Holocaust Memorial Act 2026

How the Lords voted

3 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.

• 11 June 2025Government defeated

  Lord Verdirame moved amendment 4A, as an amendment to amendment 4, to leave out “genocide of the Jews” and insert “Holocaust”.

  Peers' vote162 peers

  Content · 83Not content · 79

  Labour 1 content, 79 not content · Conservative 57 content, 0 not content · Crossbench 11 content, 0 not content · Liberal Democrat 7 content, 0 not content · Non-affiliated 5 content, 0 not content · Democratic Unionist Party 1 content, 0 not content · Green Party 1 content, 0 not content

• 11 June 2025Government won

  Lord Carlile of Berriew moved amendment 3, after clause 2, to insert the new clause Report: effects of the construction, presence and use of the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre on the security of the site and surrounding area.

  Peers' vote212 peers

  Content · 83Not content · 129

  Labour 4 content, 85 not content · Conservative 33 content, 39 not content · Liberal Democrat 21 content, 0 not content · Crossbench 18 content, 1 not content · Non-affiliated 5 content, 3 not content · Bishops 1 content, 0 not content · Democratic Unionist Party 0 content, 1 not content · Green Party 1 content, 0 not content

• 4 September 2024Government won

  Baroness Deech moved, as an amendment to the motion that the bill be now read a second time, at end to insert “but this House regrets that the Bill fails to allow for a full appraisal and consultation on any preferred site for a Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre; and that in preparing the bill the Government have failed to establish the true cost of the project or deal with issues of security around the Memorial”.

  Peers' vote148 peers

  Content · 49Not content · 99

  Labour 1 content, 79 not content · Conservative 24 content, 10 not content · Crossbench 12 content, 2 not content · Liberal Democrat 6 content, 0 not content · Non-affiliated 3 content, 3 not content · Democratic Unionist Party 0 content, 5 not content · Bishops 2 content, 0 not content · Green Party 1 content, 0 not content

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

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