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Division 428 · 11 February 2026

Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2026-27

Tax

What this vote was about

Debated alongside the local government finance settlement, this report sets the thresholds for council tax increases above which a local authority in England must hold a referendum in 2026-27. MPs approved it.

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AI-generated from the official voting record.

At a glance

The largest Aye bloc was Labour with 275 votes. The largest No bloc was Conservative with 87 votes. The 277 MPs who did not vote outnumbered the margin, enough to have changed the result. This motion was proposed by The Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government. This division took place during a debate on Local Government Finance.

279

Ayes

90

Noes

Passed

Result

372

Voted

Passed by 189 Ayes 279 / Noes 90

Party breakdown

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Party Party position Ayes Noes Total
Lab Labour Voted Aye 275 0 387
Con Conservative Voted No 0 87 116
Ind Independent No party whip 3 2 15
RUK Reform UK Voted No 0 3 8
DUP Democratic Unionist Party Voted Aye 1 0 5
YP Your Party Voted Aye 1 0 2
LD Liberal Democrat No clear majority 0 0 71
Lab Labour (Co-op) No clear majority 0 0 15
SNP Scottish National Party No clear majority 0 0 9
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
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
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
Adam Thompson Aye
Alan Gemmell Aye
Alan Strickland Aye
Alberto Costa No
Alex Baker Aye
Alex Ballinger Aye
Alex Burghart No
Alex Davies-Jones Aye
Alex Mayer Aye
Alex McIntyre Aye
Alice Macdonald Aye
Alison Griffiths No
Alison Hume Aye
Alison McGovern Aye
Alison Taylor Aye
Alistair Strathern Aye
Amanda Hack Aye
Amanda Martin Aye
Andrew Bowie No
Andrew Griffith No
Andrew Ranger Aye
Andrew Rosindell No
Andy MacNae Aye
Andy McDonald Aye
Anna Gelderd Aye
Anna McMorrin Aye
Anneliese Dodds Aye
Anneliese Midgley Aye
Antonia Bance Aye
Aphra Brandreth No
Apsana Begum Aye
Baggy Shanker Aye
Bambos Charalambous Aye
Barry Gardiner Aye
Becky Gittins Aye
Bell Ribeiro-Addy Aye
Ben Goldsborough Aye
Ben Obese-Jecty No
Blair McDougall Aye
Blake Stephenson No
Bob Blackman No
Bradley Thomas No
Brian Leishman Aye
Callum Anderson Aye
Catherine Atkinson Aye
Catherine Fookes Aye
Charlie Dewhirst No
Charlotte Nichols Aye
Chris Bryant Aye
Chris Curtis Aye
Chris Elmore Aye
Chris Evans Aye
Chris Hinchliff Aye
Chris Murray Aye
Chris Philp No
Chris Vince Aye
Chris Ward Aye
Christian Wakeford Aye
Claire Coutinho No
Claire Hazelgrove Aye
Claire Hughes Aye
Clive Efford Aye
Dame Chi Onwurah Aye
Dame Diana Johnson Aye
Dame Harriett Baldwin No
Dame Meg Hillier Aye
Dame Nia Griffith Aye
Dame Siobhain McDonagh Aye
Damian Hinds No
Damien Egan Aye
Dan Aldridge Aye
Dan Carden Aye
Dan Norris Aye
Dan Tomlinson Aye
Daniel Francis Aye
Daniel Zeichner Aye
Danny Beales Aye
Danny Kruger No
Darren Paffey Aye
Dave Robertson Aye
David Baines Aye
David Burton-Sampson Aye
David Davis No
David Pinto-Duschinsky Aye
David Simmonds No
David Smith Aye
David Taylor Aye
David Williams Aye
Dawn Butler Aye
Debbie Abrahams Aye
Derek Twigg Aye
