Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13

Parliament voted on 16 June 2026 on New Clause 13, a proposed addition to the Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill. The clause was defeated by 255 votes to 77. The bill, which updates the rules governing security of network and information systems, proceeded without the addition. The precise content of New Clause 13 is not available in the record for this division. What is clear is that the bill updates the UK's existing framework for cyber security and the protection of critical national infrastructure. The defeat of the clause means the bill will continue through Parliament in its existing form, without whatever provision New Clause 13 would have introduced. The vote divided sharply along government and opposition lines. Every Labour and Labour and Co-operative Party MP who voted opposed the clause, providing the 255 noes. Support came almost entirely from opposition parties: the Liberal Democrats supplied the largest bloc of 57 ayes, joined by all five Green MPs, all four Plaid Cymru MPs, four Democratic Unionist Party MPs, two Your Party MPs, one SDLP MP, and one Traditional Unionist Voice MP. Three independents voted aye and three voted no. The vote took place on the same day as two other divisions on the bill, Amendment 3 (lost 162 to 246) and New Clause 14 (lost 151 to 258), suggesting a sustained but unsuccessful effort by opposition parties to reshape the legislation.