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Lords division · 4 Feb 2026 · No. 1

Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle moved, as an amendment to the motion to approve the Regulations, to leave out from “that” and to insert “this House declines to approve the draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 on the basis that they are legislative overreach; they extend the definition of “critical national infrastructure” beyond its appropriate meaning; the practical need for such an extension has not been adequately justified; they represent a further restriction on the democratic right to peaceful protest; and sufficient steps to end animal testing have not been taken.” The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 233

Contents: 62 Not Contents: 295

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 233 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Liberal Democrat 49
Crossbench 5
Non-affiliated 3
Plaid Cymru 2
Green Party 2
Labour 1

Not Contents

Labour 162
Conservative 74
Crossbench 43
Non-affiliated 12
Ulster Unionist Party 2
Bishops 1
Democratic Unionist 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: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Content), Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (Content), Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Not Content), Baroness Wheeler (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (60)

Not Contents (293)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.