Douglas McAllister Aye
Dr Allison Gardner Aye
Dr Andrew Murrison No
Dr Beccy Cooper Aye
Dr Ben Spencer No
Dr Caroline Johnson No
Dr Kieran Mullan No
Dr Lauren Sullivan Aye
Dr Luke Evans No
Dr Marie Tidball Aye
Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst No
Dr Peter Prinsley Aye
Dr Sam Rushworth Aye
Dr Scott Arthur Aye
Dr Simon Opher Aye
Dr Zubir Ahmed Aye
Edward Argar No
Ellie Reeves Aye
Emily Darlington Aye
Emma Foody Aye
Emma Hardy Aye
Emma Lewell Aye
Euan Stainbank Aye
Feryal Clark Aye
Fleur Anderson Aye
Florence Eshalomi Aye
Frank McNally Aye
Gareth Bacon No
Gareth Snell Aye
Gareth Thomas Aye
Gen Kitchen Aye
George Freeman No
Georgia Gould Aye
Gerald Jones Aye
Gill Furniss Aye
Graeme Downie Aye
Graham Stuart No
Grahame Morris Aye
Greg Smith No
Gregor Poynton Aye Teller
Gregory Stafford No
Gurinder Singh Josan Aye
Harpreet Uppal Aye
Harriet Cross No
Heidi Alexander Aye
Helen Grant No
Helen Whately No
Helena Dollimore Aye
Henry Tufnell Aye
Hilary Benn Aye
Imran Hussain Aye
Irene Campbell Aye
Jack Rankin No
Jacob Collier Aye
Jade Botterill Aye Teller
James Cartlidge No
James Naish Aye
James Wild No
Janet Daby Aye
Jas Athwal Aye
Jayne Kirkham Aye
Jen Craft Aye
Jerome Mayhew No
Jess Asato Aye
Jesse Norman No
Jessica Morden Aye
Jessica Toale Aye
Jim Dickson Aye
Jim Shannon Aye
Jo Stevens Aye
Jo White Aye
Joani Reid Aye
Johanna Baxter Aye
John Cooper No
John Glen No
John Grady Aye
John Lamont No
John McDonnell Aye
John Slinger Aye
John Whitby Aye
Jon Pearce Aye
Jon Trickett Aye
Jonathan Davies Aye
Jonathan Hinder Aye
Jonathan Reynolds Aye
Josh Dean Aye
Josh Fenton-Glynn Aye
Josh Newbury Aye
Josh Simons Aye
Joy Morrissey No
Julia Lopez No
Juliet Campbell Aye
Justin Madders Aye
Kanishka Narayan Aye
Karin Smyth Aye
Kate Dearden Aye
Kate Osamor Aye
Katie Lam No Teller
Katie White Aye
Katrina Murray Aye
Keir Mather Aye
Kerry McCarthy Aye
Kevin Bonavia Aye
Kevin Hollinrake No
Kim Leadbeater Aye
Kirsteen Sullivan Aye
Kit Malthouse No
Laura Kyrke-Smith Aye
Lauren Edwards Aye
Lee Barron Aye
Lee Pitcher Aye
Lewis Atkinson Aye
Lewis Cocking No
Liam Byrne Aye
Liam Conlon Aye
Lilian Greenwood Aye
Lillian Jones Aye
Lincoln Jopp No
Linsey Farnsworth Aye
Liz Twist Aye
Lizzi Collinge Aye
Lloyd Hatton Aye
Lola McEvoy Aye
Lorraine Beavers Aye
Luke Akehurst Aye
Luke Murphy Aye
Luke Myer Aye
Margaret Mullane Aye
Mark Ferguson Aye
Mark Garnier No
Mark Pritchard No
Mark Sewards Aye
Markus Campbell-Savours Aye
Martin McCluskey Aye
Martin Rhodes Aye
Martin Vickers No
Mary Glindon Aye
Mary Kelly Foy Aye
Matt Bishop Aye
Matt Rodda Aye
Matt Vickers No
Matt Western Aye
Matthew Patrick Aye
Matthew Pennycook Aye
Maureen Burke Aye
Maya Ellis Aye
Melanie Onn Aye
Melanie Ward Aye
Miatta Fahnbulleh Aye
Michael Payne Aye
Michelle Scrogham Aye
Michelle Welsh Aye
Mike Reader Aye
Mims Davies No
Mohammad Yasin Aye
Mr Alex Barros-Curtis Aye
Mr Andrew Snowden No Teller
Mr Clive Betts Aye
Mr Connor Rand Aye
Mr Gagan Mohindra No
Mr Hamish Falconer Aye
Mr James Frith Aye
Mr Louie French No
Mr Luke Charters Aye
Mr Mark Francois No
Mr Paul Foster Aye
Mr Richard Holden No
Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi Aye
Mr Toby Perkins Aye
Ms Abena Oppong-Asare Aye
Ms Diane Abbott Aye
Ms Julie Minns Aye
Ms Marie Rimmer Aye
Ms Polly Billington Aye
