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Lords division · 10 Dec 2025 · No. 1

Employment Rights Bill

Lord Sharpe of Epsom moved Motion B1, as an amendment to Motion B, at end insert “and do propose Amendment 120N as an amendment to Commons Amendment 120G and Amendments 120P to 120S as amendments to Commons Amendment 120H— 120N_ Leave out subsection (3) and insert— “(3) In section 124 (limit of compensatory award etc.), after subsection (5), insert— “(6) The Secretary of State must, within three months of the day on which the Employment Rights Act 2025 is passed, conduct a review of the limit imposed by this section on the amount of the compensation awarded or compensatory award made. (7) A review under subsection (6) must include a consultation with— (a) employers’ organisations, (b) trade unions, (c) organisations representing employment law practitioners, and (d) such other persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.”” 120P Leave out sub-paragraphs 1(4) to (6) 120Q In sub-paragraph 1(8), leave out paragraph (a) 120R Leave out sub-paragraphs 1(9) and (10) 120S Leave out paragraphs 2 to 5” The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 24

Contents: 244 Not Contents: 220

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 24 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 200
Crossbench 26
Non-affiliated 10
Ulster Unionist Party 3
Democratic Unionist Party 3
Bishops 1
Lord Speaker 1

Not Contents

Labour 142
Liberal Democrat 52
Crossbench 18
Non-affiliated 5
Green Party 2
Bishops 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 (242)

Not Contents (218)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.