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
Parliament voted on 17 June 2025 on Amendment 174 to the Crime and Policing Bill at report stage. The amendment, tabled by the Conservative opposition, would have introduced cost liability guidance requiring fly-tippers and litterers to bear the financial costs of clearing up their waste. The vote was defeated by 335 votes to 194. The amendment aimed to shift the burden of clean-up costs away from local authorities and private landowners and onto those responsible for fly-tipping and littering. Supporters pointed to figures from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs showing that local authorities in England dealt with 1.15 million fly-tipping incidents in 2023-24, at a cost of more than 11 million pounds to the public purse. The practical effect of the amendment, if passed, would have been to establish a guidance framework making offenders financially liable for the consequences of their actions. The vote divided sharply along party lines. Labour and Labour and Co-operative MPs voted unanimously against, providing the bulk of the 335 noes. The Conservatives supplied the largest block of ayes with 101 votes. The Liberal Democrats joined the Conservatives in supporting the amendment with 68 ayes, and smaller parties including Reform UK, Plaid Cymru, the Greens, and the Democratic Unionist Party also voted in favour. No Conservative or Liberal Democrat MP voted against. There were no notable cross-party rebellions from within government ranks.
Voting Aye meant
Support requiring fly-tippers and litterers to be financially liable for clean-up costs, arguing this would deter environmental crime and relieve pressure on stretched local authority budgets.
Voting No meant
Oppose the amendment as introduced, likely arguing the issue is already addressed or that the specific mechanism proposed is unnecessary or inconsistent with the wider enforcement framework in the 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 No
0
301
60
Conservative and Unionist Party
Whipped Aye
101
0
15
Liberal Democrats
Whipped Aye
67
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
Your Party
—
1
1
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
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