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Commons division · 9 Sep 2025, 18:42 · No. 286

Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Reasoned Amendment

Rejected

Majority 217

Ayes: 116 Noes: 333

At a glance The Noes won by a margin of 216 votes. 3 MPs voted against their party line.

Defence & security

How the parties voted

PartyPositionAyesNoesRebels
Labour No majority 0 315 0
Conservative Aye majority 102 0 0
Independent No majority 3 12 3
Democratic Unionist Party Aye majority 5 0 0
Reform UK Aye majority 4 0 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: 448 of 650 MPs voted (69%) · 198 did not vote · 4 acted as tellers. Tellers are not counted in the Aye/No totals.

Tellers: Paul Holmes (Aye), Jerome Mayhew (Aye), Nesil Caliskan (No), Imogen Walker (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 (116)

Noes (332)

Tellers (4)

Did not vote (198)

Source: the official Commons division record.