The topic lensIssue · 10 divisions tagged · 13 parties active
Skills and Training.
Vocational training and apprenticeships
Divisions tagged
10
This parliament
Parties active
13
≥1 vote tagged
Most on-whip
Conservative and Unionist Party
100% 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 | -20 | 30% on-whip · 349 MPs | |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Con | +50 | 100% on-whip · 109 MPs | |
| Liberal Democrats | LD | +1 | 51% on-whip · 71 MPs | |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Lab | -21 | 29% on-whip · 39 MPs | |
| Independent | Ind | -12 | 38% 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 motion calling for action on youth unemployment, signalling concern that the government is not doing enough to tackle young people out of work or training. · No: Reject the opposition's framing of the youth unemployment issue, with Labour MPs voting down the motion to avoid handing a political win to the Conservatives. | 93 | 286 | No |
| 27 Jan 2026 | Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 2 Aye: Support requiring Parliament to actively approve any future changes to medical training prioritisation rules, strengthening scrutiny of ministerial decisions affecting doctors' careers and NHS workforce planning. · No: Oppose the amendment, preferring the Bill as drafted with the negative procedure, allowing the government to adjust prioritisation rules more quickly without a full parliamentary vote each time. | 63 | 311 | No |
| 27 Jan 2026 | Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 Aye: Support extending NHS training prioritisation to British citizens regardless of where they completed their medical degree, arguing that nationality should be a key criterion alongside UK training. · No: Oppose the amendment, arguing that prioritisation should be tied to UK training and NHS experience rather than citizenship alone, to ensure medical graduates have relevant knowledge of NHS systems and UK patient needs — and that adding citizenship as a criterion could undermine the Bill's core purpose. | 93 | 379 | No |
| 27 Jan 2026 | Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 1 Aye: Support extending NHS training place prioritisation to British citizens regardless of where they completed their medical degree, arguing the Bill as drafted leaves some British citizens unprotected. · No: Oppose broadening the prioritisation category to include overseas-trained British citizens, arguing it would undermine the Bill's core purpose of tackling workforce bottlenecks by prioritising UK-trained graduates. | 90 | 311 | No |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [Lords]: Third Reading Aye: Support passing the bill, accepting that transferring apprenticeship and technical education functions to the Secretary of State is a necessary step toward creating Skills England, even without statutory parliamentary approval mechanisms built into the legislation. · No: Oppose passing the bill in its current form, arguing it centralises power in the Secretary of State without adequate parliamentary oversight, creates a governance vacuum, and fails to properly establish Skills England or ensure its independence from ministerial control. | 308 | 64 | Yes |
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% |
LabLabour 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% |
| Cameron Thomas | Tewkesbury | 75% |
| Adnan Hussain | Blackburn | 50% |
Pending — issue-to-service mapping
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.
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 · 10 divisions