Topic

Cost of Living

Commons divisions tagged from local title keyword rules, with recent votes and MP participation rankings.

Highest participation

Current MPs with the highest participation rate in this topic.

#	MP	Party	Rate
1	Ben Lake Plaid Cymru	Plaid Cymru	90.0 % 9/10
2	Alan Mak Conservative	Conservative	80.0 % 8/10
3	Alex Burghart Conservative	Conservative	80.0 % 8/10
4	Andrew Griffith Conservative	Conservative	80.0 % 8/10
5	Bob Blackman Conservative	Conservative	80.0 % 8/10
6	Brendan O'Hara Scottish National Party	Scottish National Party	80.0 % 8/10
7	Chris Philp Conservative	Conservative	80.0 % 8/10
8	Colum Eastwood Social Democratic & Labour Party	Social Democratic & Labour Party	80.0 % 8/10
9	Damian Hinds Conservative	Conservative	80.0 % 8/10
10	Danny Kruger Reform UK	Reform UK	80.0 % 8/10

Lowest participation

Current MPs with the lowest participation rate in this topic (minimum 3 eligible divisions).

#	MP	Party	Rate
1	Chris Hazzard Sinn Féin	Sinn Féin	0.0 % 0/10
2	Debbie Abrahams Labour	Labour	0.0 % 0/10
3	John Finucane Sinn Féin	Sinn Féin	0.0 % 0/10
4	Kate Osamor Labour (Co-op)	Labour (Co-op)	0.0 % 0/10
5	Órfhlaith Begley Sinn Féin	Sinn Féin	0.0 % 0/10
6	Paul Maskey Sinn Féin	Sinn Féin	0.0 % 0/10
7	Priti Patel Conservative	Conservative	0.0 % 0/10
8	Rachel Reeves Labour	Labour	0.0 % 0/10
9	Rishi Sunak Conservative	Conservative	0.0 % 0/10
10	Sir Jeremy Hunt Conservative	Conservative	0.0 % 0/10

Party breakdown

How parties vote on Cost of Living divisions.

Party	Votes	Aye %
Lab Labour	615	100.0%
Con Conservative	566	24.6%
LD Liberal Democrat	104	100.0%
Lab Labour (Co-op)	81	100.0%
SNP Scottish National Party	35	85.7%

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Recent divisions

Latest Commons divisions tagged as Cost of Living.

Division	Date	Ayes	Noes
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026	22 Apr 2026	380	7
Opposition Day: Cost of living and Brexit Opposition 14 Jun 2023	14 Jun 2023	43	260
Opposition Day: Cost of living: Government Amendment Opposition 16 May 2023	16 May 2023	283	47
Opposition Day: Cost of living Opposition 16 May 2023	16 May 2023	45	287
Opposition Day: Cost of living increases: Prime Minister's amendment Opposition 25 Apr 2023	25 Apr 2023	285	0
Opposition Day: Cost of living increases Opposition 25 Apr 2023	25 Apr 2023	214	288
Energy Prices Bill Committee: Amendment 2 17 Oct 2022	17 Oct 2022	229	303
Energy Prices Bill Committee: New Clause 18 17 Oct 2022	17 Oct 2022	61	304
Energy Prices Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Oct 2022	17 Oct 2022	227	302
Opposition Day: Increases in the cost of living Opposition 24 Jan 2022	24 Jan 2022	57	0

Division source Commons Votes API

Topic rules Local keyword rules in Data/topic-rules.json

FAQs

What is the Cost of Living topic?

Cost of Living is a local Ayes and Noes topic assigned to Commons divisions whose titles match curated keyword rules. Source

How many Cost of Living divisions are tagged?

10 imported Commons divisions are currently tagged as Cost of Living. Source

Where does topic data come from?

Division titles and vote data come from the Commons Votes API. Topic labels are assigned locally from title keyword rules because the Commons Votes API does not provide topic categories. Source