Rail.
Rail services, fares, and infrastructure
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 | +50 | 100% on-whip · 358 MPs | |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Con | -50 | 0% on-whip · 113 MPs | |
| Liberal Democrats | LD | -50 | 0% on-whip · 72 MPs | |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Ind | +50 | 100% on-whip · 42 MPs | |
| Independent | Ind | +22 | 72% on-whip · 14 MPs | |
| Scottish National Party | SNP | +50 | 100% on-whip · 8 MPs | |
| Reform UK | Ref | -43 | 7% on-whip · 7 MPs | |
| Democratic Unionist Party | DUP | -50 | 0% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Dec 2025 | Railways Bill: Second Reading Aye: Support nationalising rail services under public ownership to improve reliability and coordination of the railway network · No: Oppose rail nationalisation, arguing public ownership has not improved services and that the bill's approach is misguided | 330 | 173 | Yes |
| 9 Dec 2025 | Railways Bill: Opposition Reasoned Amendment Aye: Support blocking the Railways Bill, expressing scepticism that nationalising train operators will improve passenger services · No: Support the Railways Bill proceeding, backing the government's plan to bring railways into public ownership to improve reliability and performance | 169 | 333 | No |
| 19 Nov 2024 | Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 Aye: Support the government rejecting the Lords' addition of a statutory 'passenger improvement' purpose clause, keeping the bill as originally passed by the Commons · No: Support the Lords amendment requiring passenger service improvement to be the primary stated purpose of rail nationalisation, to hold the government accountable to passenger outcomes | 347 | 173 | Yes |
| 19 Nov 2024 | Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 Aye: Support the government rejecting the Lords amendment, proceeding with rail nationalisation without a statutory passenger-focused performance data requirement · No: Support the Lords amendment, requiring the government to measure and publish passenger experience data to ensure nationalisation genuinely improves services rather than fulfilling an ideological goal | 353 | 110 | Yes |
| 3 Sept 2024 | Passenger Railway Services Bill (Public Ownership) Bill: Committee: Amendment 21 Aye: Support Amendment 21 to the Public Ownership rail bill, likely an attempt to modify or restrict the bill's approach to rail nationalisation · No: Oppose Amendment 21, backing the government's bill to bring passenger rail services into public ownership without this modification | 84 | 360 | No |
All 8 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Barry Gardiner | Brent West | 100% |
| Stephen Timms | East Ham | 100% |
| John McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | 100% |
ConConservative and Unionist Party
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| John Whittingdale | Maldon | 0% |
| Julian Lewis | New Forest East | 0% |
| Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | 0% |
LDLiberal Democrats
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Ed Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | 0% |
| Andrew George | St Ives | 0% |
| Tim Farron | Westmorland and Lonsdale | 0% |
IndLabour and Co-operative Party
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Hendrick | Preston | 100% |
| Douglas Alexander | Lothian East | 100% |
| Meg Hillier | Hackney South and Shoreditch | 100% |
IndIndependent
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Mike Amesbury | — | 100% |
| Joani Reid | East Kilbride and Strathaven | 100% |
| Adnan Hussain | Blackburn | 100% |
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.