Commons division · 23 Feb 2026, 22:46 · No. 433

Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading

Passed

Majority 277

Ayes: 361 Noes: 84

At a glance The Ayes won by a margin of 278 votes. 1 MP voted against their party line.

Benefits & welfare

How the parties voted

PartyPositionAyesNoesRebels
Labour Aye majority 283 0 0
Conservative No majority 0 81 0
Liberal Democrat Aye majority 53 0 0
Independent Aye majority 6 1 1
Scottish National Party Aye majority 6 0 0
Plaid Cymru Aye majority 4 0 0
Democratic Unionist Party Aye majority 3 0 0
Green Party Aye majority 3 0 0
Social Democratic & Labour Party Aye majority 2 0 0
Reform UK 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: 446 of 649 MPs voted (69%) · 199 did not vote · 4 acted as tellers. Tellers are not counted in the Aye/No totals.

Tellers: Mark Ferguson (Aye), Imogen Walker (Aye), Rebecca Paul (No), Gregory Stafford (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 (362)

Noes (84)

Tellers (4)

Did not vote (199)

Source: the official Commons division record.