Renters.
Private renting, tenant rights, and regulation
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 | +11 | 61% on-whip · 356 MPs | |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Con | -11 | 39% on-whip · 113 MPs | |
| Liberal Democrats | LD | +33 | 83% on-whip · 71 MPs | |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Lab | +12 | 62% on-whip · 42 MPs | |
| Independent | Ind | +13 | 63% on-whip · 13 MPs | |
| Reform UK | Ref | -14 | 36% on-whip · 8 MPs | |
| Democratic Unionist Party | DUP | +41 | 91% on-whip · 5 MPs | |
| Green Party of England and Wales | Grn | +25 | 75% on-whip · 4 MPs |
Source · Hansard · alignment is the share of party MPs who voted with the party majority on tagged divisions
| Date | Motion | Aye | No | Carried |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Sept 2025 | Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 18 Aye: Support keeping the 12-month no-re-let period after a landlord evicts to sell, maintaining a strong deterrent against bogus possession claims · No: Prefer the Lords' shorter 6-month restricted period, arguing it is less burdensome on landlords who genuinely wish to sell | 403 | 99 | Yes |
| 8 Sept 2025 | Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 39 Aye: Support the government's rejection of the Lords amendment, accepting ministerial assurances and an annual reporting commitment rather than placing statutory Decent Homes Standard protections for service family accommodation on the face of the Bill. · No: Support the Lords amendment requiring military service family accommodation to meet the statutory Decent Homes Standard, arguing service families deserve the same legal protections as private and social renters. | 324 | 173 | Yes |
| 8 Sept 2025 | Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 19 Aye: Support the government's decision to reject the Lords amendment, prioritising tenant protections over special flexibility for shared ownership landlords who sublet their homes. · No: Support the Lords amendment, arguing that shared ownership leaseholders in financial difficulty deserve an exemption from the Bill's restrictions and that rejecting it risks pushing some into financial ruin. | 338 | 160 | Yes |
| 8 Sept 2025 | Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 53 Aye: Support rejecting the Lords change, keeping Ground 4A narrowly focused on full-time students in HMOs and preserving the Bill's commitment to periodic tenancies for all other renters. · No: Support the Lords amendment, extending the student possession ground to cover mature and postgraduate students in self-contained properties, effectively allowing fixed-term-style arrangements for that group. | 399 | 97 | Yes |
| 8 Sept 2025 | Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 64 Aye: Support removing the Lords amendment, keeping the Bill without a special eviction ground for landlords who need to accommodate a carer — prioritising tenant security over this landlord exemption · No: Support the Lords amendment creating a new possession ground for landlords needing to house a carer, arguing the law should recognise the needs of carers and those who depend on them | 336 | 162 | Yes |
All 13 divisions on this issue →
By party, the MPs whose voting record on renters 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 |
|---|---|---|
| John Healey | Rawmarsh and Conisbrough | 100% |
| Yvette Cooper | Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley | 86% |
| Pat McFadden | Wolverhampton South East | 86% |
ConConservative and Unionist Party
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Laura Trott | Sevenoaks | 60% |
| George Freeman | Mid Norfolk | 60% |
| Esther McVey | Tatton | 60% |
LDLiberal Democrats
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Freddie van Mierlo | Henley and Thame | 100% |
| Mike Martin | Tunbridge Wells | 91% |
| Jamie Stone | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | 90% |
LabLabour and Co-operative Party
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Gareth Thomas | Harrow West | 75% |
| Stephen Doughty | Cardiff South and Penarth | 75% |
| Jonathan Reynolds | Stalybridge and Hyde | 71% |
IndIndependent
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Shockat Adam | Leicester South | 83% |
| Adnan Hussain | Blackburn | 83% |
| Ayoub Khan | Birmingham Perry Barr | 83% |
RefReform UK
| MP | Constituency | % on-whip |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Jenrick | Newark | 40% |
| Danny Kruger | East Wiltshire | 38% |
| Richard Tice | Boston and Skegness | 38% |
Mapping each Westminster issue to the equivalent council service bucket (so “Renters” → 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.
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