The topic lensIssue · 13 divisions tagged · 13 parties active
Renters.
Private renting, tenant rights, and regulation
Divisions tagged
13
This parliament
Parties active
13
≥1 vote tagged
Most on-whip
Democratic Unionist Party
79% 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 · 356 MPs | |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Con | -11 | 39% on-whip · 113 MPs | |
| Liberal Democrats | LD | 0 | 50% on-whip · 72 MPs | |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Ind | +12 | 62% on-whip · 42 MPs | |
| Independent | Ind | +9 | 59% on-whip · 13 MPs | |
| Reform UK | Ref | -14 | 36% on-whip · 8 MPs | |
| Democratic Unionist Party | DUP | +29 | 79% on-whip · 5 MPs | |
| Green Party of England and Wales | Grn | +27 | 77% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Sept 2025 | Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 64 Aye: Support the government's position of rejecting Lords amendments that would have diluted tenant protections, including attempts to reintroduce fixed-term tenancies and make it harder for councils to hold bad landlords to account. · No: Support the Lords amendments, which would have reintroduced fixed-term tenancies, raised the burden of proof for local authorities pursuing bad landlords, and made other changes that critics argue would weaken the Bill's protections for renters. | 336 | 162 | Yes |
| 8 Sept 2025 | Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 39 Aye: Support rejecting the Lords amendment, trusting the government's alternative plan (a defence housing strategy, £1.5bn investment, and annual MOD reports to Parliament) to improve service family accommodation standards without putting them in the Renters' Rights Bill · No: Support the Lords amendment requiring service family accommodation to meet the new decent homes standard enshrined in the Renters' Rights Bill, providing statutory certainty for military families | 324 | 173 | Yes |
| 8 Sept 2025 | Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 18 Aye: Support keeping the 12-month restricted re-letting period to protect tenants from being evicted under false pretences of a property sale, rejecting the Lords' proposal to reduce it to 6 months · No: Support the Lords' amendment to reduce the restricted period to 6 months, arguing 12 months is excessive or overly burdensome on landlords with legitimate reasons to sell | 403 | 99 | Yes |
| 8 Sept 2025 | Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 Aye: Support rejecting the Lords amendment, keeping the existing pet deposit rules without an additional three-week deposit charge for tenants who want pets · No: Support the Lords amendment, allowing landlords to require an extra three-week deposit before permitting a tenant to keep a pet | 399 | 95 | Yes |
| 8 Sept 2025 | Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 19 Aye: Support the government's position: reject Lords changes that would reintroduce fixed-term tenancies and dilute local authorities' ability to hold rogue landlords to account, preserving stronger tenant protections · No: Back the Lords amendments, supporting greater flexibility for landlords including fixed-term tenancies and a higher burden of proof for enforcement action against landlords | 338 | 160 | Yes |
All 13 divisions on this issue →
By party, the MPs whose voting record on renters 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Clive Betts | Sheffield South East | 71% |
| Emily Thornberry | Islington South and Finsbury | 71% |
| Bridget Phillipson | Houghton and Sunderland South | 71% |
ConConservative and Unionist Party
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| David Mundell | Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale | 50% |
| Mel Stride | Central Devon | 50% |
| Martin Vickers | Brigg and Immingham | 50% |
LDLiberal Democrats
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Jamie Stone | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | 60% |
| Mike Martin | Tunbridge Wells | 55% |
| David Chadwick | Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe | 55% |
IndLabour and Co-operative Party
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Reynolds | Stalybridge and Hyde | 71% |
| Seema Malhotra | Feltham and Heston | 71% |
| Alex Norris | Nottingham North and Kimberley | 71% |
IndIndependent
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Ayoub Khan | Birmingham Perry Barr | 75% |
| Shockat Adam | Leicester South | 75% |
| Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | 70% |
RefReform UK
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Suella Braverman | Fareham and Waterlooville | 38% |
| Danny Kruger | East Wiltshire | 38% |
| Richard Tice | Boston and Skegness | 38% |
Pending — issue-to-service mapping
Mapping each Westminster issue to the equivalent council service bucket (so “Renters” → 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 · 13 divisions