The topic lensIssue · 6 divisions tagged · 14 parties active
Middle East.
Middle East policy and conflicts
Divisions tagged
6
This parliament
Parties active
14
≥1 vote tagged
Most on-whip
Social Democratic and Labour Party
86% aligned
Recent activity
6
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 | +33 | 83% on-whip · 347 MPs | |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Con | -33 | 17% on-whip · 113 MPs | |
| Liberal Democrats | LD | -29 | 21% on-whip · 71 MPs | |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Ind | +32 | 82% on-whip · 42 MPs | |
| Independent | Ind | +18 | 68% on-whip · 12 MPs | |
| Reform UK | Ref | -33 | 17% on-whip · 8 MPs | |
| Democratic Unionist Party | DUP | -31 | 19% on-whip · 5 MPs | |
| Green Party of England and Wales | Grn | +34 | 84% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Jan 2026 | Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 Aye: Support rejecting the Lords amendment, trusting that existing published financial information is sufficient and no additional transparency requirement is needed · No: Support the Lords amendment requiring the government to publish full real-terms costs and methodology of the Diego Garcia treaty payments, arguing greater transparency for taxpayers is essential | 348 | 188 | Yes |
| 20 Jan 2026 | Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 Aye: Support the government's position to remove the Lords' additional condition from the Bill, backing the deal as negotiated without further parliamentary constraints imposed by the Lords · No: Support the Lords' amendment, wanting additional safeguards or conditions written into the legislation governing the Diego Garcia military base agreement | 346 | 185 | Yes |
| 20 Jan 2026 | Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 Aye: Support rejecting the Lords amendment, backing the government's deal with Mauritius as negotiated without additional notification requirements that could constrain military operations at Diego Garcia · No: Support keeping the Lords amendment, arguing it provides important safeguards or alternatively opposing the entire deal as a surrender of British sovereignty that weakens the strategic value of the base | 345 | 183 | Yes |
| 9 Sept 2025 | Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Reasoned Amendment Aye: Oppose the Chagos treaty and its implementing Bill, arguing the deal is not in the UK's national or security interest and should not proceed · No: Support proceeding with the Bill to implement the Chagos treaty, arguing the 99-year guarantee of Diego Garcia's operational control secures UK and allied defence interests | 118 | 333 | No |
| 9 Sept 2025 | Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Second Reading Aye: Support the Chagos Islands treaty and the legislation needed to transfer sovereignty to Mauritius while securing long-term UK military control of Diego Garcia · No: Oppose the Chagos Islands deal, arguing the terms are too costly or concede too much sovereignty, or that the strategic and legal risks outweigh the benefits of securing the base | 328 | 181 | Yes |
All 6 divisions on this issue →
By party, the MPs whose voting record on middle east 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mary Creagh | Coventry East | 100% |
| Yasmin Qureshi | Bolton South and Walkden | 100% |
| Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi | Slough | 100% |
ConConservative and Unionist Party
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| David Mundell | Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale | 33% |
| Mel Stride | Central Devon | 33% |
| Helen Grant | Maidstone and Malling | 33% |
LDLiberal Democrats
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Victoria Collins | Harpenden and Berkhamsted | 33% |
| Lee Dillon | Newbury | 33% |
| Edward Morello | West Dorset | 33% |
IndLabour and Co-operative Party
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Anna Turley | Redcar | 100% |
| Simon Lightwood | Wakefield and Rothwell | 100% |
| Rachel Blake | Cities of London and Westminster | 100% |
IndIndependent
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Adnan Hussain | Blackburn | 100% |
| Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | 83% |
| Joani Reid | East Kilbride and Strathaven | 83% |
RefReform UK
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Rosindell | Romford | 20% |
| Robert Jenrick | Newark | 20% |
| Richard Tice | Boston and Skegness | 20% |
Pending — issue-to-service mapping
Mapping each Westminster issue to the equivalent council service bucket (so “Middle East” → 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 · 6 divisions