Data Use and Access Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 49D
195Ayes
124Noes
Carried · majority 71 · Government won328 did not vote
647 Members · Aye 195 · No 124 · DNV 328 · grey dots in centre are abstentions
Analysis
Commons
Commons
On 22 May 2025, MPs voted on whether to reject Lords Amendment 49D to the Data Use and Access Bill, a change previously made by the House of Lords during the bill's passage. The Commons voted to disagree with the Lords, passing the motion by 195 ayes to 124 noes. The government supported rejecting the Lords amendment, meaning the Commons' preferred version of this part of the bill was restored. The Data Use and Access Bill governs how data is collected, shared, and regulated across public and private sectors in the UK. By voting to reject Lords Amendment 49D, the Commons blocked the specific change the Lords had inserted into the bill. Because no Hansard debate extracts are available for this division, the precise content of the amendment cannot be described from the available record. What is clear is that the vote continued a pattern of the Commons pushing back against Lords changes to this legislation, with the government mustering enough support to override the upper chamber's position. Labour MPs provided the government's majority, with 175 Labour and 19 Labour and Co-operative MPs voting aye. All parties in opposition voted against: 57 Conservatives, 51 Liberal Democrats, 4 Plaid Cymru, 3 Greens, 2 Reform UK, 2 SNP, 1 SDLP, and 2 independents voted no. There were no cross-party rebels of note on the aye side. The vote sits within a sustained parliamentary exchange between the two chambers over this bill, with the related divisions showing repeated Commons rejections of Lords amendments throughout May and June 2025.
Voting Aye meant
Support the government's decision to reject Lords Amendment 49D, restoring the Commons' preferred version of the Data Use and Access Bill.
Voting No meant
Support retaining Lords Amendment 49D, backing the change the House of Lords made to the Data Use and Access Bill.
Each row is one party. The stacked bar gives the within-party split of Aye / No / Absent; the columns on the right give the raw counts. The whip column shows the published party position — “Free vote” means the whip was formally removed for this division.
Party
Whip
Aye / No / Abs
Aye
No
Abs
Labour Party
Whipped Aye
175
2
184
Conservative and Unionist Party
Whipped No
0
57
59
Liberal Democrats
Whipped No
0
50
21
Labour and Co-operative Party
Whipped Aye
19
0
23
Independent
—
1
3
9
Scottish National Party
—
0
2
7
Reform UK
—
0
2
6
Sinn Féin
—
0
0
7
Democratic Unionist Party
—
0
1
4
Green Party of England and Wales
Whipped No
0
3
1
Plaid Cymru
Whipped No
0
4
0
Social Democratic and Labour Party
—
0
1
1
Your Party
—
0
1
1
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
—
0
0
1
Restore Britain
—
0
0
1
Speaker
—
0
0
1
Traditional Unionist Voice
—
0
0
1
Ulster Unionist Party
—
0
0
1
Source · Hansard · UK Parliament Votes API · whip status from announced positions; “free vote” indicates the whip was formally removed
Rejects Lords amendment 49D as not comprehensive enough; commits to establishing working groups on transparency, licensing and technical standards, and to bring forward dedicated AI/copyright legislation, but opposes adding provisions to this Data Bill.Labour · Voted aye · Read full speech (4,059 words) →
Criticises the Bill as a missed opportunity; welcomes the Secretary of State's tone but argues the Government have run out of excuses for not accepting amendment 49D, which provides necessary certainty to both creative and AI sectors.Conservative · Voted no · Read full speech (905 words) →
Strongly supports amendment 49D as a necessary backstop to ensure transparency of copyright work use in AI; warns that material is already being scraped and further delays will harm the 2.4 million creative workers in the UK.Conservative · Voted no · Read full speech (898 words) →
Supports Lords amendment 49D as a balanced, proportionate measure focused on transparency; calls for cross-party support to establish a fair playing field between creatives and tech companies.Liberal Democrat · Voted no · Read full speech (885 words) →
Backs amendment 49D and expresses frustration that this is the second consideration of the same issue; warns the Lords will not give up and urges Labour backbenchers to vote against the Government.SNP · Voted no · Read full speech (728 words) →
Challenges the Government's framing of copyright uncertainty; argues current law already prohibits commercial AI training on UK copyright work, so what creatives need is transparency provisions now via this amendment, not delayed future legislation.Conservative · Voted no · Read full speech (193 words) →
Supportive of finding a workable tech solution; asks the Secretary of State to meet with companies that may have technical solutions to the transparency problem.Labour · Voted no_vote_recorded · Read full speech (94 words) →
Welcomes the Secretary of State's tone but pushes for backstop powers to be included in the Bill itself to give the creative industries confidence while awaiting full legislation.Labour · Voted aye · Read full speech (261 words) →
Sources
Division dataUK Parliament Votes API
DebateHansard · Commons
Stance analysisAI analysis · Claude 4.x
LicenceOpen Parliament Licence v3.0