§ 00 Issue93 named divisions3 bills
Economy
Economic policy, growth, taxation, and public spending
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.
Voted with government positionVoted in issue-aligned direction
11 Mar 2026Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third ReadingAye = Support passing the government's Finance Bill into law, backing the Budget measures it contains · No = Oppose the Finance Bill and its Budget measures, or object to the irregular parliamentary procedure used293 · 161Passed11 Mar 2026Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5Aye = Support the Conservative amendment on income tax thresholds, signalling opposition to Labour's tax and spending approach · No = Reject the Conservative amendment, backing the government's existing income tax threshold policy as part of restoring fiscal order173 · 285Defeated11 Mar 2026Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6Aye = Support removing the Government's inheritance tax changes on agricultural property, arguing the policy harms family farms and is based on false claims about farmers' wealth · No = Oppose the amendment, backing the Government's approach of reforming agricultural inheritance tax relief while raising thresholds, arguing it is fair and fiscally necessary176 · 293Defeated11 Mar 2026Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11Aye = Support indexing agricultural inheritance tax thresholds to inflation and rising land values to protect family farmers from fiscal drag · No = Oppose mandatory indexation of agricultural inheritance tax thresholds, preferring to keep fixed thresholds as set in the legislation176 · 294Defeated
23 Feb 2026Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 2Aye = Support restricting public export finance where goods risk being re-exported to Russia or sanctioned countries, and where exports are linked to modern slavery or human trafficking · No = Oppose these restrictions, preferring the government retain flexibility in how UK Export Finance is used without these additional conditions158 · 276Defeated23 Feb 2026Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3Aye = Support adding new reporting requirements on how export finance assistance affects GDP and benefits SMEs, arguing greater transparency and accountability is needed · No = Oppose the new reporting clause as unnecessary, since the government argues existing legal reporting obligations already capture this information79 · 284Defeated23 Feb 2026Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: Amendment 1Aye = Support blocking UK export finance for goods likely to be re-exported to sanctioned countries like Russia, and for exports linked to modern slavery or human trafficking · No = Oppose this restriction, likely arguing existing sanctions law and due diligence requirements are sufficient without additional legislative constraints on export finance163 · 275Defeated
21 Jan 2026National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee: Amendment 5Aye = Support protecting basic rate taxpayers from the £2,000 pension contributions cap, arguing the cap unfairly burdens ordinary workers and discourages long-term pension saving · No = Oppose the exemption, defending the government's Bill as introduced and applying the £2,000 cap to all taxpayers regardless of income tax rate192 · 325Defeated21 Jan 2026National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee: New Clause 5Aye = Support requiring the government to publish an assessment of how this Bill changes lifetime pension values, arguing taxpayers deserve to know the real cost to their retirement savings · No = Oppose the transparency requirement, backing the government's position that such an assessment is unnecessary and that the Bill should proceed without mandated impact calculations on pension values193 · 314Defeated21 Jan 2026National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Third Reading Aye = Support passing the National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill, which caps pension contributions under salary sacrifice arrangements at £2,000 · No = Oppose the bill, arguing it attacks pension saving and disproportionately harms basic rate taxpayers, younger workers, and middle-income earners317 · 196Passed
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.