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Lords division · 28 Oct 2025 · No. 1

Employment Rights Bill

Lord Fox moved Motion A1, as an amendment to Motion A, at end to insert “, and do propose Amendment 1B in lieu—1B Clause 1, page 2, line 14, at end insert—“(1A) From the date on which this section comes into force, after the end of each reference period the employer must send the worker a written notice explaining their right to receive a guaranteed hours offer under subsection (1) and giving them the opportunity to decline such an offer.(1B) If the worker does not respond to the notice, or responds to confirm that they wish to receive an offer, the employer must make a guaranteed hours offer under subsection (1).(1C) A worker who is sent a notice under subsection (1A) may at any time ask not to receive any further notices or offers, after which the employer must not send further notices or make offers under this section.(1D) A worker who has asked not to receive notices or offers under subsection (1C) may notify the employer that they wish to start receiving notices and offers again after the end of the next reference period, after which the employer must act in accordance with subsections (1A) and (1B).”The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 143

Contents: 302 Not Contents: 159

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 143 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 186
Liberal Democrat 57
Crossbench 37
Non-affiliated 16
Democratic Unionist Party 3
Ulster Unionist Party 2
Lord Speaker 1

Not Contents

Labour 142
Crossbench 12
Non-affiliated 4
Plaid Cymru 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 Humphreys (Content), Lord Stoneham of Droxford (Content), Lord Katz (Not Content), Baroness Wheeler (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (300)

Not Contents (157)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.