UK Representation of the People Bill
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Bill reintroduced (Commons)●●● High threatUpdated May 14, 2026
IntroducedPassed CommonsPassed LordsRoyal Assent
The elections bill drawing proposals for election speech controls: broadcast-style restrictions on social media, polling-day reporting bans, and platforms told to prioritize approved media.
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SponsorSteve Reed (Labour)
IntroducedFebruary 12, 2026
Latest actionBill reintroduced (Commons) (May 14, 2026)
What it does
On paper it is votes at 16, bank cards as voter ID, and automatic registration built on cross-government data access. The fight around it is now on paper too: 254 amendments are tabled for the postponed report stage, and among them Deputy Labour Leader Lucy Powell's NC83, which would order the government to publish proposals within six months for regulating election content on social media platforms during election periods, from the issuing of the writ to the close of polls, using the Online Safety Act's own category of regulated user-to-user services. Alongside it sit clauses extending the false-statements offense to deepfakes of candidates and requiring transparency markers on generative AI in campaign material. Powell has argued publicly for going further: broadcast-style rules for platforms, including a polling-day reporting ban and equal-time requirements. The bill's remaining Commons stages were scheduled for July 14, 2026 and pulled the day before.
Why it matters
Broadcast regulation was the deal television made with the state; the open internet never signed it. Extending purdah, equal time, and approved-source rules to platforms would put election speech, the speech democracies exist to protect, under government-set rules, and every restriction is being justified by disinformation. Which amendments survive report stage decides whether Britain's elections bill becomes its election speech law.
Our take
Watch what gets attached to this bill, because an elections bill is the perfect host: opposing it reads as opposing fair elections. NC83 is the opening move, a mandate to draft election speech rules for platforms on the Online Safety Act's chassis, and the ambitions stated around it reach polling-day reporting bans and approved-source hierarchies. The data-sharing registration machinery rides along underneath. When report stage returns, the votes on these clauses are the story.
Votes
- Commons — Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading (105 to 410 · Lab 0-328 · Con 95-0 · LD 0-57 · Ind 1-7 · SNP 0-7) · March 2, 2026
How they voted
Constituency Member Party Vote Erith and Thamesmead Abena Oppong-Asare Lab Nay Yeovil Adam Dance LD Nay Newcastle-under-Lyme Adam Jogee Lab Nay Erewash Adam Thompson Lab Nay Blackburn Adnan Hussain Ind Nay Birmingham Selly Oak Al Carns Lab Nay Surrey Heath Al Pinkerton LD Nay Tynemouth Alan Campbell Lab Nay Havant Alan Mak Con Yea South Leicestershire Alberto Costa Con Yea Wetherby and Easingwold Alec Shelbrooke Con Yea Aldershot Alex Baker Lab Nay Halesowen Alex Ballinger Lab Nay Cardiff West Alex Barros-Curtis Lab Nay North East Hampshire Alex Brewer LD Nay Brentwood and Ongar Alex Burghart Con Yea Pontypridd Alex Davies-Jones Lab Nay Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard Alex Mayer Lab Nay Gloucester Alex McIntyre Lab Nay Nottingham North and Kimberley Alex Norris Lab Nay Norwich North Alice Macdonald Lab Nay Mid Sussex Alison Bennett LD Nay Scarborough and Whitby Alison Hume Lab Nay Birkenhead Alison McGovern Lab Nay Paisley and Renfrewshire North Alison Taylor Lab