Football Governance Act 2025

UK Parliament · Public Bill · No. 3832
Football Governance Act 2025
[As Introduced]
A
BILL
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A bill to establish the Independent Football Regulator; to make provision for the licensing of football clubs; to make provision about the distribution of revenue received by organisers of football competitions; and for connected purposes.
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Presented by Baroness Twycross
supported by Lisa Nandy.
✓ Passed into lawPublicLordsRoyal Assent

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Open Govt visitors' votes564 votes

45% Aye · 25355% No · 311

Votes cast on this site by visitors who chose to vote. They are not a poll of the public.

MPs' vote513 MPs

81% Ayes · 41519% Noes · 98

Commons division: Football Governance Bill [HL]: Third Reading, 8 July 2025

Gap between site voters and MPs

36 percentage points, a wide gap

Outcome mismatch: site voters would block this bill, but MPs passed it in this division.

How the Lords voted

10 formal votes in the House of Lords on this bill, newest first.

These are the occasions when peers formally divided and every vote was recorded. Most decisions in the Lords, including on many amendments, are agreed without a recorded vote, so they do not appear here.

17 March 2025Government won
Lord Birt moved amendment 58, in clause 57, page 47, line 5, to leave out “following conditions” and insert “conditions in subsections (3) to (6)”.
Peers' vote382 peers
Content · 175Not content · 207
Labour 1 content, 152 not content · Conservative 147 content, 1 not content · Liberal Democrat 0 content, 44 not content · Crossbench 17 content, 6 not content · Non-affiliated 5 content, 3 not content · Ulster Unionist Party 3 content, 0 not content · Democratic Unionist Party 2 content, 0 not content · Green Party 0 content, 1 not content
17 March 2025Government won
Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay moved amendment 57, in clause 56, page 45, line 32, to leave out subsection (2) and insert, “(2) In this Part, revenue received by a specified competition organiser is “relevant revenue” if, (a) it is revenue received as a result of the sale or acquisition of rights to exploit the broadcasting of football matches included in a competition organised by the specified competition organiser, and (b) it is not revenue that the specified competition organiser distributes to a club by virtue of a team operated by the club being relegated from a competition organised by the specified competition organiser.”
Peers' vote417 peers
Content · 183Not content · 234
Conservative 169 content, 0 not content · Labour 0 content, 154 not content · Liberal Democrat 0 content, 52 not content · Crossbench 3 content, 24 not content · Non-affiliated 5 content, 4 not content · Democratic Unionist Party 4 content, 0 not content · Ulster Unionist Party 2 content, 0 not content
17 March 2025Government won
Lord Addington moved amendment 53, after clause 54, to insert the new clause Duty to phase-out advertising and sponsorship related to gambling in English Football.
Peers' vote413 peers
Content · 74Not content · 339
Conservative 0 content, 159 not content · Labour 0 content, 153 not content · Liberal Democrat 50 content, 0 not content · Crossbench 15 content, 17 not content · Non-affiliated 3 content, 8 not content · Democratic Unionist Party 3 content, 0 not content · Green Party 2 content, 0 not content · Ulster Unionist Party 0 content, 2 not content · Plaid Cymru 1 content, 0 not content
17 March 2025Government won
Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay moved amendment 52, in clause 54, page 43, line 38, to leave out subsection (2).
Peers' vote425 peers
Content · 196Not content · 229
Conservative 172 content, 2 not content · Labour 0 content, 151 not content · Liberal Democrat 0 content, 51 not content · Crossbench 15 content, 17 not content · Non-affiliated 4 content, 6 not content · Democratic Unionist Party 3 content, 0 not content · Green Party 1 content, 1 not content · Plaid Cymru 0 content, 1 not content · Ulster Unionist Party 1 content, 0 not content
17 March 2025Government won
Lord Jackson of Peterborough moved amendment 31, in Schedule 5, page 99, line 11, to leave out paragraph (ii).
Peers' vote419 peers
Content · 182Not content · 237
Conservative 168 content, 0 not content · Labour 0 content, 150 not content · Liberal Democrat 0 content, 47 not content · Crossbench 5 content, 31 not content · Non-affiliated 4 content, 7 not content · Democratic Unionist Party 3 content, 0 not content · Green Party 0 content, 2 not content · Ulster Unionist Party 2 content, 0 not content

