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Lords division · 6 Jan 2026 · No. 2

Sentencing Bill

Lord Keen of Elie moved amendment 25, in clause 1, page 3, line 10, at end to insert—“(i) the offender has been convicted of a sexual offence, within the meaning of section 3 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, or(j) the offender has been convicted of an offence which constitutes domestic abuse within the meaning of section 1 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021.”The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 39

Contents: 180 Not Contents: 219

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 39 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 161
Non-affiliated 7
Crossbench 5
Democratic Unionist Party 4
Ulster Unionist Party 2
Lord Speaker 1

Not Contents

Labour 131
Liberal Democrat 47
Crossbench 29
Non-affiliated 6
Green Party 2
Bishops 2
Plaid Cymru 2

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 (178)

Not Contents (217)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.