveshamNo
Kirsteen SullivanLabourBathgate and LinlithgowNo
Zarah SultanaYour PartyCoventry SouthAye
Peter SwallowLabourBracknellNo
Robin SwannUlster Unionist PartySouth AntrimAye
Sir Mark TamiLabourAlyn and DeesideNo
Mike TappLabourDover and DealNo
Alison TaylorLabourPaisley and Renfrewshire NorthNo
David TaylorLabourHemel HempsteadNo
Luke TaylorLiberal DemocratSutton and CheamAye
Rachel TaylorLabourNorth Warwickshire and BedworthNo
Cameron ThomasIndependentTewkesburyAye
Gareth ThomasLabourHarrow WestNo
Adam ThompsonLabourErewashNo
Sir Stephen TimmsLabourEast HamNo
Jessica ToaleLabourBournemouth WestNo
Jon TrickettLabourNormanton and HemsworthNo
Henry TufnellLabourMid and South PembrokeshireNo
Matt TurmaineLabourWatfordNo
Laurence TurnerLabourBirmingham NorthfieldNo
Liz TwistLabourBlaydon and ConsettNo
Harpreet UppalLabourHuddersfieldNo
Tony VaughanLabourFolkestone and HytheNo
Chris VinceLabourHarlowNo
Caroline VoadenLiberal DemocratSouth DevonAye
Christian WakefordLabourBury SouthNo
Imogen WalkerLabourHamilton and Clyde ValleyNo
Chris WardLabourBrighton Kemptown and PeacehavenNo
Melanie WardLabourCowdenbeath and KirkcaldyNo
Chris WebbLabourBlackpool SouthNo
Michelle WelshLabourSherwood ForestNo
Catherine WestLabourHornsey and Friern BarnetNo
Andrew WesternLabourStretford and UrmstonNo
Michael WheelerLabourWorsley and EcclesNo
John WhitbyLabourDerbyshire DalesNo
Jo WhiteLabourBassetlawNo
Katie WhiteLabourLeeds North WestNo
Nadia WhittomeLabourNottingham EastNo
Max WilkinsonLiberal DemocratCheltenhamAye
David WilliamsLabourStoke-on-Trent NorthNo
Munira WilsonLiberal DemocratTwickenhamAye
Sammy WilsonDemocratic Unionist PartyEast AntrimAye
Steve WitherdenLabourMontgomeryshire and GlyndŵrNo
Sean WoodcockLabourBanburyNo
Rosie WrightingLabourKetteringNo
Martin WrigleyLiberal DemocratNewton AbbotAye
Yuan YangLabourEarley and WoodleyNo
Mohammad YasinLabourBedfordNo
Steve YemmLabourMansfieldNo
Claire YoungLiberal DemocratThornbury and YateAye
Daniel ZeichnerLabourCambridgeNo

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