The topic lensIssue · 13 divisions tagged · 14 parties active
Immigration.
Immigration, asylum, and border control
Divisions tagged
13
This parliament
Parties active
14
≥1 vote tagged
Most on-whip
Social Democratic and Labour Party
83% 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 | -5 | 45% on-whip · 359 MPs | |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Con | -15 | 35% on-whip · 114 MPs | |
| Liberal Democrats | LD | +20 | 70% on-whip · 70 MPs | |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Lab | -5 | 45% on-whip · 43 MPs | |
| Independent | Ind | +2 | 52% on-whip · 14 MPs | |
| Scottish National Party | SNP | +17 | 67% on-whip · 9 MPs | |
| Reform UK | Ref | -17 | 33% on-whip · 8 MPs | |
| Green Party of England and Wales | Grn | +14 | 64% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Jul 2026 | Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading Aye: Support the principles of the Immigration and Asylum Bill and allow it to proceed to further parliamentary scrutiny · No: Oppose the bill's underlying principles, either because its immigration controls are too harsh or insufficiently strict | 267 | 91 | Yes |
| 13 Jul 2026 | Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading Aye: Support blocking the Immigration and Asylum Bill at Second Reading, signalling opposition to the bill's approach to immigration and asylum policy · No: Oppose blocking the bill, backing its progression through Parliament — the government's position | 98 | 359 | No |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Draft Asylum Seekers (Reception Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 Aye: Support tightening asylum support rules by giving ministers new powers to suspend or end financial and accommodation support for asylum seekers who breach conditions, such as working illegally. · No: Oppose restricting asylum support on grounds that it risks destitution for vulnerable people and fails to address root causes, such as the ban on asylum seekers working, which forces them into poverty and dependence. | 308 | 84 | Yes |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 Aye: Support tightening asylum support rules by allowing the Home Secretary to suspend or cut support for those working illegally, and removing the blanket duty to house all failed asylum seekers — part of a stated aim to direct limited resources to the genuinely destitute while deterring rule-breaking. · No: Oppose the regulations as inadequate or harmful — either because they risk pushing vulnerable people into destitution and onto already-stretched local services without granting asylum seekers the right to work, or because they do not go far enough in deterring abuse of the system. | 305 | 30 | Yes |
| 19 Nov 2025 | Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 Aye: Support the government's position that voluntary data publication is sufficient, rejecting a Lords-imposed statutory duty to publish immigration and asylum statistics · No: Back the Lords amendment requiring the government to publish immigration and asylum data by law, arguing statutory transparency obligations are needed to hold the government to account | 327 | 95 | Yes |
All 13 divisions on this issue →
By party, the MPs whose voting record on immigration 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Chris Webb | Blackpool South | 75% |
| Dan Aldridge | Weston-super-Mare | 75% |
| Chris Bryant | Rhondda and Ogmore | 67% |
ConConservative and Unionist Party
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| John Whittingdale | Maldon | 67% |
| David Mundell | Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale | 67% |
| Alec Shelbrooke | Wetherby and Easingwold | 67% |
LDLiberal Democrats
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Ed Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | 100% |
| Christine Jardine | Edinburgh West | 100% |
| Layla Moran | Oxford West and Abingdon | 100% |
LabLabour and Co-operative Party
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Kirsteen Sullivan | Bathgate and Linlithgow | 75% |
| Florence Eshalomi | Vauxhall and Camberwell Green | 63% |
| Mark Hendrick | Preston | 56% |
IndIndependent
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Shockat Adam | Leicester South | 75% |
| Iqbal Mohamed | Dewsbury and Batley | 70% |
| Joani Reid | East Kilbride and Strathaven | 67% |
SNPScottish National Party
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Stephen Flynn | Aberdeen South | 80% |
| Stephen Gethins | Arbroath and Broughty Ferry | 75% |
| Graham Leadbitter | Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey | 75% |
Pending — issue-to-service mapping
Mapping each Westminster issue to the equivalent council service bucket (so “Immigration” → 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 · 13 divisions