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Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

Wednesday, 18 March 2026

What was this vote about?

MPs voted on this matter in the House of Commons.

The result

Motion passed

Margin: 179

277

98

Aye (74%)No (26%)

375 of 650 eligible MPs voted (58% turnout)

How each party voted

Labour (Co-op)

Voted for

276 aye19 no108 absent

Independent

Voted against

1 aye5 no7 absent

Liberal Democrat

Voted against

0 aye55 no17 absent

Reform UK

Voted against

0 aye6 no2 absent

Democratic Unionist Party

Voted against

0 aye4 no1 absent

Green Party

Voted against

0 aye3 no2 absent

Who rebelled?(20 MPs)

20 MPs voted against their party whip.

Labour (Co-op)(19 rebels — party voted aye)

Cat Eccles(Stourbridge)

Julia Buckley(Shrewsbury)

Richard Burgon(Leeds East)

Neil Duncan-Jordan(Poole)

Mary Kelly Foy(City of Durham)

Rebecca Long Bailey(Salford)

Andy McDonald(Middlesbrough and Thornaby East)

John McDonnell(Hayes and Harlington)

Rachael Maskell(York Central)

Kate Osborne(Jarrow and Gateshead East)

Navendu Mishra(Stockport)

Ian Byrne(Liverpool West Derby)

Apsana Begum(Poplar and Limehouse)

Paula Barker(Liverpool Wavertree)

Brian Leishman(Alloa and Grangemouth)

Bell Ribeiro-Addy(Clapham and Brixton Hill)

Clive Lewis(Norwich South)

Imran Hussain(Bradford East)

Ian Lavery(Blyth and Ashington)

Independent(1 rebel — party voted no)

Dan Norris(North East Somerset and Hanham)

Why it matters

On 18 March 2026, MPs voted 277 to 98 to approve an amendment to the Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) Regulations 2026 for England. The amendment adjusts the maximum tuition fees and the condition attached to those limits in the draft regulations. Twenty MPs voted against their party whip, showing cross-party dissent on how tuition charges should be capped.

Twenty MPs voted against their party whipAmendment changes fee limits and the linked condition for EnglandVote passed by 277 to 98, margin 179Sheds light on ongoing debates over higher education funding

AI-generated context — may contain errors.

Turnout by party

58%

Ulster Unionist Party

1/1 (100%)

Traditional Unionist Voice

1/1 (100%)

Your Party

1/1 (100%)

Restore Britain

1/1 (100%)

Democratic Unionist Party

4/5 (80%)

Liberal Democrat

55/72 (76%)

Reform UK

6/8 (75%)

Labour (Co-op)

295/403 (73%)

What happens next?

The result of this vote determines whether the matter under consideration proceeds.