Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 23

Parliament voted on Amendment 23 to the Bus Services (No.2) Bill at Report Stage on 10 September 2025. The amendment was defeated by 297 votes to 158. The government opposed the amendment, voting to keep the Bill as drafted. The Bus Services (No.2) Bill is a piece of legislation concerned with bus regulation and public transport, but no debate extracts are available for this division. As a result, the precise content of Amendment 23 cannot be confirmed from the available record. What is clear is that those voting Aye supported some change to the Bill's provisions, while those voting No backed the Bill in its current form. The vote divided sharply along party lines. All 265 Labour MPs and 27 Labour and Co-operative MPs who voted did so against the amendment, delivering the government's majority. The Conservatives (88 Ayes), Liberal Democrats (60 Ayes), Greens (3 Ayes), and a small number from Reform UK (4 Ayes) all voted for the amendment. One Labour MP voted Aye, a rare break from the government's position. The pattern is consistent with other divisions on the same bill that day, where opposition parties combined against a unified Labour voting bloc.