Ms Stella Creasy Aye
Nadia Whittome Aye
Natalie Fleet Aye
Natasha Irons Aye
Naushabah Khan Aye
Naz Shah Aye
Neil Duncan-Jordan Aye
Neil O'Brien No
Nick Timothy No
Nigel Huddleston No
Noah Law Aye
Oliver Ryan Aye
Olivia Blake Aye
Pam Cox Aye
Pamela Nash Aye
Patricia Ferguson Aye
Patrick Hurley Aye
Patrick Spencer No
Paul Davies Aye
Paul Holmes No
Paul Waugh Aye
Paula Barker Aye
Perran Moon Aye
Peter Dowd Aye
Peter Fortune No
Phil Brickell Aye
Preet Kaur Gill Aye
Priti Patel No
Rachael Maskell Aye
Rachel Blake Aye
Rachel Hopkins Aye
Rachel Taylor Aye
Rebecca Harris No
Rebecca Long Bailey Aye
Rebecca Paul No
Rebecca Smith No
Richard Burgon Aye
Richard Quigley Aye
Richard Tice No
Rosie Wrighting Aye
Rupert Lowe No
Rushanara Ali Aye
Ruth Cadbury Aye
Ruth Jones Aye
Samantha Dixon Aye
Samantha Niblett Aye
Sarah Bool No
Sarah Champion Aye
Sarah Edwards Aye
Sarah Hall Aye
Sarah Owen Aye
Sarah Russell Aye
Sarah Smith Aye
Satvir Kaur Aye
Sean Woodcock Aye
Seema Malhotra Aye
Simon Hoare No
Sir Alan Campbell Aye
Sir Alec Shelbrooke No
Sir Bernard Jenkin No
Sir Christopher Chope No
Sir Desmond Swayne No
Sir Edward Leigh No
Sir Gavin Williamson No
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown No
Sir Iain Duncan Smith No
Sir Jeremy Hunt No
Sir John Hayes No
Sir John Whittingdale No
Sir Julian Lewis No
Sir Julian Smith No
Sir Mark Tami Aye
Sir Mel Stride No
Sir Nicholas Dakin Aye
Sir Oliver Dowden No
Sir Roger Gale No
Sojan Joseph Aye
Sonia Kumar Aye
Stephanie Peacock Aye
Stephen Doughty Aye
Steve Barclay No
Steve Race Aye
Steve Reed Aye
Steve Witherden Aye
Steve Yemm Aye
Stuart Andrew No
Sureena Brackenridge Aye
Tahir Ali Aye
Taiwo Owatemi Aye
Terry Jermy Aye
Tim Roca Aye
Tom Collins Aye
Tom Hayes Aye
Tom Rutland Aye
Tonia Antoniazzi Aye
Tony Vaughan Aye
Torcuil Crichton Aye
Torsten Bell Aye
Tracy Gilbert Aye
Tristan Osborne Aye
Uma Kumaran Aye
Valerie Vaz Aye
Vicky Foxcroft Aye
Victoria Atkins No
Warinder Juss Aye
Yuan Yang Aye
Zarah Sultana Aye
Abtisam Mohamed —
Adam Dance —
Adam Jogee —
Adrian Ramsay —
Afzal Khan —
Al Carns —
Alan Mak —
Alex Brewer —
Alex Easton —
Alex Norris —
Alex Sobel —
Alicia Kearns —
Alison Bennett —
Andrew Cooper —
Andrew George —
Andrew Lewin —
Andrew Pakes —
Andrew Western —
Andy Slaughter —
Angela Rayner —
Ann Davies —
Anna Dixon —
Anna Sabine —
Anna Turley —
Ashley Dalton —
Ayoub Khan —
Ben Coleman —
Ben Lake —
Ben Maguire —
Bill Esterson —
Bobby Dean —
Brendan O'Hara —
Brian Mathew —
Bridget Phillipson —
Calum Miller —
Cameron Thomas —
Carla Denyer —
Carla Lockhart —
Caroline Nokes —
Caroline Voaden —
Carolyn Harris —
Cat Eccles —
Cat Smith —
Catherine McKinnell —
Catherine West —
Charlie Maynard —
Charlotte Cane —
Chris Bloore —
Chris Coghlan —
Chris Hazzard —
Chris Kane —
Chris Law —
Chris McDonald —
Chris Webb —
Christine Jardine —
Claire Hanna —
Claire Young —
Clive Jones —
Clive Lewis —
Colum Eastwood —
Connor Naismith —
Dáire Hughes —
Daisy Cooper —
Dame Angela Eagle —
Dame Caroline Dinenage —
Dame Karen Bradley —
Dan Jarvis —
Darren Jones —
Dave Doogan —
David Chadwick —
David Mundell —
David Reed —
Deirdre Costigan —
Dr Al Pinkerton —
Dr Danny Chambers —
Dr Ellie Chowns —
Dr Jeevun Sandher —
Dr Neil Hudson —
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan —
