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Commons division · 16 May 2025, 13:58 · No. 202

Closure motion

Passed

Majority 49

Ayes: 288 Noes: 239

At a glance The Ayes won by a margin of 52 votes. This was almost certainly a free vote: the biggest parties split rather than voting on a line, so we do not count these splits as rebellions.

How the parties voted Likely free vote

PartyPositionAyesNoesRebels
Labour Split 206 126 –
Conservative No majority 15 76 –
Liberal Democrat Aye majority 55 10 –
Independent No majority 3 12 –
Reform UK No majority 1 4 –
Democratic Unionist Party No majority 0 5 –
Plaid Cymru Aye majority 4 0 –
Green Party Aye majority 4 0 –

The party positions and rebel counts are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.

Turnout: 524 of 650 MPs voted (81%) · 122 did not vote · 4 acted as tellers. Tellers are not counted in the Aye/No totals.

Tellers: Bambos Charalambous (Aye), Sarah Owen (Aye), Patricia Ferguson (No), Ruth Jones (No).

Constituency map

Every constituency coloured by how its MP voted in this division. Hover a seat for the MP and their vote.

Basemap © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO. Boundaries: ONS, Open Government Licence.

Every vote

Ayes (288)

Noes (236)

Tellers (4)

Did not vote (122)

Source: the official Commons division record.