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Lords division · 3 Feb 2026 · No. 4

Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Baroness Barran moved amendment 215, after clause 63, to insert the new clause Prohibition of smartphones during the school day. The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 38

Contents: 178 Not Contents: 140

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 38 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 140
Crossbench 16
Liberal Democrat 11
Democratic Unionist Party 5
Non-affiliated 3
Ulster Unionist Party 3

Not Contents

Labour 128
Non-affiliated 7
Crossbench 4
Green Party 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 (176)

Not Contents (138)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.