Nay Orkney and Shetland Alistair Carmichael LD Nay Stoke-on-Trent South Allison Gardner Lab Nay North West Leicestershire Amanda Hack Lab Nay Portsmouth North Amanda Martin Lab Nay West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine Andrew Bowie Con Yea Mid Cheshire Andrew Cooper Lab Nay St Ives Andrew George LD Nay Arundel and South Downs Andrew Griffith Con Yea Welwyn Hatfield Andrew Lewin Lab Nay Sutton Coldfield Andrew Mitchell Con Yea South West Wiltshire Andrew Murrison Con Yea Peterborough Andrew Pakes Lab Nay Wrexham Andrew Ranger Lab Nay Romford Andrew Rosindell RUK Yea Stretford and Urmston Andrew Western Lab Nay Rossendale and Darwen Andy MacNae Lab Nay Middlesbrough and Thornaby East Andy McDonald Lab Nay Hammersmith and Chiswick Andy Slaughter Lab Nay Wallasey Angela Eagle Lab Nay Ashton-under-Lyne Angela Rayner Lab Nay Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire Angus MacDonald LD Nay Caerfyrddin Ann Davies PC Nay South East Cornwall Anna Gelderd Lab Nay Cardiff North Anna McMorrin Lab Nay Redcar Anna Turley Lab Nay Knowsley Anneliese Midgley Lab Nay Tipton and Wednesbury Antonia Bance Lab Nay Chester South and Eddisbury Aphra Brandreth Con Yea Poplar and Limehouse Apsana Begum Lab Nay West Lancashire Ashley Dalton Lab Nay Birmingham Perry Barr Ayoub Khan Ind Nay Derby South Baggy Shanker Lab Nay Southgate and Wood Green Bambos Charalambous Lab Nay Brent West Barry Gardiner Lab Nay Southend East and Rochford Bayo Alaba Lab Nay Worthing West Beccy Cooper Lab Nay Clwyd East Becky Gittins Lab Nay Clapham and Brixton Hill Bell Ribeiro-Addy Lab Nay Chelsea and Fulham Ben Coleman Lab Nay South Norfolk Ben Goldsborough Lab Nay Ceredigion Preseli Ben Lake PC Nay North Cornwall Ben Maguire LD Nay Huntingdon Ben Obese-Jecty Con Yea Runnymede and Weybridge Ben Spencer Con Yea Harwich and North Essex Bernard Jenkin Con Yea Sefton Central Bill Esterson Lab Nay East Renfrewshire Blair McDougall Lab Nay Mid Bedfordshire Blake Stephenson Con Yea Harrow East Bob Blackman Con Yea Bromsgrove Bradley Thomas Con Yea Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber Brendan O'Hara SNP Nay Alloa and Grangemouth Brian Leishman Lab Nay Melksham and Devizes Brian Mathew LD Nay Houghton and Sunderland South Bridget Phillipson Lab Nay Buckingham and Bletchley Callum Anderson Lab Nay Bicester and Woodstock Calum Miller LD Nay Leyton and Wanstead Calvin Bailey Lab Nay Bristol Central Carla Denyer Green Nay Gosport Caroline Dinenage Con Yea Sleaford and North Hykeham Caroline Johnson Con Yea South Devon Caroline Voaden LD Nay Lancaster and Wyre Cat Smith Lab Nay Derby North Catherine Atkinson Lab Nay Monmouthshire Catherine Fookes Lab Nay Newcastle upon Tyne North Catherine McKinnell Lab Nay Hornsey and Friern Barnet Catherine West Lab Nay Bridlington and The Wolds Charlie Dewhirst Con Yea Witney Charlie Maynard LD Nay Ely and East Cambridgeshire Charlotte Cane LD Nay Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West Chi Onwurah Lab Nay Redditch Chris Bloore Lab Nay Rhondda and Ogmore Chris Bryant Lab Nay Dorking and Horley Chris Coghlan LD Nay Milton Keynes North Chris Curtis Lab Nay Bridgend Chris Elmore Lab Nay Caerphilly Chris Evans Lab Nay North East Hertfordshire Chris Hinchliff Lab Nay Stirling and Strathallan Chris Kane Lab Nay Dundee Central Chris Law SNP Nay Stockton North Chris McDonald Lab Nay Croydon South Chris Philp Con Yea Harlow Chris Vince Lab Nay Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven Chris Ward Lab Nay Bury South Christian Wakeford Lab Nay Christchurch Christopher Chope Con Yea East Surrey Claire Coutinho Con Yea Belfast South and Mid Down