Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3
162Ayes
246Noes
Defeated · majority 84 · Government won237 did not vote
645 Members · Aye 162 · No 246 · DNV 237 · grey dots in centre are abstentions
Analysis
Commons
Commons
Amendment 3 to the Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill was defeated on 16 June 2026 by 246 votes to 162. The amendment was proposed at the remaining stages of the Bill in the House of Commons, meaning the Bill was near the end of its passage through the chamber. The government opposed it, and it fell by a margin of 84 votes. No debate transcript is available for this division, so the precise content of Amendment 3 cannot be determined from the available record. What is clear is that the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill concerns network and information systems security, and the amendment sat within that legislative context. Its defeat means the Bill will proceed without whatever change Amendment 3 would have introduced. The vote divided sharply along party lines. All 244 Labour and Labour and Co-operative MPs who voted did so against the amendment, providing the government's majority. Every Conservative (84), Liberal Democrat (58), Green (5), Plaid Cymru (4) and Democratic Unionist Party (4) MP who voted supported it, forming an unusual cross-opposition alliance. Reform UK contributed 2 Aye votes. Three Independents voted Aye and three voted No.
Voting Aye meant
Support Amendment 3 to the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill, likely seeking to change or add to the bill's provisions on network and information systems security
Voting No meant
Oppose Amendment 3, preferring the bill to proceed without this change — most likely the government defending its own text against an opposition or backbench amendment
Each row is one party. The stacked bar gives the within-party split of Aye / No / Absent; the columns on the right give the raw counts. The whip column shows the published party position — “Free vote” means the whip was formally removed for this division.
Party
Whip
Aye / No / Abs
Aye
No
Abs
Labour Party
Whipped No
0
220
140
Conservative and Unionist Party
Whipped Aye
84
0
32
Liberal Democrats
Whipped Aye
59
0
13
Labour and Co-operative Party
Whipped No
0
23
19
Independent
—
3
3
6
Reform UK
—
2
0
6
Scottish National Party
—
0
0
7
Sinn Féin
—
0
0
7
Democratic Unionist Party
Whipped Aye
4
0
1
Green Party of England and Wales
Whipped Aye
5
0
0
Plaid Cymru
Whipped Aye
4
0
0
Social Democratic and Labour Party
—
0
0
2
Your Party
—
1
0
1
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
—
0
0
1
Restore Britain
—
0
0
1
Speaker
—
0
0
1
Traditional Unionist Voice
—
1
0
0
Ulster Unionist Party
—
1
0
0
Source · Hansard · UK Parliament Votes API · whip status from announced positions; “free vote” indicates the whip was formally removed
Supports expanding Bill scope to retail, manufacturing, local government, elections and political parties; calls for digital sovereignty strategy to reduce reliance on US cloud providers and prioritise British tech procurement.Liberal Democrats · Voted aye · Read full speech (5,465 words) →
Backs selective expansion to large retail businesses (£12bn+ revenue threshold) and calls for review of foreign state-owned cellular IoT providers; concerned about public sector lock-in to AWS and Microsoft.Labour · Voted no · Read full speech (2,828 words) →
Supports the Bill but champions Amendment 3 to prohibit data-sharing with countries lacking fair trial guarantees; warns against treating totalitarian states as normal commercial actors.Conservative · Voted aye · Read full speech (2,958 words) →
Agrees with concerns on Jimmy Lai, Jagtar Singh Johal, and IoT kill switches in critical infrastructure; supports human rights safeguards in data-sharing.Labour · Voted no · Read full speech (1,686 words) →
Questions practical feasibility of digital sovereignty strategy given prevalence of Taiwanese chips in tech supply chains.Unknown · Voted aye · Read full speech (32 words) →
Urges integration of Belfast's cyber-security sector (2,750 employees, £258m GVA) into national cyber strategy and calls for use of British tech firms by government.Unknown · Voted aye · Read full speech (103 words) →
Sources
Division dataUK Parliament Votes API
DebateHansard · Commons
Stance analysisAI analysis · Claude 4.x
LicenceOpen Parliament Licence v3.0