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Division 423 · 28 January 2026

Opposition Day: Youth unemployment

Opposition Work / Employment

What this vote was about

On an Opposition day, the Conservatives' Helen Whately moved a motion regretting rising youth unemployment and the number of young people not in education, employment or training, blaming Government measures such as the rise in employer National Insurance contributions, reduced business rates relief and the Employment Rights Act 2025. MPs rejected the motion, and the Government's amendment was then added.

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AI-generated from the official voting record.

At a glance

The largest Aye bloc was Conservative with 91 votes. The largest No bloc was Labour with 283 votes. The 270 MPs who did not vote outnumbered the margin, enough to have changed the result. This motion was proposed by Helen Whately. This division took place during a debate on Youth Unemployment.

91

Ayes

287

Noes

Rejected

Result

379

Voted

Rejected by 196 Ayes 91 / Noes 287

Party breakdown

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Party Party position Ayes Noes Total
Lab Labour Voted No 0 283 394
Con Conservative Voted Aye 91 0 116
Ind Independent No party whip 1 3 12
DUP Democratic Unionist Party Voted Aye 1 0 5
LD Liberal Democrat No clear majority 0 0 71
Lab Labour (Co-op) No clear majority 0 0 10
SNP Scottish National Party No clear majority 0 0 9
RUK Reform UK No clear majority 0 0 8
SF Sinn Féin No clear majority 0 0 7
Green Green Party No clear majority 0 0 4
PC Plaid Cymru No clear majority 0 0 4
YP Your Party No clear majority 0 0 2
SDLP Social Democratic & Labour Party No clear majority 0 0 2
TUV Traditional Unionist Voice No clear majority 0 0 1
APNI Alliance No clear majority 0 0 1
Spk Speaker No party whip 0 0 1
RB Restore Britain No clear majority 0 0 1
UUP Ulster Unionist Party No clear majority 0 0 1

"Party position" is how the majority of each party's voting members voted in this division. Parliament does not publish official whipping instructions, so this is derived from the recorded votes. "Rebels" are members who voted against their party's majority; Independent and Speaker roles have no party whip.

Constituencies coloured by how the local MP voted.

