The topic lensIssue · 12 divisions tagged · 13 parties active
Rail.
Rail services, fares, and infrastructure
Divisions tagged
12
This parliament
Parties active
13
≥1 vote tagged
Most on-whip
Your Party
74% aligned
Recent activity
10
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 | +11 | 61% on-whip · 358 MPs | |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Con | -11 | 39% on-whip · 113 MPs | |
| Liberal Democrats | LD | -1 | 49% on-whip · 71 MPs | |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Lab | +13 | 63% on-whip · 42 MPs | |
| Independent | Ind | +14 | 64% on-whip · 14 MPs | |
| Scottish National Party | SNP | -50 | 0% on-whip · 8 MPs | |
| Reform UK | Ref | +16 | 66% on-whip · 7 MPs | |
| Green Party of England and Wales | Grn | +12 | 62% on-whip · 5 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 Jun 2026 | Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 Aye: Support writing veteran and 26-to-30 railcard discounts into law, ensuring they cannot be removed by Great British Railways without primary legislation. · No: Oppose fixing these specific railcards in statute, arguing flexibility is needed to develop a simpler, broader armed forces discount offer and that existing schemes face no threat of withdrawal. | 169 | 268 | No |
| 10 Jun 2026 | Railways Bill: Third Reading Aye: Support bringing Britain's railways into public ownership under Great British Railways, with the state as the directing mind for the network, putting passengers and freight growth ahead of private operators. · No: Oppose the Bill's model of rail renationalisation, raising concerns about Great British Railways simultaneously operating services and controlling network access, and the risk to independent open-access operators like Hull Trains. | 279 | 151 | Yes |
| 10 Jun 2026 | Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 Aye: Support imposing a legal duty on the Secretary of State to publish a Passengers' Charter with enforceable minimum standards for rail services, including compensation rights for passengers when those standards are not met. · No: Oppose writing detailed passenger service standards into primary legislation at this stage, preferring to let Great British Railways set and enforce standards through its own framework rather than through a statutory charter. | 79 | 272 | No |
| 10 Jun 2026 | Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 Aye: Support restoring the ORR's power to hear substantive appeals against GBR access decisions, protecting open-access operators and freight companies from a body that acts as both competitor and gatekeeper · No: Oppose the amendment, backing the government's Railways Bill as drafted, which limits ORR appeals to procedural irregularity and concentrates access decisions within Great British Railways | 157 | 279 | No |
| 9 Dec 2025 | Railways Bill: Second Reading Aye: Support renationalising Britain's railways by creating Great British Railways, integrating track and train under public ownership to improve services and cut private management fees. · No: Oppose the Railways Bill's approach to rail renationalisation, questioning whether public ownership will deliver the improvements passengers need and raising concerns about performance under already-nationalised operators. | 330 | 173 | Yes |
All 12 divisions on this issue →
By party, the MPs whose voting record on rail 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 |
|---|---|---|
| John Healey | Rawmarsh and Conisbrough | 100% |
| Angela Eagle | Wallasey | 100% |
| Ed Miliband | Doncaster North | 100% |
ConConservative and Unionist Party
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Esther McVey | Tatton | 80% |
| Jeremy Hunt | Godalming and Ash | 57% |
| Oliver Dowden | Hertsmere | 57% |
LDLiberal Democrats
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Charlotte Cane | Ely and East Cambridgeshire | 67% |
| Sarah Gibson | Chippenham | 67% |
| Alex Brewer | North East Hampshire | 67% |
LabLabour and Co-operative Party
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Hendrick | Preston | 100% |
| Seema Malhotra | Feltham and Heston | 100% |
| Jo Platt | Leigh and Atherton | 100% |
IndIndependent
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Mike Amesbury | — | 100% |
| Adnan Hussain | Blackburn | 86% |
| Joani Reid | East Kilbride and Strathaven | 75% |
Pending — issue-to-service mapping
Mapping each Westminster issue to the equivalent council service bucket (so “Rail” → 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 · 12 divisions