Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 50
103Ayes
416Noes
Defeated · majority 313 · Government won127 did not vote
646 Members · Aye 103 · No 416 · DNV 127 · grey dots in centre are abstentions
Analysis
Commons
Commons
Parliament voted on Amendment 50 to the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill during its committee stage on 9 July 2025. The amendment was defeated by 416 votes to 103. The committee stage is the point at which MPs examine a bill line by line and propose changes before it proceeds further through Parliament. The bill concerns changes to Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment, the main disability and incapacity benefits in the UK. Because no Hansard debate extracts are available for this division, the specific content of Amendment 50 cannot be determined from the record. What is clear is that the government opposed the amendment, and it was defeated by a large margin. The Conservatives provided the bulk of the ayes, with 93 of their MPs voting for the amendment alongside 5 Reform UK members, 4 Democratic Unionists, and 2 Independents. Labour MPs, including those sitting under the Labour and Co-operative label, voted unanimously against, accounting for 380 of the 416 no votes. The Scottish National Party, Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru, and the Greens all voted no, meaning opposition parties joined the government in defeating the amendment rather than backing it.
Voting Aye meant
Support Amendment 50 to the UC and PIP Bill, which was backed by a small minority of MPs against the government's position
Voting No meant
Oppose Amendment 50, backing the government's preferred version of the UC and PIP Bill without this change
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
338
23
Conservative and Unionist Party
Whipped Aye
93
0
23
Liberal Democrats
Whipped No
0
8
63
Labour and Co-operative Party
Whipped No
0
42
0
Independent
—
2
9
2
Scottish National Party
Whipped No
0
9
0
Reform UK
Whipped Aye
5
0
3
Sinn Féin
—
0
0
7
Democratic Unionist Party
Whipped Aye
4
0
1
Green Party of England and Wales
Whipped No
0
4
0
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
—
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
The Bill is fundamentally flawed and should be substantially amended or withdrawn; government should fund improvements through wealth tax rather than cutting disabled support; clause 2 cuts are unjustified and clause 3 freezes are harmful.Green · Voted no · Read full speech (2,306 words) →
While welcoming recent government concessions protecting existing claimants, supports delay of UC health changes from April to November 2026 to allow NHS and labour market reforms to take effect; amendments 2(b) and associated amendments are necessary compromises.Labour · Voted no · Read full speech (955 words) →
Bill is unaffordable, locks in unfunded spending commitments, fails to address fraud or tie uplifts to employment support, and will ultimately result in higher taxes on working families; amendments 41 and new clause 9 needed for parliamentary control and fraud accountability.Conservative · Voted aye · Read full speech (2,443 words) →
Bill breaches UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities; £2 billion in cuts will devastate those with fluctuating conditions; clauses 2 and 3 should be withdrawn; amendment 38 essential to protect people with remitting conditions.Labour · Voted no · Read full speech (917 words) →
Government should clarify Timms review aims, ensure co-production with dignity at centre, and fix severe conditions criteria wording discrepancy; Bill represents wrong approach given better fiscal options available.SNP · Voted no · Read full speech (2,083 words) →
Health element cuts will harm vulnerable people with additional medical costs; system needs compassion and expert input in decision-making.DUP · Voted aye · Read full speech (220 words) →
Sources
Division dataUK Parliament Votes API
DebateHansard · Commons
Stance analysisAI analysis · Claude 4.x
LicenceOpen Parliament Licence v3.0