The topic lensIssue · 7 divisions tagged · 13 parties active
Veterans.
Support for armed forces veterans
Divisions tagged
7
This parliament
Parties active
13
≥1 vote tagged
Most on-whip
Plaid Cymru
67% aligned
Recent activity
7
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 | +6 | 56% on-whip · 351 MPs | |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Con | -15 | 35% on-whip · 110 MPs | |
| Liberal Democrats | LD | 0 | 50% on-whip · 72 MPs | |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Ind | +5 | 55% on-whip · 39 MPs | |
| Independent | Ind | 0 | 50% on-whip · 11 MPs | |
| Scottish National Party | SNP | +14 | 64% on-whip · 8 MPs | |
| Reform UK | Ref | -23 | 27% on-whip · 6 MPs | |
| Democratic Unionist Party | DUP | -3 | 47% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Jul 2025 | Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Motion to insist on 2A and disagree with LA2B and LA2C Aye: Support the Government's broader whistleblower protections that allow family members to raise complaints to the Armed Forces Commissioner on behalf of serving personnel · No: Prefer the Lords' alternative amendment, which did not include family members within the scope of the Armed Forces Commissioner's remit for complaints | 321 | 160 | Yes |
| 3 Jun 2025 | Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 Aye: Support the government's position of removing the Lords amendment, keeping the Armed Forces Commissioner Bill in its original scope without additional legacy-related provisions · No: Support the Lords amendment, which would have added provisions — likely relating to Northern Ireland Troubles legacy matters — to the Armed Forces Commissioner Bill | 321 | 182 | Yes |
| 3 Jun 2025 | Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 Aye: Support the government's position: reject the Lords amendment and proceed with the Armed Forces Commissioner Bill as the government intended, establishing the commissioner to handle service welfare complaints · No: Support retaining the Lords amendment, preferring the Lords' modified version of the Bill over the government's original approach | 316 | 186 | Yes |
| 3 Jun 2025 | Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Government amendment (a) in lieu of Lords Amendments 2 and 3 Aye: Support the government's revised amendment, which strengthens the original Lords changes while establishing the Armed Forces Commissioner on a firmer statutory footing · No: Prefer the original Lords amendments as passed, or oppose the overall approach to the Armed Forces Commissioner Bill | 328 | 105 | Yes |
| 21 Jan 2025 | Armed Forces Commissioner Bill Report Stage: Amendment 9 Aye: Support requiring the government to clarify how the Armed Forces Commissioner will coordinate with the National, Scottish, Welsh, and Northern Ireland Veterans Commissioners and related bodies within one year of the Act passing. · No: Oppose mandating a formal published coordination plan, trusting the government to manage inter-body relationships without a statutory requirement. | 193 | 340 | No |
All 7 divisions on this issue →
By party, the MPs whose voting record on veterans 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Yvette Cooper | Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley | 100% |
| Dawn Butler | Brent East | 100% |
| Ed Miliband | Doncaster North | 100% |
ConConservative and Unionist Party
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Christopher Chope | Christchurch | 67% |
| Graham Stuart | Beverley and Holderness | 67% |
| Geoffrey Cox | Torridge and Tavistock | 67% |
LDLiberal Democrats
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Richard Foord | Honiton and Sidmouth | 100% |
| Roz Savage | South Cotswolds | 100% |
| Alistair Carmichael | Orkney and Shetland | 75% |
IndLabour and Co-operative Party
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Hendrick | Preston | 100% |
| Seema Malhotra | Feltham and Heston | 100% |
| Alex Norris | Nottingham North and Kimberley | 100% |
IndIndependent
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Iqbal Mohamed | Dewsbury and Batley | 100% |
| Ayoub Khan | Birmingham Perry Barr | 100% |
| Dan Norris | North East Somerset and Hanham | 100% |
SNPScottish National Party
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Kirsty Blackman | Aberdeen North | 50% |
| Brendan O'Hara | Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber | 50% |
| Stephen Flynn | Aberdeen South | 50% |
Pending — issue-to-service mapping
Mapping each Westminster issue to the equivalent council service bucket (so “Veterans” → 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 · 7 divisions