Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 174
194Ayes
335Noes
Defeated · majority 141 · Government won116 did not vote
645 Members · Aye 194 · No 335 · DNV 116 · grey dots in centre are abstentions
Analysis
Commons
Commons
On 17 June 2025, the House of Commons voted on Amendment 174 to the Crime and Policing Bill during its Report Stage. The amendment was defeated by 335 votes to 194. Report Stage is the phase of parliamentary scrutiny in which the full House of Commons considers proposed changes to a bill that has already passed through committee examination. The Crime and Policing Bill is a wide-ranging piece of legislation touching on police powers, criminal justice, surveillance, and protections for victims. Amendment 174 represented an attempt by opposition parties and some independent members to modify the bill's provisions, broadly from a civil liberties perspective. The government's successful defeat of the amendment means the bill continues on its original course without the proposed changes, preserving the government's preferred approach to crime and policing reform. The vote divided almost entirely along government versus opposition lines. All 329 Labour and Labour Co-operative MPs who voted did so against the amendment. Support for the amendment came from the Conservatives (101 votes), the Liberal Democrats (68 votes), Reform UK (8 votes), seven independents, Plaid Cymru (4 votes), the Greens (4 votes), and the Democratic Unionist Party (4 votes), while the Social Democratic and Labour Party joined the government with 2 votes against. The breadth of opposition support, spanning from Conservatives to Reform UK to the Greens, illustrates an unusual cross-ideological coalition united in challenging this particular aspect of the government's bill.
Voting Aye meant
Support tougher action on fly-tipping and littering through additional legislative measures in the Crime and Policing Bill
Voting No meant
Oppose this specific opposition amendment on fly-tipping, likely arguing existing provisions or separate legislation are sufficient or that the amendment is unnecessary
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 No
0
301
60
Conservative and Unionist Party
Whipped Aye
101
0
15
Liberal Democrats
Whipped Aye
68
0
4
Labour and Co-operative Party
Whipped No
0
28
14
Independent
—
7
3
3
Scottish National Party
—
0
0
9
Reform UK
Whipped Aye
8
0
0
Sinn Féin
—
0
0
7
Democratic Unionist Party
Whipped Aye
4
0
1
Green Party of England and Wales
Whipped Aye
4
0
0
Plaid Cymru
Whipped Aye
4
0
0
Social Democratic and Labour Party
—
0
2
0
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
—
0
0
1
Restore Britain
—
0
0
1
Speaker
—
0
0
1
Traditional Unionist Voice
—
1
0
0
Ulster Unionist Party
—
1
0
0
Your Party
—
0
1
0
Source · Hansard · UK Parliament Votes API · whip status from announced positions; “free vote” indicates the whip was formally removed
Government minister defending the Bill's measures to tackle crime, antisocial behaviour, and violence against women and girls; arguing the Bill provides essential powers to address gaps in law and protect vulnerable people including emergency workers and children.Labour · Voted no · Read full speech (6,557 words) →
Shadow minister welcoming much of the Bill but arguing for stronger measures including increasing knife crime sentencing to 14 years, implementing driving licence penalty points for fly-tippers, and strengthening respect orders with enhanced sanctions.Conservative · Voted aye · Read full speech (1,618 words) →
Backbencher supporting mandatory reporting but arguing the Bill does not go far enough; specifically advocating for criminal sanctions for non-compliance, extending the duty to all positions of trust as defined in Sexual Offences Act 2003, and broadening triggers to include recognised indicators of abuse.Labour · Voted no · Read full speech (1,957 words) →
Warning against treating the Crime Bill as a 'Christmas tree' for unrelated amendments, particularly those on abortion law, which risk fracturing cross-party consensus and require separate, fuller debate.Conservative · Voted aye · Read full speech (532 words) →
Raising concerns about police funding adequacy, particularly questioning whether national insurance cost increases are properly funded and whether neighbourhood policing numbers represent genuine increases or redeployments.Conservative · Voted aye · Read full speech (1,375 words) →
Supporting the Bill's measures on neighbourhood policing, begging, and homelessness exploitation; praising new police officers in constituency and defending government record on police staffing.Labour · Voted no · Read full speech (208 words) →
Sources
Division dataUK Parliament Votes API
DebateHansard · Commons
Stance analysisAI analysis · Claude 4.x
LicenceOpen Parliament Licence v3.0