The topic lensIssue · 11 divisions tagged · 14 parties active
Immigration.
Immigration, asylum, and border control
Divisions tagged
11
This parliament
Parties active
14
≥1 vote tagged
Most on-whip
Liberal Democrats
99% aligned
Recent activity
10
Most-recent divisions
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 | -5 | 45% on-whip · 358 MPs | |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Con | -23 | 27% on-whip · 112 MPs | |
| Liberal Democrats | LD | +49 | 99% on-whip · 68 MPs | |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Lab | -5 | 45% on-whip · 42 MPs | |
| Independent | Ind | +10 | 60% on-whip · 13 MPs | |
| Scottish National Party | SNP | +28 | 78% on-whip · 9 MPs | |
| Reform UK | Ref | -23 | 27% on-whip · 8 MPs | |
| Green Party of England and Wales | Grn | +32 | 82% 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 |
| 21 May 2025 | Opposition Day: Immigration Aye: Support the Conservative opposition's motion on immigration, likely calling for stricter immigration controls or criticising the government's approach to border management. · No: Reject the Conservative motion on immigration, defending the government's existing approach to immigration and border control policy. | 84 | 267 | No |
| 12 May 2025 | Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 3 Aye: Support a legal obligation on the government to set out a plan for safe and legal routes into the UK for asylum seekers and refugees · No: Oppose imposing a statutory duty to publish a safe routes strategy, likely preferring to retain ministerial discretion or rejecting the framing that safe routes are the primary solution | 91 | 320 | No |
All 11 divisions on this issue →
By party, the MPs whose voting record on immigration 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 | 78% |
| Dan Aldridge | Weston-super-Mare | 75% |
| Torcuil Crichton | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | 75% |
ConConservative and Unionist Party
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Mitchell | Sutton Coldfield | 33% |
| Andrew Murrison | South West Wiltshire | 33% |
| Graham Stuart | Beverley and Holderness | 33% |
LDLiberal Democrats
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Wendy Chamberlain | North East Fife | 100% |
| Daisy Cooper | St Albans | 100% |
| Sarah Green | Chesham and Amersham | 100% |
LabLabour and Co-operative Party
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Florence Eshalomi | Vauxhall and Camberwell Green | 63% |
| Mark Hendrick | Preston | 57% |
| Seema Malhotra | Feltham and Heston | 57% |
IndIndependent
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Iqbal Mohamed | Dewsbury and Batley | 88% |
| Diane Abbott | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | 80% |
| Shockat Adam | Leicester South | 75% |
SNPScottish National Party
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Seamus Logan | Aberdeenshire North and Moray East | 86% |
| Stephen Flynn | Aberdeen South | 80% |
| Chris Law | Dundee Central | 80% |
Pending — issue-to-service mapping
Mapping each Westminster issue to the equivalent council service bucket (so “Immigration” → 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.
Sources, methods & last update
Issue taggingEach division is tagged to one or more issues by Claude classification, reviewed by topic admins.
VotingHansard division lists · Commons Votes API
AlignmentShare of party MPs voting with the party majority on tagged divisions
CohortThis parliament · 11 divisions