Online Safety.
Online harms and platform regulation
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 | +3 | 53% on-whip · 335 MPs | |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Con | -50 | 0% on-whip · 92 MPs | |
| Liberal Democrats | LD | -1 | 49% on-whip · 70 MPs | |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Lab | +3 | 53% on-whip · 38 MPs | |
| Independent | Ind | 0 | 50% on-whip · 11 MPs | |
| Scottish National Party | SNP | -12 | 38% on-whip · 9 MPs | |
| Democratic Unionist Party | DUP | 0 | 50% on-whip · 4 MPs | |
| Plaid Cymru | Plaid | 0 | 50% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Feb 2026 | Opposition Day: Protections for children from online harms Aye: Support the opposition's call for stronger or faster government action to protect children from online harms · No: Reject the opposition's motion, arguing the government's existing approach — including the Online Safety Act framework — is sufficient or that the motion is politically motivated | 70 | 282 | No |
| 12 Feb 2025 | Draft Online Safety Act 2023 (Category 1, Category 2A and Category 2B Threshold Conditions) Regulations 2025 Aye: Support approving the threshold regulations as drafted, accepting that categorisation should be based primarily on user numbers rather than risk level, bringing major platforms like Reddit under the strictest duties · No: Oppose the regulations as drafted, arguing they ignore Parliament's original intent to allow risk-based categorisation and leave small but dangerous platforms — particularly those hosting extremist or misogynistic content — outside the toughest regulatory tier | 320 | 178 | Yes |
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Mapping each Westminster issue to the equivalent council service bucket (so “Online Safety” → 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.