Votes

Recent vote results

← Back to votes
Vote details

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 (p) — defence readiness — Motion negatived — 20 May 2026 at 19:13 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
316 Noes
212 Majority
420 Votes cast

What happened

The vote was on an amendment (p) proposed during the Commons debate on the Address after the King's Speech. The amendment asked MPs to regret that the Gracious Speech did not include a Defence Readiness Bill and to call for a faster Defence Investment Plan, higher defence spending, and not to progress certain Northern Ireland veterans-related measures.

The latest division was recorded as motion negatived with 104 Ayes and 316 Noes.

MP profiles for this division

These lists show current MPs and how Parliament recorded them in this division. Open a group below to view individual profiles. MPs who have since left the House of Commons are not included.

99 Aye 312 No 4 tellers 229 no recorded vote 2 source conflict
Voted Aye 99
Voted No 312
Aye tellers 2
No tellers 2
No recorded vote 229

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

Official record conflict 2

Parliament's published division data places these MPs in more than one voting-state list. Project Open Gov does not choose a side.

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.

Commons Votes division recordDivision 2 · 20 May 2026 at 18:43Open sourceCommons Votes division recordDivision 3 · 20 May 2026 at 18:58Open sourceCommons Votes division recordDivision 4 · 20 May 2026 at 19:13Open sourceCommons Votes division recordDivision 5 · 20 May 2026 at 19:26Open source
Scroll to Top