Monthly Commons digest
April 2025: the Commons month in review
Ayes and Noes · compiled from official UK Parliament data
Published 30 April 2025 2 min read
April 2025 returned to a steadier rhythm with 21 divisions over eight sitting days — seven carried and fourteen rejected — and roughly 6,900 votes cast.
Crime and justice featured most among the tagged votes. Rebellions were modest, at eighteen votes against party majorities.
21
Divisions
7
Passed
14
Rejected
6,916
Votes cast
Activity through the month
Recorded divisions per sitting day (hover a bar for the date).
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
18 votes were cast against an MP's own party majority this month.
Largest rebellion — 13 MPs voted against their party majority
Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11
29 Apr 2025
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
146 new Early Day Motions were tabled this month.
Most signed — 78 signatures
Securing habitat for endangered swifts and other cavity nesting birds
EDM 1065 · tabled by Barry Gardiner