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Tax
Quarterly digests
How the Commons voted on Tax, quarter by quarter, latest Q3 2026.
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At a glance
Tax currently covers 323 imported Commons divisions tagged by local title keyword rules. Of those, 131 passed and 192 were rejected. The most recent, “Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax” (14 Oct 2026), was rejected. The largest party vote sample shown here is Labour with 54,256 recorded votes. Topic labels are local Ayes and Noes analysis, not official Commons categories.
Topic snapshot
Current signals from tagged divisions, party votes, and MP participation.
Party breakdown
How parties vote on Tax divisions.
| Party | Votes | Aye % |
|---|---|---|
| Lab Labour | 54,256 |
60.1%
|
| Con Conservative | 23,787 |
37.3%
|
| LD Liberal Democrat | 6,462 |
48.4%
|
| SNP Scottish National Party | 1,043 |
59.3%
|
| DUP Democratic Unionist Party | 941 |
43.7%
|
Recent divisions
Latest Commons divisions tagged as Tax.
Highest participation
Current MPs with the highest participation rate in this topic.
| # | MP | Party | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deirdre Costigan Labour | Labour | 94.7% 107/113 |
| 2 | Kate Dearden Labour (Co-op) | Labour (Co-op) | 94.7% 107/113 |
| 3 | Paul Waugh Labour (Co-op) | Labour (Co-op) | 94.7% 107/113 |
| 4 | Steve Yemm Labour | Labour | 94.7% 107/113 |
| 5 | Tristan Osborne Labour | Labour | 94.7% 107/113 |
| 6 | Alan Strickland Labour | Labour | 93.8% 106/113 |
| 7 | Claire Hughes Labour | Labour | 93.8% 106/113 |
| 8 | Danny Beales Labour | Labour | 93.8% 106/113 |
| 9 | David Burton-Sampson Labour | Labour | 93.8% 106/113 |
| 10 | Harpreet Uppal Labour | Labour | 93.8% 106/113 |
Lowest participation*
Current MPs with the lowest participation rate in this topic (minimum 3 eligible divisions).
| # | MP | Party | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andy Burnham Labour (Co-op) | Labour (Co-op) | 0.0% 0/5 |
| 2 | Sorcha Eastwood Alliance | Alliance | 13.3% 15/113 |
| 3 | Ayoub Khan Independent | Independent | 26.5% 30/113 |
| 4 | Claire Hanna Social Democratic & Labour Party | Social Democratic & Labour Party | 27.0% 62/230 |
| 5 | Alex Easton Independent | Independent | 38.9% 44/113 |
| 6 | Mr David Lammy Labour | Labour | 39.6% 128/323 |
| 7 | Rishi Sunak Conservative | Conservative | 39.6% 128/323 |
| 8 | Freddie van Mierlo Liberal Democrat | Liberal Democrat | 39.8% 45/113 |
| 9 | Maureen Burke Labour | Labour | 40.7% 46/113 |
| 10 | Colum Eastwood Social Democratic & Labour Party | Social Democratic & Labour Party | 42.2% 97/230 |
* Sinn Féin MPs and the Speaker are excluded from low-participation rankings because they generally do not take part in Commons divisions in the same way as party MPs.
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FAQs
What is the Tax topic?
Tax is a local Ayes and Noes topic assigned to Commons divisions whose titles match curated keyword rules. Source
How many Tax divisions are tagged?
323 imported Commons divisions are currently tagged as Tax. 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