Show 5 earlier Lords votes

11 March 2025Government won
Lord Ranger of Northwood moved amendment 27, in clause 14, page 8, line 37, at end to insert, “(aa) a review of the impact of the activity of the IFR on ticket prices, and”
Peers' vote163 peers
Content · 43Not content · 120
Labour 0 content, 116 not content · Conservative 35 content, 0 not content · Liberal Democrat 7 content, 0 not content · Crossbench 0 content, 4 not content · Non-affiliated 1 content, 0 not content
11 March 2025Government won
Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb moved amendment 13, in clause 6, page 5, line 14, at end to insert, “(d) to monitor and promote the reduction of English football’s climate and environmental impacts (referred to in this Act as “the environmental objective”).”
Peers' vote176 peers
Content · 8Not content · 168
Labour 0 content, 152 not content · Crossbench 2 content, 10 not content · Non-affiliated 1 content, 3 not content · Bishops 2 content, 0 not content · Liberal Democrat 0 content, 2 not content · Conservative 1 content, 0 not content · Democratic Unionist Party 0 content, 1 not content · Green Party 1 content, 0 not content · Plaid Cymru 1 content, 0 not content
11 March 2025Government won
Lord Maude of Horsham moved amendment 8, in Schedule 2, page 85, line 12, at end to insert, “3A (1) The Secretary of State is to nominate a person (“the nominated person”) to be the chair. (2) The nominated person must appear before a relevant Parliamentary Committee if invited to do so. (3) The Secretary of State may not proceed with the appointment of the nominated person unless the relevant Parliamentary Committee has held a confirmatory vote if the Committee wishes to do so. (4) Where the relevant Parliamentary Committee has expressed a negative opinion on the appointment of the nominated person, the Secretary of State may not proceed with the appointment of the nominated person. (5) Where the relevant Parliamentary Committee has expressed a positive opinion on the appointment of the nominated person, the Secretary of State may proceed with the appointment of the nominated person. (6) A relevant Parliamentary Committee is any Committee of the House of Commons, or House of Lords, or of both Houses, which has notified the Secretary of State, in writing, that they have assumed the function of scrutiny of football regulation.”
Peers' vote415 peers
Content · 181Not content · 234
Conservative 165 content, 0 not content · Labour 0 content, 160 not content · Liberal Democrat 0 content, 52 not content · Crossbench 8 content, 19 not content · Non-affiliated 4 content, 2 not content · Democratic Unionist Party 2 content, 0 not content · Bishops 1 content, 0 not content · Plaid Cymru 0 content, 1 not content · Ulster Unionist Party 1 content, 0 not content
11 March 2025Government won
Lord Moynihan moved amendment 7, in clause 3, page 3, line 15, to leave out “influence or”.
Peers' vote460 peers
Content · 203Not content · 257
Conservative 187 content, 0 not content · Labour 0 content, 167 not content · Liberal Democrat 0 content, 55 not content · Crossbench 4 content, 30 not content · Non-affiliated 5 content, 2 not content · Democratic Unionist Party 5 content, 0 not content · Ulster Unionist Party 1 content, 1 not content · Bishops 1 content, 0 not content · Green Party 0 content, 1 not content · Plaid Cymru 0 content, 1 not content
11 March 2025Government won
Lord Moynihan moved amendment 4, in clause 1, page 2, line 4, at end to insert, “(3A) In exercising their powers and functions under this Act, the Secretary of State or the IFR may not act in a way which conflicts with any regulations or rules of international football governing bodies.”
Peers' vote491 peers
Content · 224Not content · 267
Conservative 196 content, 0 not content · Labour 0 content, 167 not content · Liberal Democrat 0 content, 55 not content · Crossbench 13 content, 36 not content · Non-affiliated 7 content, 5 not content · Democratic Unionist Party 5 content, 0 not content · Ulster Unionist Party 2 content, 1 not content · Plaid Cymru 0 content, 2 not content · Bishops 1 content, 0 not content · Green Party 0 content, 1 not content

Lords votes last updated 18 October 2026. Source: UK Parliament Lords Votes API.