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Monthly Commons digest

September 2025: the Commons month in review

Ayes and Noes · compiled from official UK Parliament data

Published 30 September 2025 2 min read

After the summer recess, September 2025 saw 36 divisions over eight sitting days, of which 27 were carried and nine rejected. Around 16,650 votes were cast.

Work and employment was the leading subject, tagged to twelve divisions. Three votes were recorded against a party majority across the month.

36

Divisions

27

Passed

9

Rejected

16,650

Votes cast

Activity through the month

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

0 6 12 2 Sep 2025: 2 divisions 22 3 Sep 2025: 2 divisions 23 4 Sep 2025: 3 divisions 34 8 Sep 2025: 7 divisions 78 9 Sep 2025: 2 divisions 29 10 Sep 2025: 5 divisions 510 15 Sep 2025: 12 divisions 1215 16 Sep 2025: 3 divisions 316

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

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

Largest rebellion — 1 MPs voted against their party majority

Child poverty strategy (removal of two child limit): Ten Minute Rule Motion

16 Sep 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

188 new Early Day Motions were tabled this month.

Most signed — 61 signatures

Armed Forces Training Contract and Elbit Systems

EDM 1784 · tabled by Brian Leishman