The topic lensIssue · 9 divisions tagged · 14 parties active
House of Lords Reform.
Reform of the upper chamber
Divisions tagged
9
This parliament
Parties active
14
≥1 vote tagged
Most on-whip
Plaid Cymru
86% aligned
Recent activity
9
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 | 55% on-whip · 350 MPs | |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Con | -20 | 30% on-whip · 109 MPs | |
| Liberal Democrats | LD | +35 | 85% on-whip · 71 MPs | |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Lab | +5 | 55% on-whip · 42 MPs | |
| Independent | Ind | +8 | 58% on-whip · 13 MPs | |
| Scottish National Party | SNP | +34 | 84% on-whip · 9 MPs | |
| Reform UK | Ref | -23 | 27% on-whip · 7 MPs | |
| Plaid Cymru | Plaid | +36 | 86% on-whip · 4 MPs |
Source · Hansard · alignment is the share of party MPs who voted with the party majority on tagged divisions
| Date | Motion | Aye | No | Carried |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Sept 2025 | House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 Aye: Support rejecting the Lords amendment, keeping the Bill focused on removing hereditary peers without creating a new class of non-sitting life peer · No: Back the Lords amendment, which would have clarified the monarch's power to grant a life peerage as an honour without conferring a seat in Parliament | 336 | 74 | Yes |
| 4 Sept 2025 | House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 Aye: Support rejecting the Lords amendment on ministerial pay, keeping the bill narrowly focused on removing hereditary peers and leaving ministerial salary reform to separate legislation · No: Support the Lords amendment requiring Lords Ministers to receive a salary, arguing it is unfair to ask peers to serve as unpaid Ministers while losing their daily allowance | 331 | 75 | Yes |
| 4 Sept 2025 | House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 Aye: Support immediately removing all remaining hereditary peers from the House of Lords, rejecting the Lords' attempt to delay reform through gradual phase-out · No: Prefer the Lords' gradualist approach, or oppose removing hereditary peers at all without wider Lords reform as part of the package | 337 | 77 | Yes |
| 12 Nov 2024 | House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: Third Reading Aye: Support removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords as a matter of democratic principle, ending the right to legislate by accident of birth · No: Oppose the Bill in its current form, arguing it should be accompanied by broader Lords reform or a phased transition rather than immediate removal | 439 | 73 | Yes |
| 12 Nov 2024 | House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 20 Aye: Support adding a declaration that the bill's true effect is to give the Prime Minister unchecked power over Lords appointments, framing the reform as inadequate and politically motivated · No: Oppose the Conservative attempt to reframe the bill's purpose; back the government's position that removing hereditary peers is a legitimate first step in Lords reform | 100 | 377 | No |
All 9 divisions on this issue →
By party, the MPs whose voting record on house of lords 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
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Shanks | Rutherglen | 100% |
| Barry Gardiner | Brent West | 75% |
| Chris Bryant | Rhondda and Ogmore | 75% |
ConConservative and Unionist Party
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Murrison | South West Wiltshire | 50% |
| Gavin Williamson | Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge | 50% |
| Karen Bradley | Staffordshire Moorlands | 50% |
LDLiberal Democrats
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew George | St Ives | 100% |
| Tim Farron | Westmorland and Lonsdale | 100% |
| Wendy Chamberlain | North East Fife | 100% |
LabLabour and Co-operative Party
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Gareth Thomas | Harrow West | 75% |
| Mark Hendrick | Preston | 75% |
| Stella Creasy | Walthamstow | 75% |
IndIndependent
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Iqbal Mohamed | Dewsbury and Batley | 83% |
| Cameron Thomas | Tewkesbury | 80% |
| Shockat Adam | Leicester South | 75% |
SNPScottish National Party
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Pete Wishart | Perth and Kinross-shire | 86% |
| Kirsty Blackman | Aberdeen North | 86% |
| Chris Law | Dundee Central | 86% |
Pending — issue-to-service mapping
Mapping each Westminster issue to the equivalent council service bucket (so “House of Lords 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 · 9 divisions