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§ 00 Issue1 named divisions1 bill

Child Poverty

Child poverty and family support

Universal CreditPensionsDisability Benefits
§ 01How parties voted5 parties

Government alignment shows how often each party voted with the government's stated position. Issue-aligned direction shows agreement with the AI-identified supportive stance.

Liberal Democrats61 MPs · 61 votes
100%
Labour Party9 MPs · 9 votes
100%
Scottish National Party8 MPs · 8 votes
100%
Independent6 MPs · 6 votes
83%
Conservative and Unionist Party76 MPs · 76 votes
0%
§ 02Bills & votesGrouped by bill
16 Sept 2025Child poverty strategy (removal of two child limit): Ten Minute Rule MotionAye = Support introducing legislation to scrap the two-child benefit limit as part of a formal child poverty strategy · No = Oppose scrapping the two-child limit, arguing it undermines personal responsibility and fiscal fairness95 · 78Passed
How is this calculated?

Government alignment shows how often a party's MPs voted with the government's stated position on this issue. This is the most comparable metric across parties, as it measures the same reference point for everyone.

Issue-aligned direction shows how often MPs voted in the direction tagged as supportive of this issue by AI analysis. For example, if a vote is tagged “pro-environment”, an Aye vote counts as aligned.

Sources
Commons Votes APIcommonsvotes-api.parliament.uk
LicenceOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
AI analysisVote stance tagging · Claude 4.x