Biodiversity
Wildlife and habitat protection
Based on 3 parliamentary votes
Related Environment Issues
How Parties Voted on Biodiversity
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 on whether to allow a single combined report to satisfy two separate reporting requirements under the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill, which implements the international BBNJ agreement on protecting marine biodiversity in international waters. This was an Opposition amendment to streamline reporting obligations on those operating under the Bill. Yes = Support allowing a single report to fulfil dual reporting requirements under the Bill, reducing administrative burden · No = Oppose merging the two reporting requirements into a single report, preferring to keep them separate as drafted Govt: No | 144-319 | 17 Nov 2025 |
Vote on a proposed amendment to the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill that would allow the government to charge fees within the framework of the international marine biodiversity agreement. The Bill itself aims to implement the BBNJ treaty, which protects marine biodiversity in international waters beyond any single nation's control. Yes = Support adding a fee-charging provision to the BBNJ implementation bill, allowing the government to recover costs associated with administering the marine biodiversity framework · No = Oppose the fee-charging amendment, either preferring the bill without this addition or disagreeing with how the provision is framed — while broadly supporting the BBNJ treaty itself Govt: No | 149-319 | 17 Nov 2025 |
MPs voted on whether to approve regulations introducing a Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) for drinks containers in England and Northern Ireland, under which consumers pay a small deposit when buying drinks in eligible containers and get it back when they return them for recycling. Yes = Support introducing a deposit return scheme to boost recycling rates and reduce plastic and can litter · No = Oppose the deposit return scheme, likely citing concerns about costs to businesses, consumers, or the scheme's design Govt: Aye | 353-76 | 21 Jan 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.