The topic lensIssue · 5 divisions tagged · 7 parties active

Local Government Reform.

TopicLocal Government Reform
Divisions tagged
5
This parliament
Parties active
7
≥1 vote tagged
Most on-whip
Labour Party
80% aligned
Recent activity
5
Most-recent divisions
§ 01Where the parties sit on local government reform.5 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
+3080% on-whip · 272 MPs
Conservative and Unionist PartyCon
-3119% on-whip · 86 MPs
Liberal DemocratsLD
-3020% on-whip · 57 MPs
Labour and Co-operative PartyInd
+3080% on-whip · 29 MPs
IndependentInd
-941% on-whip · 5 MPs
Green Party of England and WalesGrn
-2921% on-whip · 5 MPs
Democratic Unionist PartyDUP
-3020% on-whip · 3 MPs

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

§ 02Recent local government reform divisions.last 5 · of 5 tagged
DateMotionAyeNoCarried
21 Apr 2026English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Government motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2
Aye: Support the government's position by rejecting the Lords' amendment to the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill · No: Support retaining the Lords' amendment, opposing the government's attempt to remove it
293157Yes
21 Apr 2026English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Government motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26
Aye: Support the government's decision to reject Lords Amendment 26, restoring the Bill to its pre-amendment form on this particular provision · No: Support retaining Lords Amendment 26, backing the change the upper chamber made to the devolution or community empowerment provisions
287148Yes
21 Apr 2026English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Government motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 13
Aye: Support the government's position by rejecting the Lords' amendment to the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill · No: Defend the Lords' amendment and oppose the government overriding the upper chamber's change to the bill
298147Yes
21 Apr 2026English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Government motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 36
Aye: Support the government's position by rejecting the Lords' amendment to the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill · No: Back the House of Lords' amendment and push back against the government's approach to devolution or community empowerment provisions in the Bill
289145Yes
21 Apr 2026English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Government motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4
Aye: Support the government's position by rejecting Lords Amendment 4 to the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, restoring the Bill to its pre-Lords form on this point · No: Back the Lords' amendment and oppose the government overriding the upper chamber's change to this devolution legislation
300152Yes

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

By party, the MPs whose voting record on local government reform 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

MPConstituency% on-whip
Daniel ZeichnerCambridge100%
Imran HussainBradford East100%
Richard BurgonLeeds East100%

ConConservative and Unionist Party

MPConstituency% on-whip
Bernard JenkinHarwich and North Essex25%
Caroline DinenageGosport25%
George FreemanMid Norfolk25%

LDLiberal Democrats

MPConstituency% on-whip
Helen MaguireEpsom and Ewell33%
Sarah DykeGlastonbury and Somerton25%
Ian SollomSt Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire25%

IndLabour and Co-operative Party

MPConstituency% on-whip
Meg HillierHackney South and Shoreditch80%
Chris EvansCaerphilly80%
Stella CreasyWalthamstow80%

IndIndependent

MPConstituency% on-whip
Dan NorrisNorth East Somerset and Hanham80%
Adnan HussainBlackburn60%
Alex EastonNorth Down20%

GrnGreen Party of England and Wales

MPConstituency% on-whip
Ellie ChownsNorth Herefordshire25%
Carla DenyerBristol Central20%
Siân BerryBrighton Pavilion20%
§ 04Where local government reform money lands.Council-service mapping pending
Pending — issue-to-service mapping

Mapping each Westminster issue to the equivalent council service bucket (so “Local Government Reform” → 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 · 5 divisions