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Lords division · 16 Jul 2025 · No. 1

Employment Rights Bill

Lord Sharpe of Epsom moved amendment 49, to leave out clause 23 and insert the new clause Right not to be unfairly dismissed: reduction of qualifying period and introduction of initial period of employment. The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 144

Contents: 304 Not Contents: 160

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 144 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 191
Liberal Democrat 54
Crossbench 37
Non-affiliated 12
Democratic Unionist Party 4
Ulster Unionist Party 2
Green Party 1
Bishops 1
Lord Speaker 1
Reform UK 1

Not Contents

Labour 149
Crossbench 5
Non-affiliated 3
Plaid Cymru 2
Green Party 1

The party breakdowns are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.

Peers attend divisions ad hoc, so there is no did-not-vote list. Tellers are counted in the Content and Not Content totals, unlike in the Commons.

Tellers: The Earl of Courtown (Content), Baroness Williams of Trafford (Content), Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Not Content), Baroness Wheeler (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (302)

Not Contents (158)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.