Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12

Parliament voted on 8 June 2026 to reject Amendment 12 to the Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill at committee stage. The amendment was defeated by 266 votes to 81. It was tabled by Conservative MPs and attracted no support from Labour, the Greens, Plaid Cymru, the Democratic Unionist Party, or most other parties. A single independent MP voted in favour. The Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill seeks to bring steel production into public ownership. Amendment 12 would have altered the terms or conditions under which that nationalisation proceeds. Its defeat means the bill continues through committee on the government's preferred terms, advancing Labour's policy of state control over the steel sector. The vote affects steel workers, the communities around UK steelworks, and the broader industrial policy framework the government is building. Conservatives voted unanimously in favour of the amendment, making it their vehicle for opposing or shaping the nationalisation on the floor of the committee. Labour and its Co-operative allies held firm against it, with no rebels on either side. The result mirrors the pattern established earlier on the same day, when Conservative-backed New Clause 2 fell 65 to 257, and a week before, when a reasoned amendment opposing the bill's Second Reading was defeated 68 to 242. The only partial deviation in this sequence was New Clause 8, which attracted 145 ayes, suggesting it drew some cross-party sympathy but still fell. The consistent margins confirm the government has a secure majority to pass this bill largely as drafted.