Monthly Commons digest
May 2025: the Commons month in review
Ayes and Noes · compiled from official UK Parliament data
Published 31 May 2025 2 min read
May 2025 brought twenty divisions across seven sitting days — eight carried and twelve rejected — with around 8,600 votes cast. Online safety and digital regulation were the most divided-on themes.
The month also saw rebellions pick up sharply: 322 votes were cast against a party majority, the largest tally since the post-Budget period.
20
Divisions
8
Passed
12
Rejected
8,637
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
322 votes were cast against an MP's own party majority this month.
Largest rebellion — 157 MPs voted against their party majority
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10
16 May 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
144 new Early Day Motions were tabled this month.
Most signed — 106 signatures
Climate and Nature Bill
EDM 1184 · tabled by Clive Lewis