Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11

What happened: The House of Commons voted on 8 September 2025 to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 to the Renters' Rights Bill, by 398 votes to 93. This means MPs rejected a modification made by the House of Lords to the Bill and insisted on the government's original version of the legislation on that particular point.

Why it matters: The Renters' Rights Bill is a major piece of housing legislation intended to strengthen protections for tenants in the private rented sector. By overturning Lords Amendment 11, the Commons reasserted its preferred approach to tenant protections without accepting changes that the Lords had introduced. The Bill affects millions of private renters across England, with provisions understood to include restrictions on no-fault evictions, new rights around tenancy conditions, and greater regulatory oversight of landlords. Rejecting the Lords' amendment keeps the government's more expansive tenant protection measures intact.

The politics: The vote split almost entirely along party lines. All 288 Labour MPs and 35 Labour and Co-operative members voted with the government, as did all 60 Liberal Democrats, all four Democratic Unionist Party MPs, and all three Greens who voted. All 86 voting Conservatives and all six voting Reform UK members opposed the motion, joined by two independents. There were no rebellions on either side. This vote is one of several on the same day, with the Commons also disagreeing with Lords Amendments 18, 19, 26, and 39 to the same Bill, suggesting a broad Commons determination to resist Lords modifications to this legislation across multiple clauses.