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Commons division · 28 Jan 2026, 15:55 · No. 422

Opposition Day: British Indian Ocean Territory

Rejected

Majority 181

Ayes: 103 Noes: 284

At a glance The Noes won by a margin of 181 votes. 1 MP voted against their party line.

How the parties voted

PartyPositionAyesNoesRebels
Labour No majority 0 277 0
Conservative Aye majority 94 0 0
Independent No majority 1 5 1
Reform UK Aye majority 5 0 0
Democratic Unionist Party Aye majority 2 0 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: 387 of 649 MPs voted (60%) · 258 did not vote · 4 acted as tellers. Tellers are not counted in the Aye/No totals.

Tellers: Paul Holmes (Aye), David Simmonds (Aye), Deirdre Costigan (No), Mark Ferguson (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 (103)

Noes (284)

Tellers (4)

Did not vote (258)

Source: the official Commons division record.