The topic lensIssue · 9 divisions tagged · 13 parties active
Public Spending.
Government expenditure and austerity
Divisions tagged
9
This parliament
Parties active
13
≥1 vote tagged
Most on-whip
Conservative and Unionist Party
100% 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 | -39 | 11% on-whip · 355 MPs | |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Con | +50 | 100% on-whip · 110 MPs | |
| Liberal Democrats | LD | +28 | 78% on-whip · 72 MPs | |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Ind | -38 | 12% on-whip · 42 MPs | |
| Independent | Ind | 0 | 50% on-whip · 14 MPs | |
| Scottish National Party | SNP | +30 | 80% on-whip · 8 MPs | |
| Reform UK | Ref | +50 | 100% on-whip · 6 MPs | |
| Democratic Unionist Party | DUP | +44 | 94% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Dec 2025 | Opposition day: Conduct of the Chancellor of the Exchequer Aye: Support the motion criticising the Chancellor's conduct, signalling concern or lack of confidence in her handling of her role · No: Reject the motion, defending the Chancellor's conduct and opposing the opposition's attempt to censure her | 92 | 296 | No |
| 5 Nov 2025 | Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 Aye: Support the government's rejection of the Lords requirement for the independent reviewer to include a statement in every report confirming they received all necessary material, on the basis that existing safeguards already ensure this · No: Support the Lords amendment's additional transparency safeguard requiring the independent reviewer to explicitly confirm in each report whether they received all material needed, as a check on government compliance | 268 | 82 | Yes |
| 29 Apr 2025 | Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 Aye: Support adding Conservative-proposed safeguards and proportionality measures to the fraud and error recovery powers in the Bill · No: Oppose the Conservative amendments, preferring the Government's version of the Bill without additional opposition-drafted constraints on recovery powers | 97 | 258 | No |
| 29 Apr 2025 | Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 Aye: Support delaying use of recovery powers against Carer's Allowance recipients until an independent review is conducted, protecting vulnerable carers from enforcement action · No: Oppose the delay, preferring to proceed with the Bill's recovery powers without waiting for an independent review of Carer's Allowance overpayments | 75 | 254 | No |
| 29 Apr 2025 | Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 Aye: Support limiting the eligibility verification power to cases where fraud is already suspected, protecting benefit claimants from being treated as automatic suspects · No: Oppose the restriction, backing the government's broader data-sharing power to detect benefit overpayments and errors at an early stage without needing prior suspicion of fraud | 88 | 240 | No |
All 9 divisions on this issue →
By party, the MPs whose voting record on public spending 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pat McFadden | Wolverhampton South East | 33% |
| Fleur Anderson | Putney | 33% |
| Tracy Gilbert | Edinburgh North and Leith | 33% |
ConConservative and Unionist Party
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| John Whittingdale | Maldon | 100% |
| Bernard Jenkin | Harwich and North Essex | 100% |
| Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | North Cotswolds | 100% |
LDLiberal Democrats
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Alistair Carmichael | Orkney and Shetland | 100% |
| Tom Gordon | Harrogate and Knaresborough | 100% |
| Alex Brewer | North East Hampshire | 100% |
IndLabour and Co-operative Party
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Hendrick | Preston | 25% |
| Anna Turley | Redcar | 25% |
| Kate Osamor | Edmonton and Winchmore Hill | 25% |
IndIndependent
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Alex Easton | North Down | 100% |
| Ayoub Khan | Birmingham Perry Barr | 100% |
| Iqbal Mohamed | Dewsbury and Batley | 75% |
SNPScottish National Party
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Stephen Gethins | Arbroath and Broughty Ferry | 100% |
| Graham Leadbitter | Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey | 100% |
| Seamus Logan | Aberdeenshire North and Moray East | 100% |
Pending — issue-to-service mapping
Mapping each Westminster issue to the equivalent council service bucket (so “Public Spending” → 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