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Constitution and Democracy.

Democratic institutions, devolution, and electoral reform

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TopicConstitution and Democracy
Sub-topicsDevolution · Electoral Reform · House of Lords Reform
Divisions tagged
43
This parliament
Parties active
16
≥1 vote tagged
Most on-whip
Plaid Cymru
67% aligned
Recent activity
10
Most-recent divisions
§ 01Where the parties sit on constitution and democracy.43 divisions · this parliament

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.

PartyStance vs neutral midpointNet %Discipline
Labour PartyLab
+454% on-whip · 361 MPs
Conservative and Unionist PartyCon
-1139% on-whip · 116 MPs
Liberal DemocratsLD
+1161% on-whip · 72 MPs
Labour and Co-operative PartyInd
+454% on-whip · 42 MPs
IndependentInd
+555% on-whip · 14 MPs
Scottish National PartySNP
+858% on-whip · 9 MPs
Reform UKRef
-446% on-whip · 8 MPs
Green Party of England and WalesGrn
+1464% on-whip · 5 MPs

Source · Hansard · alignment is the share of party MPs who voted with the party majority on tagged divisions

§ 02Recent constitution and democracy divisions.last 5 · of 43 tagged
DateMotionAyeNoCarried
20 May 2026King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l)
Aye: Support amendment (l) to the King's Speech address, signalling dissatisfaction with some aspect of the government's stated legislative agenda · No: Reject the amendment, backing the government's King's Speech programme as presented without the proposed change
79407No
20 May 2026King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o)
Aye: Support amendment (o) to the King's Speech address, signalling opposition to or dissatisfaction with part of the government's stated legislative agenda · No: Reject amendment (o), backing the government's legislative programme as set out in the King's Speech
106317No
20 May 2026King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p)
Aye: Support amendment (p) to the King's Speech address, likely expressing dissatisfaction with some aspect of the government's stated legislative programme · No: Reject amendment (p) and back the government's King's Speech and legislative agenda as presented
103314No
20 May 2026King's Speech Motion for an Address
Aye: Support the government's legislative programme as outlined in the King's Speech · No: Reject the government's legislative programme, signalling a lack of confidence in Labour's agenda
307169Yes
19 May 2026King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)
Aye: Support the opposition's amendment criticising the government's legislative programme as set out in the King's Speech · No: Reject the opposition's amendment and endorse the government's stated legislative agenda
110323No

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§ 03MPs most aligned, by party.Top-3 most-on-whip per major party

By party, the MPs whose voting record on constitution and democracy 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

MPConstituency% on-whip
Yasmin QureshiBolton South and Walkden83%
Rosena Allin-KhanTooting75%
Sarah OwenLuton North69%

ConConservative and Unionist Party

MPConstituency% on-whip
Christopher ChopeChristchurch57%
Mark FrancoisRayleigh and Wickford50%
Gregory StaffordFarnham and Bordon48%

LDLiberal Democrats

MPConstituency% on-whip
Ian RoomeNorth Devon68%
James MacClearyLewes68%
Lisa SmartHazel Grove67%

IndLabour and Co-operative Party

MPConstituency% on-whip
Gareth ThomasHarrow West65%
Steve ReedStreatham and Croydon North63%
Jo PlattLeigh and Atherton62%

IndIndependent

MPConstituency% on-whip
Ayoub KhanBirmingham Perry Barr82%
Adnan HussainBlackburn71%
Iqbal MohamedDewsbury and Batley62%

SNPScottish National Party

MPConstituency% on-whip
Stephen GethinsArbroath and Broughty Ferry64%
Kirsty BlackmanAberdeen North63%
Chris LawDundee Central63%
§ 04Where constitution and democracy money lands.Council-service mapping pending
Pending — issue-to-service mapping

Mapping each Westminster issue to the equivalent council service bucket (so “Constitution and Democracy” → 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 · 43 divisions