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
September 2025 returned from the summer recess at pace: 36 divisions over eight sitting days, of which 27 were carried and nine rejected — an unusually government-favourable balance. Around 16,650 votes were cast.
Work and employment was the leading subject, tagged to twelve divisions. Party lines held firmly, with only three votes against a majority all 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