Claire Hanna SDLP Nay Filton and Bradley Stoke Claire Hazelgrove Lab Nay Bangor Aberconwy Claire Hughes Lab Nay Thornbury and Yate Claire Young LD Nay Sheffield South East Clive Betts Lab Nay Eltham and Chislehurst Clive Efford Lab Nay Norwich South Clive Lewis Lab Nay Altrincham and Sale West Connor Rand Lab Nay St Albans Daisy Cooper LD Nay Bristol North East Damien Egan Lab Nay Weston-super-Mare Dan Aldridge Lab Nay North East Somerset and Hanham Dan Norris Ind Nay Chipping Barnet Dan Tomlinson Lab Nay Cambridge Daniel Zeichner Lab Nay Uxbridge and South Ruislip Danny Beales Lab Nay Winchester Danny Chambers LD Nay East Wiltshire Danny Kruger RUK Yea Southampton Itchen Darren Paffey Lab Nay Angus and Perthshire Glens Dave Doogan SNP Nay Lichfield Dave Robertson Lab Nay Southend West and Leigh David Burton-Sampson Lab Nay Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe David Chadwick LD Nay Goole and Pocklington David Davis Con Yea Tottenham David Lammy Lab Nay Hendon David Pinto-Duschinsky Lab Nay Exmouth and Exeter East David Reed Con Yea Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner David Simmonds Con Yea North Northumberland David Smith Lab Nay Hemel Hempstead David Taylor Lab Nay Stoke-on-Trent North David Williams Lab Nay Brent East Dawn Butler Lab Nay Oldham East and Saddleworth Debbie Abrahams Lab Nay Widnes and Halewood Derek Twigg Lab Nay New Forest West Desmond Swayne Con Yea Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham Diana Johnson Lab Nay Hackney North and Stoke Newington Diane Abbott Ind Nay Lothian East Douglas Alexander Lab Nay West Dunbartonshire Douglas McAllister Lab Nay Doncaster North Ed Miliband Lab Nay Melton and Syston Edward Argar Con Yea Gainsborough Edward Leigh Con Yea West Dorset Edward Morello LD Nay North Herefordshire Ellie Chowns Green Nay Heywood and Middleton North Elsie Blundell Lab Nay Milton Keynes Central Emily Darlington Lab Nay Islington South and Finsbury Emily Thornberry Lab Nay Cramlington and Killingworth Emma Foody Lab Nay Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice Emma Hardy Lab Nay South Shields Emma Lewell Lab Nay Tatton Esther McVey Con Yea Falkirk Euan Stainbank Lab Nay Enfield North Feryal Clark Lab Nay Putney Fleur Anderson Lab Nay Vauxhall and Camberwell Green Florence Eshalomi Lab Nay Coatbridge and Bellshill Frank McNally Lab Nay South West Hertfordshire Gagan Mohindra Con Yea Orpington Gareth Bacon Con Yea Grantham and Bourne Gareth Davies Con Yea Stoke-on-Trent Central Gareth Snell Lab Nay Harrow West Gareth Thomas Lab Nay Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge Gavin Williamson Con Yea Wellingborough and Rushden Gen Kitchen Lab Nay North Cotswolds Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Con Yea Torridge and Tavistock Geoffrey Cox Con Yea Mid Norfolk George Freeman Con Yea Queen's Park and Maida Vale Georgia Gould Lab Nay Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare Gerald Jones Lab Nay Taunton and Wellington Gideon Amos LD Nay Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough Gill Furniss Lab Nay Clwyd North Gill German Lab Nay Dunfermline and Dollar Graeme Downie Lab Nay Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey Graham Leadbitter SNP Nay Blackley and Middleton South Graham Stringer Lab Nay Beverley and Holderness Graham Stuart Con Yea Easington Grahame Morris Lab Nay Mid Buckinghamshire Greg Smith Con Yea Livingston Gregor Poynton Lab Nay East Londonderry Gregory Campbell DUP Yea Farnham and Bordon Gregory Stafford Con Yea Lincoln Hamish Falconer Lab Nay Gorton and Denton Hannah Spencer Green Nay Huddersfield Harpreet Uppal Lab Nay