Commons division · 2 Jun 2026, 18:58 · No. 8

Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5

Rejected

Majority 131

Ayes: 170 Noes: 301

At a glance The Noes won by a margin of 133 votes. 2 MPs voted against their party line.

Defence & security

How the parties voted

PartyPositionAyesNoesRebels
Labour No majority 0 300 0
Conservative Aye majority 91 0 0
Liberal Democrat Aye majority 57 0 0
Independent Aye majority 4 2 2
Democratic Unionist Party Aye majority 5 0 0
Green Party Aye majority 5 0 0
Plaid Cymru Aye majority 3 0 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: 471 of 647 MPs voted (73%) · 172 did not vote · 4 acted as tellers. Tellers are not counted in the Aye/No totals.

Tellers: Lincoln Jopp (Aye), Rebecca Paul (Aye), Jade Botterill (No), Gregor Poynton (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 (169)

Noes (302)

Tellers (4)

Did not vote (172)

Source: the official Commons division record.