Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 58

Parliament voted on Amendment 58 to the Bus Services (No.2) Bill at Report Stage on 10 September 2025. The amendment was defeated by 364 votes to 92. Report Stage is the point at which MPs consider proposed changes to a bill that has already passed through committee. The Bus Services (No.2) Bill is a government measure aimed at reforming how bus services are run in England. Because no debate record is available for this division, the precise content of Amendment 58 cannot be confirmed. What is clear is that the government opposed it, and the House voted it down by a wide margin. The vote divided almost entirely along party lines. All 89 Conservative MPs who voted backed the amendment, joined by 4 Reform UK members, 1 Independent, and 1 Democratic Unionist Party MP. Every Labour, Labour and Co-operative, Liberal Democrat, and Green MP who voted opposed it. There were no Conservative rebels voting against the amendment and no Labour or Liberal Democrat MPs crossing to support it, making this a sharply partisan outcome.