Gordon and Buchan Harriet Cross Con Yea Swindon South Heidi Alexander Lab Nay Dulwich and West Norwood Helen Hayes Lab Nay Epsom and Ewell Helen Maguire LD Nay North Shropshire Helen Morgan LD Nay Faversham and Mid Kent Helen Whately Con Yea Hastings and Rye Helena Dollimore Lab Nay Mid and South Pembrokeshire Henry Tufnell Lab Nay Leeds South Hilary Benn Lab Nay Chingford and Woodford Green Iain Duncan Smith Con Yea Liverpool West Derby Ian Byrne Lab Nay Blyth and Ashington Ian Lavery Lab Nay Edinburgh South Ian Murray Lab Nay North Devon Ian Roome LD Nay St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire Ian Sollom LD Nay Hamilton and Clyde Valley Imogen Walker Lab Nay Bradford East Imran Hussain Lab Nay North Ayrshire and Arran Irene Campbell Lab Nay Ipswich Jack Abbott Lab Nay Windsor Jack Rankin Con Yea Burton and Uttoxeter Jacob Collier Lab Nay Ossett and Denby Dale Jade Botterill Lab Nay West Ham and Beckton James Asser Lab Nay Braintree James Cleverly Con Yea Lewes James MacCleary LD Nay Ealing North James Murray Lab Nay Rushcliffe James Naish Lab Nay North West Norfolk James Wild Con Yea Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Jamie Stone LD Nay Lewisham East Janet Daby Lab Nay Ilford South Jas Athwal Lab Nay Truro and Falmouth Jayne Kirkham Lab Nay Loughborough Jeevun Sandher Lab Nay Manchester Withington Jeff Smith Lab Nay Suffolk Coastal Jenny Riddell-Carpenter Lab Nay Islington North Jeremy Corbyn Ind Nay Godalming and Ash Jeremy Hunt Con Yea Lowestoft Jess Asato Lab Nay Chichester Jess Brown-Fuller LD Nay Hereford and South Herefordshire Jesse Norman Con Yea Newport East Jessica Morden Lab Nay Bournemouth West Jessica Toale Lab Nay North Antrim Jim Allister TUV Yea Dartford Jim Dickson Lab Nay Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton Jim McMahon Lab Nay Strangford Jim Shannon DUP Yea Leigh and Atherton Jo Platt Lab Nay Cardiff East Jo Stevens Lab Nay Bassetlaw Jo White Lab Nay Hexham Joe Morris Lab Nay Kensington and Bayswater Joe Powell Lab Nay Isle of Wight East Joe Robertson Con Yea Paisley and Renfrewshire South Johanna Baxter Lab Nay Dumfries and Galloway John Cooper Con Yea Salisbury John Glen Con Yea Glasgow East John Grady Lab Nay South Holland and The Deepings John Hayes Con Yea Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk John Lamont Con Yea Hayes and Harlington John McDonnell Lab Nay Horsham John Milne LD Nay Rugby John Slinger Lab Nay Derbyshire Dales John Whitby Lab Nay Maldon John Whittingdale Con Yea High Peak Jon Pearce Lab Nay Normanton and Hemsworth Jon Trickett Lab Nay Hartlepool Jonathan Brash Lab Nay Mid Derbyshire Jonathan Davies Lab Nay Pendle and Clitheroe Jonathan Hinder Lab Nay Stalybridge and Hyde Jonathan Reynolds Lab Nay Eastbourne Josh Babarinde LD Nay Hertford and Stortford Josh Dean Lab Nay Calder Valley Josh Fenton-Glynn Lab Nay Whitehaven and Workington Josh MacAlister Lab Nay Cannock Chase Josh Newbury Lab Nay Makerfield Josh Simons Lab Nay Maidenhead Joshua Reynolds LD Nay Beaconsfield Joy Morrissey Con Yea Shrewsbury Julia Buckley Lab Nay Hornchurch and Upminster Julia Lopez Con Yea New Forest East Julian Lewis Con Yea Skipton and Ripon Julian Smith Con Yea Carlisle Julie Minns Lab Nay Broxtowe Juliet Campbell Lab Nay Ellesmere Port and Bromborough Justin Madders Lab Nay Vale of Glamorgan Kanishka Narayan Lab Nay Staffordshire Moorlands Karen Bradley Con Yea Bristol South Karin Smyth Lab Nay Halifax Kate Dearden Lab Nay Edmonton and Winchmore Hill Kate Osamor Lab Nay Jarrow and Gateshead East Kate Osborne Lab Nay Weald of Kent Katie Lam Con Yea Leeds North West Katie White Lab