Clause 15 - Strategy and policy statement

Elections Bill – in the House of Commons at 4:00 pm on 27 April 2022.

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  • Division number 269
    A majority of MPs voted to enable the Speaker's Committee of MPs to examine the Electoral Commission's performance in respect of the Government's strategic and policy priorities relating to elections.

Motion made, and Question put, That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 23.—(Kemi Badenoch.)

Division number 269 Elections Bill — Clause 15 — Electoral Commission — Strategy and Policy Statement — Examination of Performance by Speaker's Committee of MPs

A majority of MPs voted to enable the Speaker's Committee of MPs to examine the Electoral Commission's performance in respect of the Government's strategic and policy priorities relating to elections.

Aye: 304 MPs

No: 212 MPs

Aye: A-Z by last name

Tellers

No: A-Z by last name

Tellers

Absent: 130 MPs

Absent: A-Z by last name

The House divided: Ayes 306, Noes 213.

Question accordingly agreed to.

Lords amendment 23 disagreed to.

Government amendments (a) to (k) made in lieu of Lords amendments 22 and 23.