The topic lensIssue · 48 divisions tagged · 14 parties active

Crime & Policing.

TopicCrime & Policing
Sub-topicsPolicing · Knife Crime · Fraud · Prisons
Divisions tagged
48
This parliament
Parties active
14
≥1 vote tagged
Most on-whip
Liberal Democrats
79% aligned
Recent activity
10
Most-recent divisions
§ 01Where the parties sit on crime & policing.48 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
-1733% on-whip · 360 MPs
Conservative and Unionist PartyCon
+959% on-whip · 113 MPs
Liberal DemocratsLD
+2979% on-whip · 71 MPs
Labour and Co-operative PartyLab
-1535% on-whip · 42 MPs
IndependentInd
+454% on-whip · 14 MPs
Reform UKRef
+1262% on-whip · 8 MPs
Green Party of England and WalesGrn
+2070% on-whip · 5 MPs
Democratic Unionist PartyDUP
+454% on-whip · 5 MPs

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

§ 02Recent crime & policing divisions.last 5 · of 48 tagged
DateMotionAyeNoCarried
25 Mar 2026Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1
Aye: Support the government's decision to reject the Lords amendment, accepting that free court transcripts for victims are desirable in principle but not yet operationally feasible to guarantee by statute within 14 days. · No: Support the Lords amendment giving victims a statutory right to free court transcripts of verdicts and bail decisions within 14 days, arguing the government is blocking transparency and leaving victims without basic information.
293160Yes
25 Mar 2026Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5
Aye: Support rejecting the Lords amendment on the unduly lenient sentence deadline extension, accepting the Government's argument that the drafting is legally flawed and a better version will follow · No: Oppose overriding the Lords, backing the amendment that would allow victims more time to challenge sentences they believe are too lenient, particularly where they were not informed of their rights within the 28-day window
289162Yes
25 Mar 2026Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3
Aye: Support the government's decision to reject the Lords amendment, arguing that delivering free sentencing remarks for all victims should come first and that the 14-day transcript entitlement is not currently deliverable by courts. · No: Support the Lords amendment giving victims a legal right to free court transcripts within 14 days, arguing it is essential for transparency, victim dignity, and accountability in the criminal justice system.
287165Yes
25 Mar 2026Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4
Aye: Support keeping the Lord Chancellor's power to cap private prosecution cost recovery from central funds, arguing it is needed to prevent inequity in the justice system and control public expenditure. · No: Oppose removing the Lords amendment, arguing that Clause 12 undermines access to justice and that the Lords were right to delete it from the Bill.
299151Yes
25 Mar 2026Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2
Aye: Support rejecting the Lords amendment, accepting the government's position that existing guidance and online documentation is sufficient to support families of British nationals killed abroad, without a statutory victims code appendix. · No: Support the Lords amendment requiring a formal statutory appendix to the Victims' Code for families of British nationals murdered or killed abroad, giving them equal rights to those whose relatives die on UK soil.
295163Yes

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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 crime & policing is most closely tracking the party majority. A fuller “most active by speech volume + written questions” ranking is pending — needs per-issue speech aggregation.

§ 04Where crime & policing money lands.Council-service mapping pending
Pending — issue-to-service mapping

Mapping each Westminster issue to the equivalent council service bucket (so “Crime & Policing” → 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 · 48 divisions