Water (Special Measures) Act 2025

How the Lords voted

6 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.

• 5 February 2025Government defeated

  Lord Blencathra moved Motion 2A, as an amendment to the motion that this House do agree with the Commons in their Amendment 2, leave out “agree” and insert “disagree”.

  Peers' vote240 peers

  Content · 123Not content · 117

  Conservative 116 content, 0 not content · Labour 0 content, 112 not content · Crossbench 5 content, 4 not content · Democratic Unionist Party 1 content, 0 not content · Non-affiliated 0 content, 1 not content · Ulster Unionist Party 1 content, 0 not content

• 5 February 2025Government defeated

  Lord Cromwell moved Motion 1A, as an amendment to the motion that this House do agree with the Commons in their Amendment 1, to leave out from “House” to end and insert “do disagree with the Commons in their Amendment 1 and do propose Amendment 1B to the words so restored to the Bill, 1B Clause 1, page 2, line 8, at end insert “, and to present such information on structuring and debt prominently, including on the website of the undertaker, in a format that can be readily accessed and understood, including by bill payers.””

  Peers' vote280 peers

  Content · 168Not content · 112

  Conservative 116 content, 0 not content · Labour 0 content, 111 not content · Liberal Democrat 37 content, 0 not content · Crossbench 13 content, 0 not content · Green Party 1 content, 0 not content · Non-affiliated 0 content, 1 not content · Ulster Unionist Party 1 content, 0 not content

• 20 November 2024Government won

  Lord Roborough moved amendment 51, to leave out clause 10.

  Peers' vote125 peers

  Content · 36Not content · 89

  Labour 0 content, 84 not content · Conservative 34 content, 0 not content · Non-affiliated 1 content, 3 not content · Crossbench 1 content, 1 not content · Plaid Cymru 0 content, 1 not content

• 20 November 2024Government defeated

  Lord Roborough moved amendment 11, in clause 1, page 4, line 25, at end to insert, “(5) The first rules issued under section 35B of the Water Industry Act 1991 (as inserted by subsection (3)) must be published by the Authority within six months of this Act coming into force and provided to the Secretary of State and do not take effect until the Secretary of State has made regulations made by statutory instrument to bring them into effect. (6) A statutory instrument containing regulations under this section may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.”

  Peers' vote257 peers

  Content · 140Not content · 117

  Conservative 130 content, 0 not content · Labour 0 content, 107 not content · Crossbench 4 content, 7 not content · Non-affiliated 3 content, 2 not content · Ulster Unionist Party 2 content, 0 not content · Democratic Unionist Party 1 content, 0 not content · Plaid Cymru 0 content, 1 not content

• 20 November 2024Government won

  Lord Remnant moved amendment 10, in clause 1, page 4, line 25, to leave out “2024” and insert “2025”.

  Peers' vote254 peers

  Content · 82Not content · 172

  Labour 0 content, 111 not content · Conservative 58 content, 2 not content · Liberal Democrat 1 content, 42 not content · Crossbench 10 content, 11 not content · Non-affiliated 7 content, 3 not content · Democratic Unionist Party 5 content, 0 not content · Bishops 0 content, 1 not content · Green Party 0 content, 1 not content · Plaid Cymru 0 content, 1 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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