Lords division · 21 Jul 2025 · No. 1

Employment Rights Bill

Baroness Barran moved amendment 111B, in Schedule 4, page 201, line 18, at end to insert—“(3) The SSSNB must not restrict employers from introducing innovative or improved terms and conditions of employment beyond the national framework, provided that such terms meet or exceed any minimum standards set by the SSSNB.”The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 104

Contents: 266 Not Contents: 162

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 104 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 186
Liberal Democrat 39
Crossbench 24
Non-affiliated 9
Democratic Unionist Party 4
Ulster Unionist Party 2
Reform UK 1
Lord Speaker 1

Not Contents

Labour 144
Crossbench 11
Non-affiliated 5
Plaid Cymru 1
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 (264)

Not Contents (160)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.