BBC and Media
Broadcasting and media regulation
Based on 1 parliamentary vote
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How Parties Voted on BBC and Media
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.
Recent Votes
| Vote | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|
Vote to approve a government order updating the legal definition of 'newspaper' under the Enterprise Act 2002 to include online-only news publishers, ensuring merger rules that protect media plurality apply to digital news outlets as well as traditional print titles. Yes = Support modernising media merger rules to cover online-only news publishers, protecting plurality and diversity in the digital news landscape · No = Oppose or express concern about this order, potentially citing worries about broader media ownership rules, including a separate SI permitting up to 15% foreign government ownership of UK newspapers Govt: Aye | 333-54 | 16 Jul 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.