The topic lensIssue · 8 divisions tagged · 14 parties active
Border Control.
Border security and enforcement
Divisions tagged
8
This parliament
Parties active
14
≥1 vote tagged
Most on-whip
Ulster Unionist Party
71% aligned
Recent activity
8
Most-recent divisions
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 | -11 | 39% on-whip · 355 MPs | |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Con | -8 | 42% on-whip · 112 MPs | |
| Liberal Democrats | LD | +18 | 68% on-whip · 63 MPs | |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Ind | -11 | 39% on-whip · 42 MPs | |
| Independent | Ind | +2 | 52% on-whip · 13 MPs | |
| Scottish National Party | SNP | +1 | 51% on-whip · 9 MPs | |
| Reform UK | Ref | -12 | 38% on-whip · 8 MPs | |
| Democratic Unionist Party | DUP | +17 | 67% on-whip · 4 MPs |
Source · Hansard · alignment is the share of party MPs who voted with the party majority on tagged divisions
| Date | Motion | Aye | No | Carried |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Nov 2025 | Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 Aye: Support the government rejecting the Lords amendment, trusting the government's asylum policy statement as sufficient without the additional legislative requirement · No: Support retaining the Lords amendment, preferring the additional safeguard to be written into the legislation rather than relying on a policy statement | 327 | 95 | Yes |
| 21 May 2025 | Opposition Day: Immigration Aye: Support the Conservative motion criticising the government's immigration policy, calling for tougher controls or a different approach to managing immigration levels · No: Reject the Conservative motion, backing the Labour government's existing approach to immigration and border control | 84 | 267 | No |
| 12 May 2025 | Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 14 Aye: Support repealing or restricting the Human Rights Act to make it easier to deport people, arguing it is misused to block removals · No: Oppose removing Human Rights Act protections, arguing it is a fundamental safeguard and that the Government's own reforms to Article 8 are a more proportionate approach | 100 | 402 | No |
| 12 May 2025 | Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 Aye: Support creating safe and legal asylum routes for people from countries where none currently exist, reducing reliance on dangerous crossings · No: Oppose this particular mechanism for creating safe routes, either favouring the government's existing approach or rejecting expanded legal migration pathways | 89 | 400 | No |
| 12 May 2025 | Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: Third Reading Aye: Support passing the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill into law, backing the government's approach to tightening border security and reforming asylum and immigration rules · No: Oppose passing the bill, either because it goes too far on immigration enforcement or does not go far enough, or raises civil liberties concerns | 315 | 97 | Yes |
All 8 divisions on this issue →
By party, the MPs whose voting record on border control is most closely tracking the party majority. A fuller “most active by speech volume + written questions” ranking is pending — needs per-issue speech aggregation.
LabLabour Party
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Kerry McCarthy | Bristol East | 67% |
| Liz Kendall | Leicester West | 67% |
| Valerie Vaz | Walsall and Bloxwich | 67% |
ConConservative and Unionist Party
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Oliver Dowden | Hertsmere | 60% |
| Joy Morrissey | Beaconsfield | 60% |
| Claire Coutinho | East Surrey | 60% |
LDLiberal Democrats
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Helen Morgan | North Shropshire | 100% |
| Sarah Dyke | Glastonbury and Somerton | 100% |
| Ed Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | 67% |
IndLabour and Co-operative Party
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Gareth Thomas | Harrow West | 67% |
| Alex Sobel | Leeds Central and Headingley | 67% |
| Kirsty McNeill | Midlothian | 50% |
IndIndependent
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Diane Abbott | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | 60% |
| Shockat Adam | Leicester South | 60% |
| Iqbal Mohamed | Dewsbury and Batley | 50% |
SNPScottish National Party
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Graham Leadbitter | Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey | 60% |
| Seamus Logan | Aberdeenshire North and Moray East | 60% |
| Pete Wishart | Perth and Kinross-shire | 50% |
Pending — issue-to-service mapping
Mapping each Westminster issue to the equivalent council service bucket (so “Border Control” → 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.
Sources, methods & last update
Issue taggingEach division is tagged to one or more issues by Claude classification, reviewed by topic admins.
VotingHansard division lists · Commons Votes API
AlignmentShare of party MPs voting with the party majority on tagged divisions
CohortThis parliament · 8 divisions