Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4: how MPs voted on 19 October 2026
Division 93, 19 October 2026, 22:31. The Commons Votes API gives 175 Ayes, 319 Noes: majority 144 for the Noes.
The question
Clause 27
Requests for investigations by family members and seriously injured persons
Amendment proposed: 4, page 20, line 31, leave out subsection (2) and insert—
“(1A) Where conduct forming part of the Troubles—
(a) caused a person to suffer serious physical or mental harm, or
(b) caused a person physical or mental harm as the result of being the victim of a sexual offence,
the person may request an investigation under this Part of the conduct.”—(Robin Swann.)
This amendment would enable victims of sexual crimes that were committed as conduct forming part of the Troubles to request an investigation under Part 3 of the Bill.
Question put, That the amendment be made.
As printed in Hansard before the division.
By party
Conservative MPs cast 96 of the 174 named Aye votes; Labour MPs 317 of the 318 named No votes.
| Party | Aye (named) | No (named) |
|---|---|---|
| Labour | 0 | 317 |
| Conservative | 96 | 0 |
| Liberal Democrat | 57 | 0 |
| Green Party | 4 | 1 |
| Democratic Unionist Party | 4 | 0 |
| Reform UK | 4 | 0 |
| Independent | 2 | 0 |
| Social Democratic & Labour Party | 2 | 0 |
| Your Party | 2 | 0 |
| Alliance | 1 | 0 |
| Traditional Unionist Voice | 1 | 0 |
| Ulster Unionist Party | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 174 | 318 |
Tellers: John Cooper (Conservative, Dumfries and Galloway) and Lincoln Jopp (Conservative, Spelthorne) (Ayes); Michael Wheeler (Labour, Worsley and Eccles) and Emma Foody (Labour, Cramlington and Killingworth) (Noes).
How each MP voted
492 named · CSV
Sources
- Bill: Northern Ireland Troubles Bill
- Hansard: Northern Ireland Troubles Bill
- Commons division 93
- Commons Votes API: division
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