Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160
89Ayes
428Noes
Defeated · majority 339 · Government won130 did not vote
647 Members · Aye 89 · No 428 · DNV 130 · grey dots in centre are abstentions
Analysis
Commons
Commons
Parliament voted on Amendment 160 to the Crime and Policing Bill during its Report Stage on 17 June 2025. The amendment was defeated by a large margin, with 89 votes in favour and 428 against. The Bill itself is a wide-ranging piece of legislation covering policing powers, criminal justice measures, and various offences. The amendment attracted support from a left-leaning position, broadly aligned with criminal justice reform and civil liberties concerns. The government opposed it, as did the vast majority of Labour MPs and almost all Conservatives who voted. The scale of the defeat, with fewer than one in six MPs voting in favour, reflects how little cross-party appetite there was for the specific changes proposed. The Liberal Democrats provided the overwhelming bulk of the Aye votes, with 68 of their 72 voting members supporting the amendment. The Democratic Unionist Party, Plaid Cymru, and the Green Party each voted unanimously in favour, as did four Reform UK members. Only one Labour MP and one Conservative MP broke with their parties to vote Aye, making rebel numbers negligible on both sides. The vote sits within a broader Report Stage debate that covered an exceptionally wide range of proposed changes to the Bill, from prostitution law reform and e-bike regulation to joint enterprise, knife safety, and Gypsy and Traveller encampment powers.
Voting Aye meant
Support the Liberal Democrat amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill, which sought to make a specific change to the Bill's provisions
Voting No meant
Reject the Liberal Democrat amendment, with the government and Conservative opposition preferring the Bill as drafted or with the government's own amendments
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
1
291
69
Conservative and Unionist Party
Whipped No
1
100
15
Liberal Democrats
Whipped Aye
68
0
4
Labour and Co-operative Party
Whipped No
0
28
14
Independent
—
5
3
5
Scottish National Party
—
0
0
9
Reform UK
Whipped Aye
4
3
1
Sinn Féin
—
0
0
7
Democratic Unionist Party
Whipped Aye
5
0
0
Green Party of England and Wales
Whipped Aye
4
0
0
Plaid Cymru
Whipped Aye
4
0
0
Social Democratic and Labour Party
—
0
0
2
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
—
0
0
1
Restore Britain
—
0
0
1
Speaker
—
0
0
1
Traditional Unionist Voice
—
0
1
0
Ulster Unionist Party
—
0
1
0
Your Party
—
0
0
1
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 no · 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 no · 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 no · 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