Aye
No
Did not vote

Individual votes

MP Vote
Abtisam Mohamed No
Adam Thompson No
Afzal Khan No
Alan Gemmell No
Alan Mak Aye
Alan Strickland No
Alberto Costa Aye
Alex Burghart Aye
Alex Davies-Jones No
Alex Mayer No
Alex McIntyre No
Alex Sobel No
Alice Macdonald No
Alison McGovern No
Alistair Strathern No
Amanda Hack No
Amanda Martin No
Andrew Cooper No
Andrew Lewin No
Andrew Pakes No
Andrew Ranger No
Andrew Western No
Andy McDonald No
Andy Slaughter No
Angela Rayner No
Anna Dixon No
Anna McMorrin No
Anna Turley No
Anneliese Dodds No
Anneliese Midgley No
Aphra Brandreth Aye
Apsana Begum No
Baggy Shanker No
Bambos Charalambous No
Barry Gardiner No
Becky Gittins No
Ben Coleman No
Ben Goldsborough No
Ben Obese-Jecty Aye
Bill Esterson No
Blair McDougall No
Blake Stephenson Aye
Bob Blackman Aye
Bradley Thomas Aye
Brian Leishman No
Bridget Phillipson No
Callum Anderson No
Carolyn Harris No
Cat Smith No
Catherine Atkinson No
Catherine Fookes No
Catherine West No
Charlie Dewhirst Aye
Charlotte Nichols No
Chris Curtis No
Chris Evans No
Chris Hinchliff No
Chris Kane No
Chris McDonald No
Chris Murray No
Chris Philp Aye
Chris Vince No
Chris Ward No
Chris Webb No
Christian Wakeford No
Claire Hazelgrove No
Claire Hughes No
Clive Efford No
Clive Lewis No
Connor Naismith No
Dame Angela Eagle No
Dame Caroline Dinenage Aye
Dame Chi Onwurah No
Dame Diana Johnson No
Dame Harriett Baldwin Aye
Dame Meg Hillier No
Dame Nia Griffith No
Dame Siobhain McDonagh No
Damian Hinds Aye
Dan Norris No
Daniel Francis No
Daniel Zeichner No
Danny Beales No
Darren Paffey No
Dave Robertson No
David Baines No
David Burton-Sampson No
David Davis Aye
David Mundell Aye
David Reed Aye
David Simmonds Aye Teller
David Taylor No
David Williams No
Debbie Abrahams No
Deirdre Costigan No Teller
Douglas McAllister No
Dr Andrew Murrison Aye
Dr Beccy Cooper No
Dr Caroline Johnson Aye
Dr Jeevun Sandher No
Dr Kieran Mullan Aye
Dr Luke Evans Aye
Dr Marie Tidball No
Dr Neil Hudson Aye
Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst Aye
Dr Rupa Huq No
Dr Zubir Ahmed No
Ed Miliband No
Edward Argar Aye
Elaine Stewart No
Ellie Reeves No
Emily Darlington No
Emily Thornberry No
Emma Foody No
Emma Hardy No
Emma Reynolds No
Euan Stainbank No
Fabian Hamilton No
Feryal Clark No
Florence Eshalomi No
Frank McNally No
Gareth Bacon Aye
Gareth Davies Aye
Gareth Snell No
Gareth Thomas No
Gen Kitchen No
George Freeman Aye
Georgia Gould No
Gerald Jones No
Gill Furniss No
Gordon McKee No
Graham Stuart Aye
Grahame Morris No
Greg Smith Aye
Gregor Poynton No
Gregory Stafford Aye
Gurinder Singh Josan No
Harpreet Uppal No
Harriet Cross Aye
Heidi Alexander No
Helen Hayes No
Helen Whately Aye
Helena Dollimore No
Henry Tufnell No
Hilary Benn No
Ian Byrne No
Ian Lavery No
Iqbal Mohamed No
Irene Campbell No
Jack Abbott No
Jack Rankin Aye
Jacob Collier No
Jade Botterill No
Jake Richards No
James Asser No
James Cartlidge Aye
James Naish No
James Wild Aye
Janet Daby No
Jas Athwal No
Jayne Kirkham No
Jeff Smith No
Jen Craft No
Jenny Riddell-Carpenter No
Jerome Mayhew Aye
Jess Asato No
Jesse Norman Aye
Jessica Toale No
Jim McMahon No
Jim Shannon Aye
Jo Platt No
Jo Stevens No
Joani Reid No
Joe Powell No
Joe Robertson Aye
Johanna Baxter No
John Glen Aye
John Grady No
John Lamont Aye
John McDonnell No
John Whitby No
Jon Pearce No
Jon Trickett No
Jonathan Davies No
Jonathan Hinder No
Jonathan Reynolds No
Josh Dean No
Josh Fenton-Glynn No
Josh MacAlister No
Josh Newbury No
Josh Simons No
Joy Morrissey Aye
Julia Buckley No
Julia Lopez Aye
Juliet Campbell No
Kanishka Narayan No
Kate Dearden No
Keir Mather No
Kerry McCarthy No
Kevin Bonavia No
Kevin Hollinrake Aye
Kevin McKenna No
Kim Johnson No
Kim Leadbeater No
Kirsteen Sullivan No
Kit Malthouse Aye
Laura Kyrke-Smith No
Laura Trott Aye
Laurence Turner No
Lee Pitcher No
Lewis Cocking Aye
Liam Conlon No
Lilian Greenwood No
Lillian Jones No
Lincoln Jopp Aye
Liz Twist No
Lizzi Collinge No
Lloyd Hatton No
Lorraine Beavers No
Louise Haigh No
Louise Sandher-Jones No
Luke Akehurst No
Luke Murphy No
Luke Myer No
Luke Pollard No
Mark Ferguson No Teller
Mark Garnier Aye
Mark Pritchard Aye
Markus Campbell-Savours No
Marsha De Cordova No
Martin McCluskey No
Martin Rhodes No
Martin Vickers Aye
Mary Creagh No
Mary Glindon No
Mary Kelly Foy No
Matt Bishop No
Matt Turmaine No
Matt Vickers Aye
Matt Western No
