What Happened
Summary319 Labour MPs voted against New Clause 26 to the Mental Health Bill, which would have added stronger patient protections.
The Broken Promise
FLabour promised to overhaul mental health services and treat mental health "equally with physical health." When amendments came forward to strengthen the bill, they whipped against every single one.
Real World Impact
ImpactMental health patients continue with weaker protections than proposed.
How Parliament Voted
Voted AyeAye
79
MPs voted in favour
Voted NoNo
328
MPs voted against
AbsentN/A
243
Did not vote
Breakdown by Party
All 407 MPs who voted, across all parties. The House of Commons has 650 seats — 243 MPs did not vote.
Labour1 aye · 319 no · 320 total
319
Liberal Democrat60 aye · 0 no · 60 total
60
Independent7 aye · 7 no · 14 total
7
7
Democratic Unionist Party2 aye · 1 no · 3 total
2
1
Reform UK3 aye · 0 no · 3 total
3
Green Party3 aye · 0 no · 3 total
3
Alliance1 aye · 0 no · 1 total
1
Ulster Unionist Party1 aye · 0 no · 1 total
1
Traditional Unionist Voice1 aye · 0 no · 1 total
1
Social Democratic & Labour Party0 aye · 1 no · 1 total
1
Labour MPs: How They Voted
1
Voted Aye
319
Voted No
Voted Aye (1)
Voted No (319)
Barry Gardiner
Stephen Timms
Clive Efford
Gareth Thomas
Siobhain McDonagh
Jon Trickett
Hilary Benn
Fabian Hamilton
Derek Twigg
Graham Stringer
Mark Hendrick
Maria Eagle
Angela Eagle
Douglas Alexander
Mark Tami
Chris Bryant
Dawn Butler
Kerry McCarthy
Ed Miliband
Andy Slaughter
Sharon Hodgson
Meg Hillier
Diana Johnson
Nia Griffith
Jessica Morden
Mary Creagh
Pat McFadden
Pamela Nash
Yasmin Qureshi
Nick Smith
Toby Perkins
Grahame Morris
Lilian Greenwood
Heidi Alexander
Nicholas Dakin
Bill Esterson
Valerie Vaz
Lisa Nandy
Alison McGovern
Stella Creasy
Jonathan Reynolds
Chi Onwurah
Catherine McKinnell
Mary Glindon
Rushanara Ali
Ian Lavery
Debbie Abrahams
Stephen Doughty
Sarah Champion
Steve Reed
Andy McDonald
Emma Lewell
Mike Kane
Angela Rayner
Stephen Kinnock
Neil Coyle
Jess Phillips
Daniel Zeichner
Ruth Cadbury
Peter Dowd
Naz Shah
Jo Stevens
Karin Smyth
Anna Turley
Jeff Smith
Marie Rimmer
Melanie Onn
Carolyn Harris
Vicky Foxcroft
Richard Burgon
Clive Lewis
Gerald Jones
Wes Streeting
Peter Kyle
Helen Hayes
Rupa Huq
Kate Osamor
Tulip Siddiq
Matthew Pennycook
Catherine West
Jim McMahon
Gill Furniss
Chris Elmore
Rosena Allin-Khan
Gareth Snell
Stephanie Peacock
Bambos Charalambous
Matt Western
Liz Twist
Ellie Reeves
Darren Jones
Tonia Antoniazzi
Sarah Jones
Anna McMorrin
James Frith
Emma Hardy
Dan Carden
Stephen Morgan
Matt Rodda
Alex Sobel
Afzal Khan
Marsha De Cordova
Ruth Jones
Mary Kelly Foy
Bell Ribeiro-Addy
Sarah Owen
Kate Osborne
Fleur Anderson
James Murray
Charlotte Nichols
Navendu Mishra
Kim Johnson
Paula Barker
Ian Byrne
Alex Davies-Jones
Olivia Blake
Nadia Whittome
Florence Eshalomi
