Lords division · 10 Mar 2026 · No. 3

Victims and Courts Bill

Lord Keen of Elie moved amendment 16, after clause 7, to insert the new clause Publication of court transcripts of sentencing remarks. The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 81

Contents: 252 Not Contents: 171

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 81 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 160
Liberal Democrat 55
Non-affiliated 13
Crossbench 13
Democratic Unionist Party 4
Ulster Unionist Party 3
Plaid Cymru 2
Green Party 1
Bishops 1

Not Contents

Labour 158
Crossbench 11
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: The Earl of Courtown (Content), Baroness Williams of Trafford (Content), Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Not Content), Baroness Wheeler (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (250)

Not Contents (169)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.