The topic lensIssue · 52 divisions tagged · 16 parties active
Employment.
Jobs, wages, and workers rights
Divisions tagged
52
This parliament
Parties active
16
≥1 vote tagged
Most on-whip
Plaid Cymru
82% 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 | +13 | 63% on-whip · 359 MPs | |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Con | -16 | 34% on-whip · 113 MPs | |
| Liberal Democrats | LD | -7 | 43% on-whip · 72 MPs | |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Ind | +13 | 63% on-whip · 42 MPs | |
| Independent | Ind | +13 | 63% on-whip · 14 MPs | |
| Scottish National Party | SNP | +26 | 76% on-whip · 9 MPs | |
| Reform UK | Ref | -15 | 35% on-whip · 8 MPs | |
| Green Party of England and Wales | Grn | +27 | 77% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Mar 2026 | Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 Aye: Support transferring investigatory and surveillance powers to the Fair Work Agency as a necessary consequence of merging labour enforcement functions into the new body · No: Oppose granting the Fair Work Agency extensive surveillance powers, arguing they are disproportionate for a labour enforcement agency and represent state overreach | 368 | 107 | Yes |
| 28 Jan 2026 | Opposition Day: Youth unemployment Aye: Support the opposition's call for greater government action on youth unemployment · No: Reject the opposition motion, defending the government's existing approach to youth employment and skills | 93 | 286 | No |
| 15 Dec 2025 | Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to disagree with the Lords in their Amendment 120N to Commons Amendment 120G and their Amendments 120P to 120S to Commons Amendment 120H Aye: Support the government overriding the Lords' procedural safeguards and pressing ahead with the Employment Rights Bill without additional consultation or impact assessment requirements on the disputed provision · No: Back the Lords' position that a significant new policy inserted late in the Bill's passage should require proper consultation, risk assessment, and parliamentary scrutiny before becoming law | 312 | 98 | Yes |
| 10 Dec 2025 | Opposition day: Seasonal work Aye: Support the opposition's position on seasonal work, likely backing improved conditions, visa access, or protections for seasonal agricultural workers · No: Reject the opposition motion on seasonal work, backing the government's existing approach to seasonal labour in agriculture | 100 | 323 | No |
| 10 Dec 2025 | Government Amendment to Opposition day debate on seasonal work Aye: Support the government's amended version of the motion on seasonal work, accepting the government's framing of its approach to seasonal agricultural labour · No: Prefer the original opposition motion on seasonal work, signalling dissatisfaction with the government's record or policy on seasonal worker schemes and rural employment | 319 | 98 | Yes |
All 52 divisions on this issue →
By party, the MPs whose voting record on employment 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Keir Starmer | Holborn and St Pancras | 100% |
| Pat McFadden | Wolverhampton South East | 89% |
| Wes Streeting | Ilford North | 88% |
ConConservative and Unionist Party
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Christopher Chope | Christchurch | 64% |
| David Mundell | Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale | 60% |
| Kemi Badenoch | North West Essex | 58% |
LDLiberal Democrats
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Christine Jardine | Edinburgh West | 79% |
| Tessa Munt | Wells and Mendip Hills | 58% |
| Rachel Gilmour | Tiverton and Minehead | 54% |
IndLabour and Co-operative Party
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Simon Lightwood | Wakefield and Rothwell | 81% |
| Jonathan Reynolds | Stalybridge and Hyde | 73% |
| Seema Malhotra | Feltham and Heston | 71% |
IndIndependent
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | 86% |
| Iqbal Mohamed | Dewsbury and Batley | 77% |
| Ayoub Khan | Birmingham Perry Barr | 72% |
SNPScottish National Party
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Seamus Logan | Aberdeenshire North and Moray East | 77% |
| Pete Wishart | Perth and Kinross-shire | 77% |
| Brendan O'Hara | Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber | 76% |
Pending — issue-to-service mapping
Mapping each Westminster issue to the equivalent council service bucket (so “Employment” → 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 · 52 divisions