Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7: how MPs voted on 20 October 2026
Division 98, 20 October 2026, 18:03. The Commons Votes API gives 179 Ayes, 336 Noes: majority 157 for the Noes.
The question
New Clause 7
Annual Reporting on Recruitment and Retention within the Armed Forces
“(1) The Secretary of State must, within three months of any regulations being made under section 97(4) to commence this Act, appoint a person to act as an independent reviewer of the effect of this legislation on recruitment and retention in the United Kingdom Armed Forces (“the independent reviewer”).
(2) The person appointed under subsection (1) must—
(a) not have previously held elected political office in the United Kingdom;
(b) not be a current member of a political party registered in the United Kingdom;
(c) not be a current employee of a political party registered in the United Kingdom;
(d) not be a current employee of the Northern Ireland Civil Service or of the United Kingdom Civil Service;
(e) not be a current employee of the British Armed Forces.
(3) The process for appointing the independent reviewer shall be conducted by the Commissioner for Public Appointments.
(4) The person appointed as the independent reviewer under subsection (1) shall have a term in office of five years, renewable for a single additional term by the Secretary of State.
(5) The independent reviewer must provide a report to the Secretary of State within six months of their appointment and every twelve months thereafter on the impact of this Act on recruitment and retention in the United Kingdom Armed Forces.
(6) On receiving a report under subsection (5), the Secretary of State must lay a copy of it before Parliament along with the Secretary of State’s response to the report’s findings.
(7) The Secretary of State may pay the expenses of the independent reviewer and may also pay them such allowances as the Secretary of State, with the advice of the Commissioner for Public Appointments, determines.”—(Alex Burghart.)
Brought up.
Question put, That the Clause be added to the Bill.
As printed in Hansard before the division.
By party
Conservative MPs cast 105 of the 179 named Aye votes; Labour MPs 324 of the 334 named No votes.
| Party | Aye (named) | No (named) |
|---|---|---|
| Labour | 0 | 324 |
| Conservative | 105 | 0 |
| Liberal Democrat | 61 | 0 |
| Democratic Unionist Party | 4 | 0 |
| Green Party | 0 | 4 |
| Independent | 2 | 2 |
| Reform UK | 4 | 0 |
| Social Democratic & Labour Party | 0 | 2 |
| Your Party | 0 | 2 |
| Restore Britain | 1 | 0 |
| Traditional Unionist Voice | 1 | 0 |
| Ulster Unionist Party | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 179 | 334 |
Tellers: Lincoln Jopp (Conservative, Spelthorne) and Aphra Brandreth (Conservative, Chester South and Eddisbury) (Ayes); Harpreet Uppal (Labour, Huddersfield) and Shaun Davies (Labour, Telford) (Noes).
How each MP voted
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Sources
- Bill: Northern Ireland Troubles Bill
- Hansard: Northern Ireland Troubles Bill
- Commons division 98
- Commons Votes API: division
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