Monthly Commons digest

December 2024: the Commons month in review

Ayes and Noes · compiled from official UK Parliament data

Published 31 December 2024 2 min read

December 2024 kept a busy pace before the Christmas recess: 22 divisions over seven sitting days, with fifteen rejected and seven carried, and roughly 10,100 votes cast.

Tax again led the tagged topics. Some 54 votes were cast against a party majority — a smaller rebellion tally than November's, but still well above the autumn norm.

22

Divisions

7

Passed

15

Rejected

10,139

Votes cast

Activity through the month

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

0 3 6 3 Dec 2024: 3 divisions 33 4 Dec 2024: 2 divisions 24 6 Dec 2024: 1 division 16 9 Dec 2024: 1 division 19 10 Dec 2024: 4 divisions 410 11 Dec 2024: 6 divisions 611 17 Dec 2024: 5 divisions 517

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

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

Largest rebellion — 51 MPs voted against their party majority

Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion

3 Dec 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

104 new Early Day Motions were tabled this month.

Most signed — 68 signatures

Review into breast cancer screening

EDM 524 · tabled by Wera Hobhouse