Asylum.
Asylum seekers and refugee policy
Each row is one party. The bar shows how its MPs voted relative to a neutral midpoint — to the right = on-side with the majority position, to the left = opposed. The percentage figure is the share of that party’s MPs who took the same side: higher = more whip-disciplined, closer to 50% = a freer vote.
| Party | Stance vs neutral midpoint | Net % | Discipline | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Lab | -25 | 25% on-whip · 355 MPs | |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Con | +5 | 55% on-whip · 111 MPs | |
| Liberal Democrats | LD | +50 | 100% on-whip · 55 MPs | |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Lab | -26 | 24% on-whip · 42 MPs | |
| Independent | Ind | +12 | 62% on-whip · 13 MPs | |
| Scottish National Party | SNP | +26 | 76% on-whip · 9 MPs | |
| Reform UK | Ref | +14 | 64% on-whip · 8 MPs | |
| Green Party of England and Wales | Grn | +25 | 75% on-whip · 5 MPs |
Source · Hansard · alignment is the share of party MPs who voted with the party majority on tagged divisions
| Date | Motion | Aye | No | Carried |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Apr 2026 | Draft Asylum Seekers (Reception Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 Aye: Support tightening asylum support rules by giving ministers new powers to suspend or end financial and accommodation support for asylum seekers who breach conditions, such as working illegally. · No: Oppose restricting asylum support on grounds that it risks destitution for vulnerable people and fails to address root causes, such as the ban on asylum seekers working, which forces them into poverty and dependence. | 308 | 84 | Yes |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 Aye: Support tightening asylum support rules by allowing the Home Secretary to suspend or cut support for those working illegally, and removing the blanket duty to house all failed asylum seekers — part of a stated aim to direct limited resources to the genuinely destitute while deterring rule-breaking. · No: Oppose the regulations as inadequate or harmful — either because they risk pushing vulnerable people into destitution and onto already-stretched local services without granting asylum seekers the right to work, or because they do not go far enough in deterring abuse of the system. | 305 | 30 | Yes |
| 19 Nov 2025 | Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 Aye: Support the government's position that voluntary data publication is sufficient, rejecting a Lords-imposed statutory duty to publish immigration and asylum statistics · No: Back the Lords amendment requiring the government to publish immigration and asylum data by law, arguing statutory transparency obligations are needed to hold the government to account | 327 | 95 | Yes |
| 10 Feb 2025 | Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: Reasoned Amendment on Second Reading Aye: Support blocking the Bill at Second Reading, implying opposition to repealing the Rwanda legislation and scepticism about the Government's alternative approach to channel crossings and asylum. · No: Support the Bill proceeding, backing Labour's approach of dismantling the Rwanda scheme, creating new criminal powers against smuggling gangs, and restoring order to the asylum system. | 117 | 356 | No |
All 4 divisions on this issue →
By party, the MPs whose voting record on asylum is most closely tracking the party majority. A fuller “most active by speech volume + written questions” ranking is pending — needs per-issue speech aggregation.
LabLabour Party
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Apsana Begum | Poplar and Limehouse | 75% |
| Richard Burgon | Leeds East | 67% |
| John McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | 50% |
LabLabour and Co-operative Party
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Meg Hillier | Hackney South and Shoreditch | 33% |
| Alex Norris | Nottingham North and Kimberley | 33% |
| Emma Foody | Cramlington and Killingworth | 33% |
IndIndependent
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Iqbal Mohamed | Dewsbury and Batley | 100% |
| Shockat Adam | Leicester South | 75% |
| Dan Norris | North East Somerset and Hanham | 33% |
SNPScottish National Party
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Seamus Logan | Aberdeenshire North and Moray East | 100% |
| Pete Wishart | Perth and Kinross-shire | 75% |
| Kirsty Blackman | Aberdeen North | 75% |
Mapping each Westminster issue to the equivalent council service bucket (so “Asylum” → the matching service line on council finance, with the ranked-spend table this section wants) is its own taxonomy job. Council service spend lives on the council pages today; cross-cut by issue here in a follow-on pass.