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Lords division · 22 Jul 2025 · No. 1

Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025

Lord Fox moved, as an amendment to the motion to approve the Regulations, to leave out from “that” and to insert “this House declines to approve the draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025, as the proposal to allow foreign states to own up to 15 per cent of UK newspapers constitutes a direct threat to the freedom of the British press; and is contrary to the policy intention of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024.” The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 112

Contents: 155 Not Contents: 267

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 112 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Liberal Democrat 64
Conservative 40
Crossbench 34
Non-affiliated 5
Democratic Unionist Party 5
Plaid Cymru 2
Green Party 2
Lord Speaker 1
Bishops 1
Ulster Unionist Party 1

Not Contents

Labour 141
Conservative 97
Crossbench 17
Non-affiliated 11
Reform UK 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: Baroness Pinnock (Content), Lord Stoneham of Droxford (Content), Lord Katz (Not Content), Baroness Wheeler (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (153)

Not Contents (265)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.