The topic lensIssue · 21 divisions tagged · 15 parties active
Business.
Business regulation and support
Divisions tagged
21
This parliament
Parties active
15
≥1 vote tagged
Most on-whip
Scottish National Party
100% aligned
Recent activity
10
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 | -10 | 40% on-whip · 359 MPs | |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Con | +22 | 72% on-whip · 113 MPs | |
| Liberal Democrats | LD | +4 | 54% on-whip · 71 MPs | |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Lab | -9 | 41% on-whip · 42 MPs | |
| Independent | Ind | +11 | 61% on-whip · 12 MPs | |
| Reform UK | Ref | +25 | 75% on-whip · 8 MPs | |
| Scottish National Party | SNP | +50 | 100% on-whip · 6 MPs | |
| Democratic Unionist Party | DUP | +14 | 64% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Feb 2026 | Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 Aye: Support additional statutory reporting requirements on UK Export Finance, including its contribution to GDP and support for SMEs, to strengthen parliamentary scrutiny of how public money is deployed. · No: Reject the new clause as unnecessary, on the grounds that existing law already mandates equivalent reporting and the new requirements would be redundant. | 79 | 284 | No |
| 23 Feb 2026 | Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 Aye: Support banning government-backed export finance where supply chains involve modern slavery or human trafficking, ensuring taxpayers do not underwrite exploitation. · No: Oppose writing the modern slavery restriction into this Bill, preferring existing safeguards or separate legislation rather than a zero-cap on export finance commitments. | 158 | 276 | No |
| 23 Feb 2026 | Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: Amendment 1 Aye: Support barring government-backed export finance from benefiting businesses whose supply chains involve modern slavery or human trafficking, on ethical grounds that taxpayers should not underwrite exploitation. · No: Oppose the amendment, likely on the grounds that existing safeguards are sufficient or that embedding a hard zero-cap in statute is unworkable, preferring to keep the Bill narrow and address supply chain standards separately. | 163 | 275 | No |
| 4 Nov 2025 | Opposition day: Supporting high streets Aye: Support the motion backing measures to protect and revitalise high streets, likely criticising the government's record on business rates, retail, or related policies affecting town centres. · No: Reject the opposition's motion, arguing the government's existing plans adequately support high streets or that the motion is politically motivated and unhelpful. | 107 | 321 | No |
| 3 Sept 2025 | Opposition day: Hospitality sector Aye: Support the opposition's position on hospitality sector policy, backing measures to help pubs, restaurants, and hotels facing cost pressures · No: Reject the opposition's framing of hospitality sector challenges, defending the government's existing approach to business support and taxation | 159 | 334 | No |
All 21 divisions on this issue →
By party, the MPs whose voting record on business 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Yvette Cooper | Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley | 100% |
| Bridget Phillipson | Houghton and Sunderland South | 86% |
| Ed Miliband | Doncaster North | 80% |
ConConservative and Unionist Party
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Caroline Johnson | Sleaford and North Hykeham | 88% |
| Simon Hoare | North Dorset | 86% |
| Paul Holmes | Hamble Valley | 83% |
LDLiberal Democrats
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Olly Glover | Didcot and Wantage | 80% |
| Tom Morrison | Cheadle | 70% |
| Alistair Carmichael | Orkney and Shetland | 69% |
LabLabour and Co-operative Party
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Lucy Powell | Manchester Central | 57% |
| Alex Sobel | Leeds Central and Headingley | 54% |
| Kirsteen Sullivan | Bathgate and Linlithgow | 54% |
IndIndependent
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Iqbal Mohamed | Dewsbury and Batley | 100% |
| Ayoub Khan | Birmingham Perry Barr | 100% |
| Patrick Spencer | Central Suffolk and North Ipswich | 90% |
RefReform UK
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Nigel Farage | Clacton | 100% |
| Sarah Pochin | Runcorn and Helsby | 91% |
| Richard Tice | Boston and Skegness | 89% |
Pending — issue-to-service mapping
Mapping each Westminster issue to the equivalent council service bucket (so “Business” → 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 · 21 divisions