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Commons division · 9 Jul 2025, 18:44 · No. 261

Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part

Passed

Majority 200

Ayes: 335 Noes: 135

At a glance The Ayes won by a margin of 198 votes. 40 MPs voted against their party line.

Benefits & welfare

How the parties voted

PartyPositionAyesNoesRebels
Labour Aye majority 330 37 37
Liberal Democrat No majority 0 63 0
Independent No majority 3 9 3
Scottish National Party No majority 0 9 0
Democratic Unionist Party No majority 0 4 0
Plaid Cymru No majority 0 4 0
Green Party No majority 0 3 0
Social Democratic & Labour Party No majority 0 2 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: 468 of 650 MPs voted (72%) · 178 did not vote · 4 acted as tellers. Tellers are not counted in the Aye/No totals.

Tellers: Gen Kitchen (Aye), Martin McCluskey (Aye), Dr Ellie Chowns (No), Iqbal Mohamed (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 (333)

Noes (135)

Tellers (4)

Did not vote (178)

Source: the official Commons division record.