BBC and Media.
Broadcasting and media regulation
Each row is one party. The bar shows how its MPs voted relative to a neutral midpoint — to the right = on-side with the majority position, to the left = opposed. The percentage figure is the share of that party’s MPs who took the same side: higher = more whip-disciplined, closer to 50% = a freer vote.
| Party | Stance vs neutral midpoint | Net % | Discipline | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Lab | +50 | 100% on-whip · 285 MPs | |
| Liberal Democrats | LD | -50 | 0% on-whip · 48 MPs | |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Lab | +50 | 100% on-whip · 29 MPs | |
| Independent | Ind | +17 | 67% on-whip · 6 MPs | |
| Democratic Unionist Party | DUP | +30 | 80% on-whip · 5 MPs |
Source · Hansard · alignment is the share of party MPs who voted with the party majority on tagged divisions
| Date | Motion | Aye | No | Carried |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Jul 2025 | Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 Aye: Support updating media merger oversight to cover major online news publishers, reflecting the shift in how people consume news and protecting press plurality in the digital age. · No: Oppose or seek to delay the orders, with concerns that the measures fall short of Ofcom's fuller recommendations and do not adequately address risks from foreign government ownership of UK news media. | 333 | 54 | Yes |
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Mapping each Westminster issue to the equivalent council service bucket (so “BBC and Media” → the matching service line on council finance, with the ranked-spend table this section wants) is its own taxonomy job. Council service spend lives on the council pages today; cross-cut by issue here in a follow-on pass.