Matthew Patrick No
Matthew Pennycook No
Maureen Burke No
Maya Ellis No
Melanie Onn No
Miatta Fahnbulleh No
Michael Wheeler No
Michelle Welsh No
Mike Wood Aye
Mims Davies Aye
Mohammad Yasin No
Mr Alex Barros-Curtis No
Mr Andrew Snowden Aye
Mr Bayo Alaba No
Mr Clive Betts No
Mr Connor Rand No
Mr Gagan Mohindra Aye
Mr James Frith No
Mr Jonathan Brash No
Mr Louie French Aye
Mr Luke Charters No
Mr Mark Francois Aye
Mr Paul Foster No
Mr Peter Bedford Aye
Mr Richard Holden Aye
Mr Toby Perkins No
Mrs Elsie Blundell No
Mrs Sharon Hodgson No
Ms Abena Oppong-Asare No
Ms Julie Minns No
Ms Marie Rimmer No
Ms Polly Billington No
Ms Stella Creasy No
Nadia Whittome No
Natalie Fleet No
Natasha Irons No
Naushabah Khan No
Navendu Mishra No
Naz Shah No
Neil Coyle No
Neil Duncan-Jordan No
Neil O'Brien Aye
Nick Smith No
Nick Thomas-Symonds No
Nick Timothy Aye
Nigel Huddleston Aye
Noah Law No
Oliver Ryan No
Olivia Blake No
Pam Cox No
Patricia Ferguson No
Patrick Hurley No
Patrick Spencer Aye
Paul Davies No
Paul Holmes Aye Teller
Paul Waugh No
Paula Barker No
Paulette Hamilton No
Peter Dowd No
Peter Fortune Aye
Peter Lamb No
Peter Swallow No
Phil Brickell No
Preet Kaur Gill No
Priti Patel Aye
Rachael Maskell No
Rachel Blake No
Rachel Hopkins No
Rachel Taylor No
Rebecca Harris Aye
Rebecca Long Bailey No
Rebecca Paul Aye
Rebecca Smith Aye
Richard Burgon No
Richard Fuller Aye
Rosie Wrighting No
Rushanara Ali No
Ruth Jones No
Sadik Al-Hassan No
Sally Jameson No
Sam Carling No
Sarah Bool Aye
Sarah Coombes No
Sarah Hall No
Sarah Jones No
Sarah Owen No
Sarah Russell No
Sarah Sackman No
Sarah Smith No
Satvir Kaur No
Sean Woodcock No
Shaun Davies No
Simon Hoare Aye
Sir Alan Campbell No
Sir Alec Shelbrooke Aye
Sir Andrew Mitchell Aye
Sir Ashley Fox Aye
Sir Bernard Jenkin Aye
Sir Desmond Swayne Aye
Sir Gavin Williamson Aye
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Aye
Sir Geoffrey Cox Aye
Sir Iain Duncan Smith Aye
Sir James Cleverly Aye
Sir John Hayes Aye
Sir John Whittingdale Aye
Sir Julian Lewis Aye
Sir Julian Smith Aye
Sir Mark Hendrick No
Sir Mel Stride Aye
Sir Nicholas Dakin No
Sir Roger Gale Aye
Sir Stephen Timms No
Sojan Joseph No
Stephanie Peacock No
Stephen Kinnock No
Stephen Morgan No
Steve Race No
Steve Witherden No
Steve Yemm No
Stuart Andrew Aye
Sureena Brackenridge No
Tahir Ali No
Taiwo Owatemi No
Terry Jermy No
Tim Roca No
Tom Collins No
Tom Tugendhat Aye
Torcuil Crichton No
Tracy Gilbert No
Tristan Osborne No
Tulip Siddiq No
Uma Kumaran No
Valerie Vaz No
Victoria Atkins Aye
Warinder Juss No
Wendy Morton Aye
Yasmin Qureshi No
Yuan Yang No
Adam Dance —
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Adrian Ramsay —
Al Carns —
Alex Baker —
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Alex Norris —
Alicia Kearns —
Alison Bennett —
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Andrew Bowie —
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Ashley Dalton —
Ayoub Khan —
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Ben Lake —
Ben Maguire —
Bobby Dean —
Brendan O'Hara —
Brian Mathew —
Calum Miller —
Cameron Thomas —
Carla Denyer —
Carla Lockhart —
Caroline Nokes —
Caroline Voaden —
Cat Eccles —
Catherine McKinnell —
Charlie Maynard —
Charlotte Cane —
Chris Bloore —
Chris Bryant —
Chris Coghlan —
Chris Elmore —
Chris Hazzard —
Chris Law —
Christine Jardine —
Claire Coutinho —
Claire Hanna —
Claire Young —
Clive Jones —
Colum Eastwood —
Dáire Hughes —
Daisy Cooper —
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Damien Egan —
Dan Aldridge —
Dan Carden —
Dan Jarvis —
Dan Tomlinson —
Danny Kruger —
Darren Jones —
Dave Doogan —
David Chadwick —
David Pinto-Duschinsky —
David Smith —
Dawn Butler —
Derek Twigg —
Dr Al Pinkerton —
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Dr Lauren Sullivan —
Dr Peter Prinsley —
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Dr Roz Savage —
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Ed Davey —
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Lucy Powell —
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Sarah Champion —
Sarah Dyke —
Sarah Edwards —
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Sarah Olney —
Sarah Pochin —
Seamus Logan —
Seema Malhotra —
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Siân Berry —
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