Dr Roz Savage —
Dr Rupa Huq —
Ed Davey —
Ed Miliband —
Edward Morello —
Elaine Stewart —
Emily Thornberry —
Emma Reynolds —
Esther McVey —
Fabian Hamilton —
Fred Thomas —
Freddie van Mierlo —
Gareth Davies —
Gavin Robinson —
Gideon Amos —
Gill German —
Gordon McKee —
Graham Leadbitter —
Graham Stringer —
Helen Hayes —
Helen Maguire —
Helen Morgan —
Ian Byrne —
Ian Lavery —
Ian Murray —
Ian Roome —
Ian Sollom —
Imogen Walker —
Iqbal Mohamed —
Jack Abbott —
Jake Richards —
James Asser —
James MacCleary —
James McMurdock —
James Murray —
Jamie Stone —
Jeff Smith —
Jenny Riddell-Carpenter —
Jeremy Corbyn —
Jess Brown-Fuller —
Jess Phillips —
Jim Allister —
Jim McMahon —
Jo Platt —
Jodie Gosling —
Joe Morris —
Joe Powell —
Joe Robertson —
John Finucane —
John Healey —
John Milne —
Josh Babarinde —
Josh MacAlister —
Judith Cummins —
Julia Buckley —
Karl Turner —
Kate Osborne —
Kenneth Stevenson —
Kevin McKenna —
Kim Johnson —
Kirith Entwistle —
Kirsty Blackman —
Kirsty McNeill —
Laura Trott —
Laurence Turner —
Layla Moran —
Lee Anderson —
Leigh Ingham —
Lisa Nandy —
Lisa Smart —
Liz Jarvis —
Liz Kendall —
Liz Saville Roberts —
Llinos Medi —
Louise Haigh —
Louise Sandher-Jones —
Lucy Powell —
Lucy Rigby —
Luke Pollard —
Luke Taylor —
Manuela Perteghella —
Maria Eagle —
Marie Goldman —
Marsha De Cordova —
Martin Wrigley —
Mary Creagh —
Matt Turmaine —
Max Wilkinson —
Michael Shanks —
Michael Wheeler —
Mike Kane —
Mike Martin —
Mike Tapp —
Mike Wood —
Monica Harding —
Mr Adnan Hussain —
Mr Alistair Carmichael —
Mr Angus MacDonald —
Mr Bayo Alaba —
Mr Calvin Bailey —
Mr Cathal Mallaghan —
Mr David Lammy —
Mr Douglas Alexander —
Mr Gregory Campbell —
Mr Jonathan Brash —
Mr Joshua Reynolds —
Mr Lee Dillon —
Mr Paul Kohler —
Mr Peter Bedford —
Mr Will Forster —
Mrs Elsie Blundell —
Mrs Kemi Badenoch —
Mrs Sharon Hodgson —
Ms Nusrat Ghani —
Munira Wilson —
Navendu Mishra —
Neil Coyle —
Nesil Caliskan —
Nick Smith —
Nick Thomas-Symonds —
Nigel Farage —
Olivia Bailey —
Olly Glover —
Órfhlaith Begley —
Pat Cullen —
Pat McFadden —
Paul Maskey —
Paulette Hamilton —
Pete Wishart —
Peter Kyle —
Peter Lamb —
Peter Swallow —
Pippa Heylings —
Rachel Gilmour —
Rachel Reeves —
Richard Baker —
Richard Foord —
Richard Fuller —
Rishi Sunak —
Robbie Moore —
Robert Jenrick —
Robin Swann —
Rosie Duffield —
Sadik Al-Hassan —
Sally Jameson —
Sam Carling —
Sammy Wilson —
Saqib Bhatti —
Sarah Coombes —
Sarah Dyke —
Sarah Gibson —
Sarah Green —
Sarah Jones —
Sarah Olney —
Sarah Pochin —
Sarah Sackman —
Seamus Logan —
Shabana Mahmood —
Shaun Davies —
Shivani Raja —
Shockat Adam —
Siân Berry —
Simon Lightwood —
Sir Andrew Mitchell —
Sir Ashley Fox —
Sir Geoffrey Cox —
Sir James Cleverly —
Sir Jeremy Wright —
Sir Keir Starmer —
Sir Lindsay Hoyle —
Sir Mark Hendrick —
Sir Stephen Timms —
Sorcha Eastwood —
Steff Aquarone —
Stephen Flynn —
Stephen Gethins —
Stephen Kinnock —
Stephen Morgan —
Steve Darling —
Stuart Anderson —
Suella Braverman —
Susan Murray —
Tessa Munt —
Tim Farron —
Tom Gordon —
Tom Morrison —
Tom Tugendhat —
Tulip Siddiq —
Victoria Collins —
Vikki Slade —
Wendy Chamberlain —
Wendy Morton —
Wera Hobhouse —
Wes Streeting —
Will Stone —
Yasmin Qureshi —
Yvette Cooper —
Zöe Franklin —
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