Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Act 2024

How the Lords voted

5 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.

• 20 November 2024Government won

  Lord Gascoigne moved Motion A1, as an amendment to Motion A, to leave out from “House” to end and insert “do insist on its Amendment 1”.

  Peers' vote423 peers

  Content · 210Not content · 213

  Conservative 184 content, 0 not content · Labour 0 content, 120 not content · Liberal Democrat 0 content, 56 not content · Crossbench 8 content, 31 not content · Non-affiliated 9 content, 6 not content · Democratic Unionist Party 4 content, 0 not content · Ulster Unionist Party 3 content, 0 not content · Plaid Cymru 2 content, 0 not content

• 6 November 2024Government won

  Lord Moylan moved amendment 13, in clause 2, page 3, line 32, at end to insert – “30D Statement on the impact of the Act on rail freight target The Secretary of State must, within six months of the day on which the Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Act 2024 is passed, make a statement in each House of Parliament outlining how the Government’s plans to achieve a 75% increase in the volume of rail freight in the United Kingdom by 2050 are affected by the provisions of that Act.”

  Peers' vote193 peers

  Content · 69Not content · 124

  Labour 0 content, 109 not content · Conservative 59 content, 0 not content · Crossbench 7 content, 12 not content · Non-affiliated 1 content, 3 not content · Bishops 1 content, 0 not content · Green Party 1 content, 0 not content

• 6 November 2024Government won

  Lord Moylan moved amendment 5, in clause 2, page 2, line 15, after “Regulations” to insert “or by the competitive award of a contact in the form of a concession to a private sector entity”.

  Peers' vote233 peers

  Content · 95Not content · 138

  Labour 0 content, 120 not content · Conservative 86 content, 0 not content · Crossbench 7 content, 14 not content · Non-affiliated 1 content, 3 not content · Democratic Unionist Party 1 content, 0 not content · Green Party 0 content, 1 not content

• 6 November 2024Government defeated

  Lord Moylan moved amendment 2, in clause 1, page 1, line 12, at end to insert, “25B termination of existing franchise agreements (1) The Secretary of State must terminate franchise agreements for default in accordance with the terms of the agreement as soon as it is possible to do so. (2) The Secretary of State must assess and rank existing franchise agreements according to performance criteria established after consultation with relevant stakeholders. (3) Subject to subsection (1), the Secretary of State must only terminate a franchise agreement pursuant to a break clause if – (a) there are no other franchise agreements which are performing worse under the criteria in the list referenced in subsection (2), and (b) the Secretary of State is satisfied that provision of the services by a public sector company will improve existing service provision. (4) In this section, “break clause” means a contractual provision in a franchise agreement which entitles the Secretary of State to terminate the franchise agreement before the end of the franchise term by notice without reason.”

  Peers' vote270 peers

  Content · 142Not content · 128

  Conservative 130 content, 0 not content · Labour 0 content, 118 not content · Crossbench 7 content, 9 not content · Non-affiliated 3 content, 1 not content · Bishops 1 content, 0 not content · Liberal Democrat 1 content, 0 not content

• 6 November 2024Government defeated

  Lord Gascoigne moved amendment 1, before clause 1, to insert the new clause Purpose: improvement of passenger railway services.

  Peers' vote319 peers

  Content · 187Not content · 132

  Conservative 127 content, 0 not content · Labour 0 content, 119 not content · Liberal Democrat 42 content, 0 not content · Crossbench 8 content, 12 not content · Non-affiliated 6 content, 1 not content · Democratic Unionist Party 1 content, 0 not content · Green Party 1 content, 0 not content · Plaid Cymru 1 content, 0 not content · Ulster Unionist Party 1 content, 0 not content

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

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