Food Security.
Food supply and domestic production
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 | +15 | 65% on-whip · 354 MPs | |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Con | +12 | 62% on-whip · 106 MPs | |
| Liberal Democrats | LD | +50 | 100% on-whip · 69 MPs | |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Ind | +15 | 65% on-whip · 40 MPs | |
| Independent | Ind | +27 | 77% on-whip · 13 MPs | |
| Scottish National Party | SNP | +50 | 100% on-whip · 8 MPs | |
| Reform UK | Ref | -10 | 40% on-whip · 7 MPs | |
| Democratic Unionist Party | DUP | -17 | 33% 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 Jan 2025 | Draft Official Controls (Amendment) Regulations 2024 Aye: Support updating import control regulations, reducing red tape at the border while maintaining food safety and biosecurity standards · No: Oppose the regulations, primarily on grounds that the underlying EU framework embedded in them undermines Northern Ireland's place in the United Kingdom | 422 | 77 | Yes |
| 11 Dec 2024 | Draft Movement of Goods (Northern Ireland to Great Britain) (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Transitory Provision and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024 Aye: Support putting temporary biosecurity and sanitary controls in place for goods moving from Northern Ireland to Great Britain, ensuring food and plant safety standards are maintained during the transition period. · No: Oppose these temporary regulations, potentially questioning the need for such controls or the lack of an impact assessment for the measures. | 374 | 9 | Yes |
| 8 Oct 2024 | Opposition Day: Farming and food security Aye: Support the Conservative motion pressing the government to do more to protect British farming and strengthen food security · No: Reject the Conservative motion, with Labour arguing their own approach to farming and food security is adequate or superior | 188 | 357 | No |
All 3 divisions on this issue →
By party, the MPs whose voting record on food 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.
LabLabour Party
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Uma Kumaran | Stratford and Bow | 67% |
| Anna Dixon | Shipley | 67% |
| Harpreet Uppal | Huddersfield | 67% |
ConConservative and Unionist Party
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Simon Hoare | North Dorset | 100% |
| Christopher Chope | Christchurch | 33% |
LDLiberal Democrats
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew George | St Ives | 100% |
| Sarah Olney | Richmond Park | 100% |
| Wera Hobhouse | Bath | 100% |
IndLabour and Co-operative Party
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Jayne Kirkham | Truro and Falmouth | 67% |
| Douglas Alexander | Lothian East | 67% |
| Meg Hillier | Hackney South and Shoreditch | 67% |
IndIndependent
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Iqbal Mohamed | Dewsbury and Batley | 100% |
| Mike Amesbury | — | 67% |
Mapping each Westminster issue to the equivalent council service bucket (so “Food 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.