Mental Health.
Mental health services and policy
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 | -17 | 33% on-whip · 300 MPs | |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Con | 0 | 50% on-whip · 90 MPs | |
| Liberal Democrats | LD | +17 | 67% on-whip · 61 MPs | |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Lab | -17 | 33% on-whip · 31 MPs | |
| Independent | Ind | +21 | 71% on-whip · 11 MPs | |
| Reform UK | Ref | +4 | 54% on-whip · 6 MPs | |
| Green Party of England and Wales | Grn | +17 | 67% on-whip · 3 MPs | |
| Democratic Unionist Party | DUP | 0 | 50% on-whip · 3 MPs |
Source · Hansard · alignment is the share of party MPs who voted with the party majority on tagged divisions
| Date | Motion | Aye | No | Carried |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Oct 2025 | Mental Health Bill Report Stage New Clause 26 Aye: Support adding New Clause 26 to the Mental Health Bill at Report Stage · No: Oppose adding New Clause 26 to the Mental Health Bill, backing the Bill as it stood without this addition | 81 | 329 | No |
| 14 Oct 2025 | Mental Health Bill Report Stage: Amendment 41 Aye: Support requiring that the nominated person for a detained child under 16 must hold parental responsibility, arguing this prevents exploitation of vulnerable children in psychiatric settings · No: Oppose the restriction, arguing existing safeguards already protect children and the amendment would wrongly prevent children from choosing step-parents or kinship carers who may be most appropriate for them | 166 | 335 | No |
| 14 Oct 2025 | Mental Health Bill Report Stage: Amendment 40 Aye: Support a legal requirement for clinicians to assess and record the public safety risk posed by mental health patients before discharge or treatment in the community · No: Oppose the amendment, arguing that public safety risk assessments are already a professional obligation and that codifying them in statute is unnecessary | 165 | 336 | No |
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By party, the MPs whose voting record on mental health 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Barry Gardiner | Brent West | 33% |
| Stephen Timms | East Ham | 33% |
| Clive Efford | Eltham and Chislehurst | 33% |
LDLiberal Democrats
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Joshua Reynolds | Maidenhead | 67% |
| Andrew George | St Ives | 67% |
| Tessa Munt | Wells and Mendip Hills | 67% |
LabLabour and Co-operative Party
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Gareth Thomas | Harrow West | 33% |
| Mark Hendrick | Preston | 33% |
| Douglas Alexander | Lothian East | 33% |
IndIndependent
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Shockat Adam | Leicester South | 100% |
| Adnan Hussain | Blackburn | 100% |
| Iqbal Mohamed | Dewsbury and Batley | 100% |
RefReform UK
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Lee Anderson | Ashfield | 67% |
| Sarah Pochin | Runcorn and Helsby | 67% |
Mapping each Westminster issue to the equivalent council service bucket (so “Mental Health” → 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.