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Division 453 · 18 March 2026

Opposition day: Student loans

Opposition

What this vote was about

On this Opposition day the Conservatives moved a motion criticising the Government's approach to student loans and the student finance system. MPs rejected the motion, voting instead for a Government amendment that welcomed the Government's plans to make the system "fairer and financially sustainable" and the reintroduction of maintenance grants.

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AI-generated from the official voting record.

At a glance

The largest Aye bloc was Conservative with 86 votes. The largest No bloc was Labour with 264 votes. The 296 MPs who did not vote outnumbered the margin, enough to have changed the result. This division took place during a debate on Student Loans.

88

Ayes

266

Noes

Rejected

Result

354

Voted

Rejected by 178 Ayes 88 / Noes 266

Party breakdown

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Party Party position Ayes Noes Total
Lab Labour Voted No 0 264 391
Con Conservative Voted Aye 86 0 116
Ind Independent No party whip 1 1 11
DUP Democratic Unionist Party Voted Aye 1 0 5
UUP Ulster Unionist Party Voted Aye 1 0 1
LD Liberal Democrat No clear majority 0 0 71
Lab Labour (Co-op) No clear majority 0 0 14
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 5
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

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