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Defence & Security.

TopicDefence & Security
ParentDefence and Foreign Affairs
RelatedDefence Spending · Ukraine · Middle East · Veterans
Divisions tagged
10
This parliament
Parties active
12
≥1 vote tagged
Most on-whip
Reform UK
100% aligned
Recent activity
10
Most-recent divisions
§ 01Where the parties sit on defence & security.10 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
-419% on-whip · 344 MPs
Conservative and Unionist PartyCon
+3787% on-whip · 110 MPs
Liberal DemocratsLD
+2575% on-whip · 69 MPs
Labour and Co-operative PartyLab
-4010% on-whip · 41 MPs
IndependentInd
+454% on-whip · 11 MPs
Reform UKRef
+50100% on-whip · 6 MPs
Democratic Unionist PartyDUP
+4090% on-whip · 5 MPs
Green Party of England and WalesGrn
+1666% on-whip · 5 MPs

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

§ 02Recent defence & security divisions.last 5 · of 10 tagged
DateMotionAyeNoCarried
23 Jun 2026Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment
Aye: Support the government's amended position on defence spending and readiness, replacing the opposition's original motion with the Prime Minister's preferred wording · No: Back the original opposition motion on defence spending and readiness, rejecting the government's counter-amendment
292112Yes
23 Jun 2026Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness
Aye: Support the opposition's position that defence spending and military readiness require greater or more urgent government action than current plans provide. · No: Reject the opposition motion, defending the government's existing approach to defence investment and military capability as adequate or on the right trajectory.
107307No
22 Jun 2026Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22
Aye: Support adding New Clause 22 to the Armed Forces Bill · No: Oppose adding New Clause 22 to the Armed Forces Bill, preferring the bill as it stands
76320No
22 Jun 2026Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4
Aye: Support adding New Clause 4 to the Armed Forces Bill, backing whatever additional provision it proposed for service personnel or veterans · No: Oppose adding New Clause 4 to the Armed Forces Bill, either disagreeing with its substance or preferring existing provisions remain unchanged
164309No
22 Jun 2026Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11
Aye: Support the proposed amendment to the Armed Forces Bill at Report Stage · No: Oppose the amendment, backing the Bill as it stood without this change
171321No

All 10 divisions on this issue →

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

By party, the MPs whose voting record on defence & security 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 defence & security money lands.Council-service mapping pending
Pending — issue-to-service mapping

Mapping each Westminster issue to the equivalent council service bucket (so “Defence & Security” → 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 · 10 divisions