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UK Parliament · Public Bill · No. 4080

Representation of the People Bill

[As Introduced]
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Make provision extending the right to vote to 16 and 17 year olds; to make provision about the registration of voters; to make provision about the administration and conduct of elections, referendums and recall petitions; to make provision about election agents’ addresses; to make provision about political expenditure and political donations; to make provision about information to be included in electronic campaigning material; to make provision about offences and civil sanctions in connection with elections, referendums and recall petitions and with donations and expenditure for political purposes; to repeal provision about the designation of a strategy and policy statement for the Electoral Commission; to make provision about the disclosure of information by the Electoral Commission; to make provision about the disqualification of offenders for holding elective offices, and their sentencing, where offences are aggravated by hostility towards persons involved in elections, referendums or recall petitions or holders of such offices; and for connected purposes.

Presented by Steve Reed
supported by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage.
PublicCommons2nd reading
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Open Govt visitors' votes1,733 votes
18% Aye · 31682% No · 1,417

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MPs' vote513 MPs
80% Ayes · 41120% Noes · 102

Commons division: Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading, 2 September 2026

Gap between site voters and MPs

62 percentage points, a wide gap

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

Sponsored by

Steve Reed
Steve Reed
LabourStreatham and Croydon North

Bill passage

Commons

  • 1st reading12 Feb 2026
  • 2nd reading2 Mar 2026
  • Committee stage18 Mar 2026
  • Report stage2 Sept 2026
  • 3rd reading2 Sept 2026

Lords

  • 1st reading3 Sept 2026
  • 2nd reading14 Sept 2026
  • Committee stage2 Nov 2026