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King's Speech Motion for an Address

Motion agreed
20 May 2026 at 19:26

MPs held 4 related Commons votes on specific motions relating to the King's Speech Motion for an Address. These divisions concerned specific motions or amendments linked to the same Bill or subject.

King’s Speech amendment
This chart shows the selected division in this vote group. amendment (o) — Motion negatived — 20 May 2026 at 18:43 Dots show proportional share only and do not represent one dot per MP. The dashed centre line marks the halfway point of recorded votes.
104 Ayes
317 Noes
213 Majority
421 Votes cast

What happened

The amendment (o) was moved during the debate on the Address following the King's Speech. It called for: a Defence Readiness Bill to be included and published without delay, earlier publication of a delayed Defence Investment Plan, increased defence spending, and changes to what the Government said it would do on Northern Ireland veterans and related legislation/orders.

The latest division was recorded as motion negatived with 104 Ayes and 317 Noes.

Grouped results summary

4Divisions in group
1Motions agreed
3Motions negatived
0Tied results

Divisions in this vote group

Each row below shows the result and Aye/No counts for that individual division.

Sources

Official records used for the vote result and explanation.

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