Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11

What happened: On 14 April 2026, MPs voted to reject Lords Amendment 11 to the Crime and Policing Bill, a major piece of criminal justice legislation described by the Government as the largest of its kind in a generation. The motion to disagree with the Lords' addition passed by 291 votes to 174, meaning the Commons overrode the change that the unelected House of Lords had inserted into the Bill.

Why it matters: The vote is part of a broader process in which the Commons was asked to accept, modify, or reject a large number of changes made by the Lords to the Crime and Policing Bill. By rejecting Lords Amendment 11, MPs removed whatever provision the Lords had added at that clause, returning the Bill closer to its Commons-approved form. The Bill covers a wide range of policy areas including knife crime, antisocial behaviour, violence against women and girls, terrorism, online harms and protest powers, meaning the cumulative effect of these ping-pong votes shapes how those policies will operate in practice.

The politics: The vote divided almost entirely along party lines. All 288 Labour and Labour and Co-operative MPs who voted supported the Government's position in the Aye lobby, while Conservatives (91), Liberal Democrats (61), the Democratic Unionist Party (5), Greens (4), Plaid Cymru (3), Reform UK (3) and Traditional Unionist Voice (1) all voted against. Two independents voted with the Government and five against. There were no notable cross-party rebellions or Labour defections recorded in this division. The vote was one of several held on the same day, with related divisions on Lords Amendments 2, 311, 333 and 334 all producing similar Government victories.