Nay Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch Katrina Murray Lab Nay Selby Keir Mather Lab Nay Bristol East Kerry McCarthy Lab Nay Stevenage Kevin Bonavia Lab Nay Thirsk and Malton Kevin Hollinrake Con Yea Sittingbourne and Sheppey Kevin McKenna Lab Nay Bexhill and Battle Kieran Mullan Con Yea Liverpool Riverside Kim Johnson Lab Nay Spen Valley Kim Leadbeater Lab Nay Bathgate and Linlithgow Kirsteen Sullivan Lab Nay Aberdeen North Kirsty Blackman SNP Nay Midlothian Kirsty McNeill Lab Nay North West Hampshire Kit Malthouse Con Yea Aylesbury Laura Kyrke-Smith Lab Nay Rochester and Strood Lauren Edwards Lab Nay Gravesham Lauren Sullivan Lab Nay Ashfield Lee Anderson RUK Yea Corby and East Northamptonshire Lee Barron Lab Nay Newbury Lee Dillon LD Nay Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme Lee Pitcher Lab Nay Stafford Leigh Ingham Lab Nay Sunderland Central Lewis Atkinson Lab Nay Broxbourne Lewis Cocking Con Yea Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North Liam Byrne Lab Nay Beckenham and Penge Liam Conlon Lab Nay Nottingham South Lilian Greenwood Lab Nay Spelthorne Lincoln Jopp Con Yea Amber Valley Linsey Farnsworth Lab Nay Hazel Grove Lisa Smart LD Nay Eastleigh Liz Jarvis LD Nay Leicester West Liz Kendall Lab Nay Blaydon and Consett Liz Twist Lab Nay Morecambe and Lunesdale Lizzi Collinge Lab Nay South Dorset Lloyd Hatton Lab Nay Darlington Lola McEvoy Lab Nay Old Bexley and Sidcup Louie French Con Yea North East Derbyshire Louise Sandher-Jones Lab Nay Northampton North Lucy Rigby Lab Nay North Durham Luke Akehurst Lab Nay York Outer Luke Charters Lab Nay Hinckley and Bosworth Luke Evans Con Yea Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland Luke Myer Lab Nay Stratford-on-Avon Manuela Perteghella LD Nay Dagenham and Rainham Margaret Mullane Lab Nay Liverpool Garston Maria Eagle Lab Nay Chelmsford Marie Goldman LD Nay St Helens South and Whiston Marie Rimmer Lab Nay Penistone and Stocksbridge Marie Tidball Lab Nay Gateshead Central and Whickham Mark Ferguson Lab Nay Rayleigh and Wickford Mark Francois Con Yea Wyre Forest Mark Garnier Con Yea Leeds South West and Morley Mark Sewards Lab Nay Alyn and Deeside Mark Tami Lab Nay Penrith and Solway Markus Campbell-Savours Ind Nay Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West Martin McCluskey Lab Nay Glasgow North Martin Rhodes Lab Nay Brigg and Immingham Martin Vickers Con Yea Newton Abbot Martin Wrigley LD Nay City of Durham Mary Kelly Foy Lab Nay Forest of Dean Matt Bishop Lab Nay Reading Central Matt Rodda Lab Nay Watford Matt Turmaine Lab Nay Stockton West Matt Vickers Con Yea Warwick and Leamington Matt Western Lab Nay Wirral West Matthew Patrick Lab Nay Greenwich and Woolwich Matthew Pennycook Lab Nay Hackney South and Shoreditch Meg Hillier Lab Nay Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes Melanie Onn Lab Nay Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy Melanie Ward Lab Nay Peckham Miatta Fahnbulleh Lab Nay Gedling Michael Payne Lab Nay Rutherglen Michael Shanks Lab Nay Worsley and Eccles Michael Wheeler Lab Nay Barrow and Furness Michelle Scrogham Lab Nay Sherwood Forest Michelle Welsh Lab Nay Tunbridge Wells Mike Martin LD Nay Northampton South Mike Reader Lab Nay Kingswinford and South Staffordshire Mike Wood Con Yea East Grinstead and Uckfield Mims Davies Con Yea Bedford Mohammad Yasin Lab Nay Esher and Walton Monica Harding LD Nay Twickenham Munira Wilson LD Nay Bolsover Natalie Fleet Lab Nay Stockport Navendu Mishra Lab Nay Bradford West Naz Shah Lab Nay Bermondsey and Old Southwark Neil Coyle Lab Nay Poole Neil Duncan-Jordan Lab Nay Epping Forest Neil Hudson Con Yea