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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 (l) — defence policy — Motion negatived — 20 May 2026 at 18:58 Dots show proportional share only and do not represent one dot per MP. The dashed centre line marks the halfway point of recorded votes.
78 Ayes
408 Noes
330 Majority
486 Votes cast

What happened

The amendment (l) proposed adding text to the Address agreeing to regret that the Gracious Speech failed to include proposals for a Defence Readiness Bill and related defence planning. It also called on the Government to bring forward the Defence Readiness Bill and the Defence Investment Plan, including increasing defence spending, and included calls connected to Northern Ireland veterans and veterans' inquests.

The latest division was recorded as motion negatived with 78 Ayes and 408 Noes.

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77 Aye 405 No 4 tellers 160 no recorded vote
Voted Aye 77
Voted No 405
Aye tellers 2
No tellers 2
No recorded vote 160

The official division record does not show these MPs as voting Aye or No, or acting as tellers. It does not state the reason.

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

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