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Lords division · 6 Jan 2026 · No. 5

Sentencing Bill

Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd moved amendment 76, after clause 23, to insert the new clause Provision for the Parole Board to direct release on licence of an IPP prisoner at a specified future date. The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 56

Contents: 41 Not Contents: 97

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 56 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Liberal Democrat 18
Conservative 9
Crossbench 7
Plaid Cymru 2
Green Party 2
Ulster Unionist Party 1
Non-affiliated 1
Lord Speaker 1

Not Contents

Labour 95
Non-affiliated 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: Lord Garnier (Content), Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd (Content), Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Not Content), Baroness Wheeler (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (39)

Not Contents (95)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.