Every named vote in the Commons.

Amendment 19 to the Public Office (Accountability) Bill was defeated at Report Stage on 14 July 2026 by 412 votes to 104. The amendment, tabled by Conservative MPs, proposed a post-legislative assessment requiring the Secretary of State to publish a report within 12 months of the Act passing, examining how the Act's provisions affect public confidence in public authorities and the role of a standing public advocate in responding to major incidents. The vote matters because it decided whether the legislation would include a built-in review mechanism. The amendment would have required the government to assess, among other things, whether the public advocate's powers should be extended to gather information from those affected by major incidents, and whether an independent panel could be established to collate evidence and oversee public authorities' responses. Defeating it means no such statutory review requirement will appear in the Bill as currently drafted. The division followed strict party lines. All 294 Labour MPs who voted and all 37 Labour and Co-operative MPs who voted opposed the amendment, as did the Liberal Democrats (52), the SNP (6), the Greens (5), and Plaid Cymru (4). The Conservatives provided 93 of the 104 Ayes, joined by 5 Reform UK MPs, 4 Democratic Unionist Party MPs, and 2 Independents. No Labour or Liberal Democrat MP voted for the amendment. The result is consistent with other divisions on the same Bill on the same day, in which Conservative-led amendments were defeated by similar margins.