Topic
Work / Employment
Quarterly digests
How the Commons voted on Work / Employment, quarter by quarter — latest Q4 2025.
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At a glance
Work / Employment currently covers 75 imported Commons divisions tagged by local title keyword rules. Of those, 59 passed and 16 were rejected. The most recent — “ Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026” (18 Mar 2026) — passed. The largest party vote sample shown here is Labour with 15,615 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 Work / Employment divisions.
| Party | Votes | Aye % |
|---|---|---|
| Lab Labour | 15,615 |
60.5%
|
| Con Conservative | 5,866 |
49.4%
|
| LD Liberal Democrat | 1,953 |
25.4%
|
| Ind Independent | 398 |
62.6%
|
| SNP Scottish National Party | 292 |
49.3%
|
Recent divisions
Latest Commons divisions tagged as Work / Employment.
Highest participation
Current MPs with the highest participation rate in this topic.
| # | MP | Party | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Mayer Labour | Labour | 100.0 % 37/37 |
| 2 | Andrew Cooper Labour | Labour | 100.0 % 37/37 |
| 3 | Baggy Shanker Labour (Co-op) | Labour (Co-op) | 100.0 % 37/37 |
| 4 | Ben Goldsborough Labour | Labour | 100.0 % 37/37 |
| 5 | Callum Anderson Labour | Labour | 100.0 % 37/37 |
| 6 | Claire Hazelgrove Labour | Labour | 100.0 % 37/37 |
| 7 | Danny Beales Labour | Labour | 100.0 % 37/37 |
| 8 | David Williams Labour | Labour | 100.0 % 37/37 |
| 9 | Deirdre Costigan Labour | Labour | 100.0 % 37/37 |
| 10 | Dr Beccy Cooper Labour | Labour | 100.0 % 37/37 |
Lowest participation*
Current MPs with the lowest participation rate in this topic (minimum 3 eligible divisions).
| # | MP | Party | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sorcha Eastwood Alliance | Alliance | 0.0 % 0/37 |
| 2 | Elaine Stewart Labour | Labour | 10.8 % 4/37 |
| 3 | Alex Easton Independent | Independent | 13.5 % 5/37 |
| 4 | Rachel Gilmour Liberal Democrat | Liberal Democrat | 13.5 % 5/37 |
| 5 | Carla Lockhart Democratic Unionist Party | Democratic Unionist Party | 15.4 % 10/65 |
| 6 | Rishi Sunak Conservative | Conservative | 16.0 % 12/75 |
| 7 | Dan Tomlinson Labour | Labour | 21.6 % 8/37 |
| 8 | Maya Ellis Labour | Labour | 21.6 % 8/37 |
| 9 | Cat Eccles Labour | Labour | 24.3 % 9/37 |
| 10 | Seamus Logan Scottish National Party | Scottish National Party | 27.0 % 10/37 |
* 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 Work / Employment topic?
Work / Employment is a local Ayes and Noes topic assigned to Commons divisions whose titles match curated keyword rules. Source
How many Work / Employment divisions are tagged?
75 imported Commons divisions are currently tagged as Work / Employment. 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