Monthly Commons digest
January 2026: the Commons month in review
Ayes and Noes · compiled from official UK Parliament data
Published 31 January 2026 2 min read
January 2026 opened the year with 28 divisions across eight sitting days — twelve carried and sixteen rejected — and around 13,500 votes cast.
Tax led the tagged topics once more. Thirty-eight votes were recorded against party majorities, a modest uptick on the closing months of 2025.
28
Divisions
12
Passed
16
Rejected
13,490
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
Closest result — rejected by 108 votes
Opposition Day: Jury trials
7 Jan 2026 · Ayes 182 / Noes 290
Largest rebellion — 26 MPs voted against their party majority
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025
14 Jan 2026 · Ayes 301 / Noes 110
What was debated
Topics by number of divisions tagged (locally derived).
Rebellions
38 votes were cast against an MP's own party majority this month.
Largest rebellion — 26 MPs voted against their party majority
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025
14 Jan 2026
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
169 new Early Day Motions were tabled this month.
Most signed — 76 signatures
Situation in Iran
EDM 2566 · tabled by Jim Shannon