Monthly Commons digest

November 2024: the Commons month in review

Ayes and Noes · compiled from official UK Parliament data

Published 30 November 2024 2 min read

November 2024 was shaped by the aftermath of the Budget. Across eight sitting days the Commons held 24 divisions — 18 carried and six rejected — and tax was comfortably the most divided-on subject, featuring in fourteen tagged votes. Around 12,000 votes were cast in all.

It also brought the session's first sizeable rebellion: 237 votes were recorded against an MP's own party majority, far above the near-zero tallies of the opening months.

24

Divisions

18

Passed

6

Rejected

12,046

Votes cast

Activity through the month

Recorded divisions per sitting day (hover a bar for the date).

0 5 10 6 Nov 2024: 10 divisions 106 12 Nov 2024: 5 divisions 512 13 Nov 2024: 1 division 113 19 Nov 2024: 2 divisions 219 25 Nov 2024: 2 divisions 225 26 Nov 2024: 1 division 126 27 Nov 2024: 2 divisions 227 29 Nov 2024: 1 division 129

Bars show sitting days on which the Commons divided; the axis numbers are divisions held.

Notable divisions

What was debated

Topics by number of divisions tagged (locally derived).

Rebellions

237 votes were cast against an MP's own party majority this month.

Largest rebellion — 185 MPs voted against their party majority

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading

29 Nov 2024

Most active MPs

By recorded votes cast this month (a participation measure, not a judgement of effectiveness). Party shown as at the time.

Early Day Motions

131 new Early Day Motions were tabled this month.

Most signed — 57 signatures

Use of swift bricks

EDM 390 · tabled by Adam Dance