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).
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