Harborough, Oadby and Wigston Neil O'Brien Con Yea Solihull West and Shirley Neil Shastri-Hurst Con Yea Barking Nesil Caliskan Lab Nay Llanelli Nia Griffith Lab Nay Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney Nick Smith Lab Nay West Suffolk Nick Timothy Con Yea Clacton Nigel Farage RUK Yea Droitwich and Evesham Nigel Huddleston Con Yea St Austell and Newquay Noah Law Lab Nay Hertsmere Oliver Dowden Con Yea Burnley Oliver Ryan Lab Nay Reading West and Mid Berkshire Olivia Bailey Lab Nay Sheffield Hallam Olivia Blake Lab Nay Didcot and Wantage Olly Glover LD Nay Colchester Pam Cox Lab Nay Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke Pamela Nash Lab Nay Glasgow West Patricia Ferguson Lab Nay Southport Patrick Hurley Lab Nay Central Suffolk and North Ipswich Patrick Spencer Ind Yea Colne Valley Paul Davies Lab Nay South Ribble Paul Foster Lab Nay Wimbledon Paul Kohler LD Nay Rochdale Paul Waugh Lab Nay Liverpool Wavertree Paula Barker Lab Nay Birmingham Erdington Paulette Hamilton Lab Nay Camborne and Redruth Perran Moon Lab Nay Mid Leicestershire Peter Bedford Con Yea Bootle Peter Dowd Lab Nay Bromley and Biggin Hill Peter Fortune Con Yea Crawley Peter Lamb Lab Nay Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket Peter Prinsley Lab Nay Bracknell Peter Swallow Lab Nay Bolton West Phil Brickell Lab Nay East Thanet Polly Billington Lab Nay Birmingham Edgbaston Preet Kaur Gill Lab Nay Witham Priti Patel Con Yea York Central Rachael Maskell Lab Nay Cities of London and Westminster Rachel Blake Lab Nay Luton South and South Bedfordshire Rachel Hopkins Lab Nay North Warwickshire and Bedworth Rachel Taylor Lab Nay Castle Point Rebecca Harris Con Yea Salford Rebecca Long Bailey Lab Nay Reigate Rebecca Paul Con Yea South West Devon Rebecca Smith Con Yea Glenrothes and Mid Fife Richard Baker Lab Nay Leeds East Richard Burgon Lab Nay Honiton and Sidmouth Richard Foord LD Nay North Bedfordshire Richard Fuller Con Yea Basildon and Billericay Richard Holden Con Yea Isle of Wight West Richard Quigley Lab Nay Boston and Skegness Richard Tice RUK Yea Keighley and Ilkley Robbie Moore Con Yea Herne Bay and Sandwich Roger Gale Con Yea Kettering Rosie Wrighting Lab Nay South Cotswolds Roz Savage LD Nay Ealing Central and Acton Rupa Huq Lab Nay Bethnal Green and Stepney Rushanara Ali Lab Nay Brentford and Isleworth Ruth Cadbury Lab Nay Newport West and Islwyn Ruth Jones Lab Nay North Somerset Sadik Al-Hassan Lab Nay Doncaster Central Sally Jameson Lab Nay North West Cambridgeshire Sam Carling Lab Nay Bishop Auckland Sam Rushworth Lab Nay Chester North and Neston Samantha Dixon Lab Nay South Derbyshire Samantha Niblett Lab Nay Meriden and Solihull East Saqib Bhatti Con Yea South Northamptonshire Sarah Bool Con Yea Rotherham Sarah Champion Lab Nay Tamworth Sarah Edwards Lab Nay Chippenham Sarah Gibson LD Nay Chesham and Amersham Sarah Green LD Nay Warrington South Sarah Hall Lab Nay Croydon West Sarah Jones Lab Nay Richmond Park Sarah Olney LD Nay Luton North Sarah Owen Lab Nay Congleton Sarah Russell Lab Nay Hyndburn Sarah Smith Lab Nay Southampton Test Satvir Kaur Lab Nay Aberdeenshire North and Moray East Seamus Logan SNP Nay Banbury Sean Woodcock Lab Nay Washington and Gateshead South Sharon Hodgson Lab Nay Telford Shaun Davies Lab Nay Leicester South Shockat Adam Ind Nay Brighton Pavilion Siân Berry Green Nay North Dorset Simon Hoare Con Yea Stroud Simon Opher Lab Nay Mitcham and Morden Siobhain McDonagh Lab Nay Ashford Sojan Joseph Lab Nay Dudley Sonia Kumar Lab Nay North Norfolk Steff Aquarone LD Nay Arbroath and Broughty Ferry Stephen Gethins SNP Nay Aberafan Maesteg Stephen Kinnock Lab