Vote · 21 May 2026

Bringing the steel industry into public ownership: an attempt to block it

MPs voted on an attempt to stop the planned law on bringing the steel industry into public ownership going any further. 68 MPs voted for and 242 against, so it was rejected. 1 MPs voted against their own party.

Official title: Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · Division 6

Where is this law up to? See Bringing the steel industry into public ownership →

FOR (AYE)

AGAINST (NO)

242

RESULT

Rejected

How each party voted

Labour

0 · 231

Conservative

67 · 0

Reform UK

0 · 5

Independent

1 · 2

Green Party

0 · 2

Your Party

0 · 1

Source: Commons Votes API · Official record

View data table

Party	For	Against	Voted against own party
Labour	0	231	0
Conservative	67	0	0
Reform UK	0	5	0
Independent	1	2	1
Green Party	0	2	0
Your Party	0	1	0

Who voted against their party?

MP	Area	Party	Voted
Patrick Spencer	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich	Independent	For