Child Poverty
Child poverty and family support
Based on 1 parliamentary vote
Related Welfare and Benefits Issues
How Parties Voted on Child Poverty
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 introduce a Bill requiring the government to publish a child poverty strategy that includes removing the two-child limit on Universal Credit — a rule that stops families claiming support for a third or subsequent child. The motion was brought by SNP MP Kirsty Blackman, with Conservatives opposing on grounds of personal responsibility and fairness. Yes = Support introducing legislation to scrap the two-child benefit limit as part of a formal child poverty strategy · No = Oppose scrapping the two-child limit, arguing it undermines personal responsibility and fiscal fairness | 95-78 | 16 Sept 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.