Education.
Schools, universities, skills, and training
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 | 60% on-whip · 360 MPs | |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Con | -13 | 37% on-whip · 113 MPs | |
| Liberal Democrats | LD | -5 | 45% on-whip · 72 MPs | |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Ind | +11 | 61% on-whip · 42 MPs | |
| Independent | Ind | -2 | 48% on-whip · 14 MPs | |
| Scottish National Party | SNP | +33 | 83% on-whip · 9 MPs | |
| Reform UK | Ref | -10 | 40% on-whip · 8 MPs | |
| Green Party of England and Wales | Grn | +12 | 62% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Apr 2026 | Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion relating to Lords Amendment 38 Aye: Support the government's position of rejecting Lords Amendment 38, restoring the original Commons text of the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill · No: Support retaining Lords Amendment 38, backing the change made by the House of Lords to the Bill | 258 | 152 | Yes |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion relating to Lords Amendment 106 Aye: Support the government's position to disagree with Lords Amendment 106, effectively rejecting the Lords' change to the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill · No: Support retaining Lords Amendment 106, backing the change the unelected chamber made to the Bill | 248 | 146 | Yes |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion relating to Lords Amendment 102 Aye: Support the government's position of rejecting or disagreeing with Lords Amendment 102 to the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill · No: Support retaining Lords Amendment 102, opposing the government's attempt to remove or replace it | 261 | 138 | Yes |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41B Aye: Support the government's decision to reject Lords Amendment 41B and restore the Commons' original position on this clause of the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill · No: Support retaining the Lords' amendment 41B, opposing the government's attempt to override the change made by the upper chamber | 255 | 146 | Yes |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 Aye: Support raising university tuition fees by 2.71% for 2026-27, arguing it is necessary to sustain higher education funding · No: Oppose the tuition fee increase, arguing it adds to the financial burden on young people in a difficult labour market | 277 | 99 | Yes |
All 41 divisions on this issue →
By party, the MPs whose voting record on education 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Shabana Mahmood | Birmingham Ladywood | 100% |
| Pat McFadden | Wolverhampton South East | 88% |
| Natalie Fleet | Bolsover | 86% |
ConConservative and Unionist Party
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Wright | Kenilworth and Southam | 47% |
| David Davis | Goole and Pocklington | 46% |
| Simon Hoare | North Dorset | 45% |
LDLiberal Democrats
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Chris Coghlan | Dorking and Horley | 58% |
| Anna Sabine | Frome and East Somerset | 56% |
| Steve Darling | Torbay | 56% |
IndLabour and Co-operative Party
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Stephen Doughty | Cardiff South and Penarth | 100% |
| Mark Hendrick | Preston | 100% |
| Stella Creasy | Walthamstow | 75% |
IndIndependent
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Dan Norris | North East Somerset and Hanham | 73% |
| Karl Turner | Kingston upon Hull East | 57% |
| Mike Amesbury | — | 57% |
SNPScottish National Party
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Seamus Logan | Aberdeenshire North and Moray East | 75% |
| Kirsty Blackman | Aberdeen North | 67% |
| Chris Law | Dundee Central | 67% |
Mapping each Westminster issue to the equivalent council service bucket (so “Education” → 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.