Christian Wakeford
Rachel Hopkins
Kim Leadbeater
Paulette Hamilton
Simon Lightwood
Samantha Dixon
Andrew Western
Ashley Dalton
Keir Mather
Alistair Strathern
Sarah Edwards
Gen Kitchen
Lewis Atkinson
Emma Foody
Simon Opher
Mark Ferguson
Josh MacAlister
Will Stone
Jodie Gosling
Lola McEvoy
Anneliese Midgley
Kanishka Narayan
Shaun Davies
Pam Cox
Lillian Jones
Adam Thompson
Jonathan Brash
Andrew Ranger
James Naish
Antonia Bance
Michelle Scrogham
Patrick Hurley
Natalie Fleet
Jen Craft
Douglas McAllister
Juliet Campbell
Gurinder Singh Josan
Josh Simons
Andrew Lewin
Johanna Baxter
Steve Race
Rachel Taylor
Tony Vaughan
Torsten Bell
Paul Waugh
Paul Foster
Deirdre Costigan
Blair McDougall
Jacob Collier
Joani Reid
Alan Strickland
Joe Morris
Jake Richards
Elsie Blundell
Tom Collins
Sarah Coombes
David Baines
Alison Taylor
Julie Minns
Kirith Entwistle
Bayo Alaba
Marie Tidball
Miatta Fahnbulleh
Gill German
Jo White
David Burton-Sampson
Linsey Farnsworth
Sam Rushworth
Chris Bloore
Kirsty McNeill
Jon Pearce
Chris McDonald
Sarah Smith
Chris Curtis
Natasha Irons
Polly Billington
Markus Campbell-Savours
Dave Robertson
Martin McCluskey
Matt Turmaine
Jack Abbott
Alice Macdonald
Andy MacNae
Maureen Burke
Emily Darlington
Alex Mayer
Abtisam Mohamed
Richard Quigley
Michael Payne
Luke Myer
Samantha Niblett
David Williams
Sureena Brackenridge
Sarah Hall
Jess Asato
Connor Rand
Matthew Patrick
Peter Prinsley
Peter Swallow
Mark Sewards
Adam Jogee
John Grady
Julia Buckley
Dan Aldridge
Alex Baker
Alex Barros-Curtis
Sally Jameson
Kirsteen Sullivan
Nesil Caliskan
Becky Gittins
Frank McNally
Daniel Francis
Josh Dean
Tracy Gilbert
Gordon McKee
Patricia Ferguson
Helena Dollimore
Callum Anderson
Steve Yemm
Andrew Cooper
Luke Charters
Kenneth Stevenson
Jessica Toale
Sarah Sackman
Ben Goldsborough
Perran Moon
Tom Hayes
James Asser
Scott Arthur
Zubir Ahmed
Naushabah Khan
Tristan Osborne
Steve Witherden
Tom Rutland
Jim Dickson
Kate Dearden
Lizzi Collinge
Michelle Welsh
Jas Athwal
Maya Ellis
Warinder Juss
Lorraine Beavers
Lee Pitcher
Laurence Turner
Jade Botterill
Chris Vince
Alex Ballinger
Michael Wheeler
Andrew Pakes
Chris Murray
Torcuil Crichton
Sojan Joseph
Martin Rhodes
Richard Baker
Alison Hume
Rachel Blake
Louise Sandher-Jones
Jeevun Sandher
Katie White
Jonathan Hinder
Mike Tapp
Yuan Yang
Lauren Sullivan
Darren Paffey
Satvir Kaur
Margaret Mullane
Connor Naismith
Sonia Kumar
Graeme Downie
Uma Kumaran
Anna Dixon
Dan Tomlinson
Harpreet Uppal
Leigh Ingham
Catherine Fookes
Cat Eccles
Amanda Martin
Josh Fenton-Glynn
Lauren Edwards
Kevin McKenna
Noah Law
Georgia Gould
Sam Carling
Katrina Murray
Sadik Al-Hassan
Lee Barron
Mike Reader
Paul Davies
Sarah Russell
Sean Woodcock
Rosie Wrighting
Lucy Rigby
Allison Gardner
Olivia Bailey
Terry Jermy
Danny Beales
Laura Kyrke-Smith
John Whitby
Ben Coleman
Peter Lamb
Alex McIntyre