This was a bill vote on the Crime and Policing Bill. The Crime and Policing Bill is a wide-ranging measure aimed at cracking down on anti-social behaviour, weapons, sexual offences and other crimes, while expanding police powers and border controls. It also introduces a significant online-safety regime, including a rapid-removal duty for intimate image content and strengthened age checks for online pornography, alongside provisions on fly-tipping, vehicle seizure and other enforcement; it interacts with international security rules and devolved‑authority checks. The bill is currently being debated in the Commons after Lords amendments, with intensive cross‑party negotiation ongoing to determine the final shape of many provisions.
•- Online safety overhaul: a regime to remove intimate image content within 48 hours after a report, with reporting and expedited complaints processes, extending to search results, plus a new intimate image content regime with potential fines and a register; powers to shape these rules via secondary legislation (Online Safety Act 2023).
•- Strengthened age verification for online porn and other online-content safeguards: delegated powers to tighten age/consent verification for pornographic content and related enforcement mechanisms.
•- Child protection and exploitation: amendments aimed at clarifying offences linked to child sexual exploitation, including protections that ensure certain offences are not shielded by existing defence provisions in other Acts; measures to address youth injunctions and housing injunctions in line with the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.
•- Policing and anti-social behaviour enforcement: provisions relating to neighbourhood policing, youth diversion, community safeguards, and penalties for persistent breaches; proposals on vehicle seizure in fly-tipping and related costs; adjustments to fixed-penalty notice regimes and related guidance for police and local authorities.
The result
Motion passed
Margin: 110
253
143
Aye (64%)No (36%)
396 of 650 eligible MPs voted (61% turnout)
How each party voted
Labour (Co-op)
Voted for
249 aye0 no152 absent
Social Democratic & Labour Party
Voted for
1 aye0 no1 absent
Independent
Split
1 aye1 no11 absent
Conservative
Voted against
0 aye83 no31 absent
Liberal Democrat
Voted against
0 aye53 no19 absent
Green Party
Voted against
0 aye4 no1 absent
Who rebelled?
No MPs voted against their party on this division.
Why it matters
MPs voted 253 to 143 in favour of a government motion related to Lords Amendment 439 on the Crime and Policing Bill, a margin of 110. The amendments would require online services to record and report the average time taken to remove non-consensual intimate images to OFCOM, publish the data publicly, and provide clear notices about reporting and removal processes. This marks another step in the bill’s passage as Lords amendments are considered by the Commons.
Amendments target faster takedown of non-consensual intimate imagesOnline services would face OFCOM reporting dutiesClear notices on reporting/removal proposedBill continues its passage between Lords and Commons
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Turnout by party
61%
Restore Britain
1/1 (100%)
Green Party
4/5 (80%)
Liberal Democrat
53/72 (74%)
Conservative
83/114 (73%)
Labour (Co-op)
249/401 (62%)
Social Democratic & Labour Party
1/2 (50%)
Democratic Unionist Party
1/5 (20%)
Independent
2/13 (15%)
What happens next?
The result of this vote determines whether the matter under consideration proceeds.