Nay Portsmouth South Stephen Morgan Lab Nay East Ham Stephen Timms Lab Nay North East Cambridgeshire Steve Barclay Con Yea Torbay Steve Darling LD Nay Exeter Steve Race Lab Nay Streatham and Croydon North Steve Reed Lab Nay Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr Steve Witherden Lab Nay Mansfield Steve Yemm Lab Nay Daventry Stuart Andrew Con Yea Fareham and Waterlooville Suella Braverman RUK Yea Wolverhampton North East Sureena Brackenridge Lab Nay Mid Dunbartonshire Susan Murray LD Nay Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley Tahir Ali Lab Nay Coventry North West Taiwo Owatemi Lab Nay Slough Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi Lab Nay South West Norfolk Terry Jermy Lab Nay Wells and Mendip Hills Tessa Munt LD Nay Westmorland and Lonsdale Tim Farron LD Nay Chesterfield Toby Perkins Lab Nay Worcester Tom Collins Lab Nay East Worthing and Shoreham Tom Rutland Lab Nay Tonbridge Tom Tugendhat Con Yea Gower Tonia Antoniazzi Lab Nay Folkestone and Hythe Tony Vaughan Lab Nay Swansea West Torsten Bell Lab Nay Edinburgh North and Leith Tracy Gilbert Lab Nay Chatham and Aylesford Tristan Osborne Lab Nay Hampstead and Highgate Tulip Siddiq Lab Nay Stratford and Bow Uma Kumaran Lab Nay Walsall and Bloxwich Valerie Vaz Lab Nay Lewisham North Vicky Foxcroft Lab Nay Louth and Horncastle Victoria Atkins Con Yea Harpenden and Berkhamsted Victoria Collins LD Nay Mid Dorset and North Poole Vikki Slade LD Nay Wolverhampton West Warinder Juss Lab Nay North East Fife Wendy Chamberlain LD Nay Aldridge-Brownhills Wendy Morton Con Yea Bath Wera Hobhouse LD Nay Ilford North Wes Streeting Lab Nay Woking Will Forster LD Nay Swindon North Will Stone Lab Nay Bolton South and Walkden Yasmin Qureshi Lab Nay Earley and Woodley Yuan Yang Lab Nay Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley Yvette Cooper Lab Nay Coventry South Zarah Sultana YP Nay Guildford Zöe Franklin LD Nay Glasgow South West Zubir Ahmed Lab Nay
Timeline
- February 12, 20261st reading (Commons)
- March 2, 20262nd reading (Commons)
- March 18, 2026Committee stage (Commons)
- May 14, 2026Bill reintroduced (Commons)
- July 13, 2026Report stage pulled the day before its scheduled slot
- September 2, 2026Report stage (Commons) scheduled
Key amendments
NC83: Regulation of social media during elections (July 13, 2026)
Orders the Secretary of State to publish proposals within six months for regulating election content on regulated user-to-user services during election periods, from writ to close of poll. Tabled by Lucy Powell.
Tabled for the postponed report stage
Orders the Secretary of State to publish proposals within six months for regulating election content on regulated user-to-user services during election periods, from writ to close of poll. Tabled by Lucy Powell.
Tabled for the postponed report stage
NC105: Deepfakes as false statements about candidates (July 13, 2026)
Extends the false-statements-about-candidates offense to cover deepfakes. Tabled by Helen Maguire.
Tabled for the postponed report stage
Extends the false-statements-about-candidates offense to cover deepfakes. Tabled by Helen Maguire.
Tabled for the postponed report stage
NC13: Transparency markers for generative AI in campaign material (July 13, 2026)
Requires information disclosures when electronic campaign material uses generative artificial intelligence. Tabled by Lisa Smart.
Tabled for the postponed report stage
Requires information disclosures when electronic campaign material uses generative artificial intelligence. Tabled by Lisa Smart.
Tabled for the postponed report stage
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