Skills and Training.
Vocational training and apprenticeships
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 | -20 | 30% on-whip · 349 MPs | |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Con | +50 | 100% on-whip · 109 MPs | |
| Liberal Democrats | LD | +1 | 51% on-whip · 72 MPs | |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Ind | -21 | 29% on-whip · 39 MPs | |
| Independent | Ind | -17 | 33% on-whip · 12 MPs | |
| Scottish National Party | SNP | -50 | 0% on-whip · 8 MPs | |
| Reform UK | Ref | +37 | 87% on-whip · 7 MPs | |
| Democratic Unionist Party | DUP | +25 | 75% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Jan 2026 | Opposition Day: Youth unemployment Aye: Support the opposition's call for greater government action on youth unemployment · No: Reject the opposition motion, defending the government's existing approach to youth employment and skills | 93 | 286 | No |
| 27 Jan 2026 | Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 2 Aye: Support returning to a merit-based system for NHS specialty training, where doctors' exam results and academic performance are rewarded when allocating training places · No: Oppose reintroducing merit-based allocation to specialty training, preferring the current system which does not rank candidates by academic achievement | 63 | 311 | No |
| 27 Jan 2026 | Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 Aye: Support prioritising British citizens for NHS specialty training interviews and places from 2027, even if they trained outside the UK · No: Oppose using citizenship as the primary criterion for training priority, preferring to prioritise those with UK medical qualifications and NHS experience regardless of nationality | 93 | 379 | No |
| 27 Jan 2026 | Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 1 Aye: Support requiring that British citizens are given priority for foundation programme places and specialty training interviews from 2027 onwards · No: Oppose this amendment, preferring the government's existing framework for prioritising UK medical graduates without a citizenship-based criterion | 90 | 311 | No |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [Lords] Report Stage: New Clause 4 Aye: Support requiring a one-year delay before Skills England can be fully established, arguing more time is needed to assess the impact on apprenticeships including degree apprenticeships and T levels · No: Oppose the delay, arguing that waiting a year risks recreating the old system under a new name and that Skills England needs to be established quickly to deliver real benefits to vocational education | 169 | 305 | No |
All 10 divisions on this issue →
By party, the MPs whose voting record on skills and training 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mohammad Yasin | Bedford | 67% |
| Shaun Davies | Telford | 67% |
| Rosie Wrighting | Kettering | 67% |
ConConservative and Unionist Party
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| John Whittingdale | Maldon | 100% |
| Bernard Jenkin | Harwich and North Essex | 100% |
| Julian Lewis | New Forest East | 100% |
LDLiberal Democrats
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Richard Foord | Honiton and Sidmouth | 75% |
| Sarah Dyke | Glastonbury and Somerton | 75% |
| Brian Mathew | Melksham and Devizes | 75% |
IndLabour and Co-operative Party
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Baggy Shanker | Derby South | 67% |
| Douglas Alexander | Lothian East | 50% |
| Kate Osamor | Edmonton and Winchmore Hill | 50% |
IndIndependent
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Patrick Spencer | Central Suffolk and North Ipswich | 100% |
| Adnan Hussain | Blackburn | 50% |
| Karl Turner | Kingston upon Hull East | 50% |
Mapping each Westminster issue to the equivalent council service bucket (so “Skills and Training” → 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.