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Asylum

Asylum seekers and refugee policy

Based on 2 parliamentary votes

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How Parties Voted on Asylum

Government alignment shows how often each party voted with the government's stated position. Issue-aligned direction shows agreement with the AI-identified supportive stance.

Voted with government positionVoted in issue-aligned direction
Scottish National Party9 MPs · 16 votes
100%
50%
Labour Party343 MPs · 579 votes
100%
48%
Labour and Co-operative Party41 MPs · 64 votes
100%
48%
Green Party of England and Wales4 MPs · 6 votes
100%
33%
Independent12 MPs · 16 votes
69%
63%
Reform UK8 MPs · 11 votes
0%
64%
Democratic Unionist Party5 MPs · 9 votes
0%
56%
Conservative and Unionist Party111 MPs · 183 votes
0%
55%

Recent Votes

VoteResultDate
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37
MPs voted on whether to reject a Lords amendment to the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill — the only remaining point of disagreement between the two Houses. The government argued the amendment was unnecessary given their new asylum policy statement, while supporters of the Lords change wanted it retained as a safeguard.
Yes = Support the government rejecting the Lords amendment, trusting the government's asylum policy statement as sufficient without the additional legislative requirement · No = Support retaining the Lords amendment, preferring the additional safeguard to be written into the legislation rather than relying on a policy statement
Govt: Aye		327-9519 Nov 2025
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: Reasoned Amendment on Second Reading
MPs voted on whether to block the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill from progressing. The bill aims to strengthen UK border security, tackle criminal people-smuggling gangs with counter-terror-style powers, and restore order to the immigration and asylum systems. A 'reasoned amendment' is an opposition attempt to prevent the bill passing its Second Reading.
Yes = Support blocking the bill, signalling opposition to the government's approach to border security and immigration reform · No = Support the bill proceeding, backing Labour's plan to tackle illegal immigration, criminal gangs, and restore order to the asylum system
Govt: No		117-35610 Feb 2025
How is this calculated?

Government alignment (primary bar) shows how often a party's MPs voted with the government's stated position on this issue. This is the most comparable metric across parties, as it measures the same reference point for everyone.

Issue-aligned direction (secondary bar) shows how often MPs voted in the direction tagged as supportive of this issue by AI analysis. For example, if a vote is tagged “pro-environment”, a Yes vote counts as aligned. This can be misleading when the tagged direction happens to align with opposition amendments rather than government bills.

Why these metrics may differ: Opposition parties often vote against government bills for strategic or procedural reasons, even when they broadly support the policy area. The government alignment metric makes this clearer by showing the actual voting pattern against a consistent reference.

Source: Commons division data from the UK Parliament Votes API. Alignment direction determined by AI analysis of vote stance tags. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.