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Labour vs Social Democratic & Labour Party

A side-by-side comparison of party size, voting engagement, topic stance, expenses, debates, and majority-vote disagreements.

Lab
Labour
361 current MPs
vs
SDLP
Social Democratic & Labour Party
2 current MPs

Party profile

361
current Commons MPs
Current MPs
2
current Commons MPs
411
latest election snapshot
Election seats
2
latest election snapshot

Voting record

73.6 %
same as Commons average
Engagement
50.8 %
22 % below Commons average

Debates

46.2
16,674 total appearances
Appearances
15.5
31 total appearances
103.5
37,359 total contributions
Contributions
25.0
50 total contributions

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials

£222,335
2 % below average
Avg expenses
£314,529
39 % above average
£80,263,006
361 MPs with imported expenses
Total expenses
£629,059
2 MPs with imported expenses

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25.

Topic stance

53.7%
4,981 Aye / 4,297 No
Devolution / Local Government 22.5pp diff
76.2%
16 Aye / 5 No
48.7%
3,617 Aye / 3,815 No
NHS / Health 20.2pp diff
68.9%
31 Aye / 14 No
66.2%
6,000 Aye / 3,060 No
Energy 19.1pp diff
85.4%
35 Aye / 6 No
51.2%
5,247 Aye / 4,999 No
Defence 13.5pp diff
64.7%
33 Aye / 18 No
60.7%
12,389 Aye / 8,035 No
Brexit / EU 13.4pp diff
47.3%
52 Aye / 58 No
100.0%
615 Aye / 0 No
Cost of Living 9.1pp diff
90.9%
10 Aye / 1 No
70.8%
4,631 Aye / 1,908 No
Digital / Online Safety 9.1pp diff
61.8%
21 Aye / 13 No
41.8%
2,531 Aye / 3,518 No
Democracy / Parliament 8.5pp diff
33.3%
14 Aye / 28 No

Recent majority-vote disagreements

No 14-300
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye 2-0
Aye 227-3
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No 0-2
Aye 220-3
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No 0-1
Aye 277-0
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 9 Mar 2026
Education
No 0-1
Aye 279-0
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Third Reading 21 Jan 2026
Tax
No 0-1
Aye 266-24
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
No 0-1
No 0-266
Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 26 3 Dec 2025
Benefits
Aye 1-0
No 0-267
Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 3 3 Dec 2025
Benefits
Aye 1-0
Aye 276-0
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 60 15 Sep 2025
Work / Employment
No 0-1
Aye 295-46
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No 0-2
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API