§ 00 Issue16 named divisions4 bills
Local Government
Council services, local authority funding, and devolved powers
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
21 Apr 2026English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Government motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98Aye = Support the government's position by rejecting Lords Amendment 98 to the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, restoring the Bill to its pre-amendment form · No = Support retaining Lords Amendment 98, backing the change the House of Lords made to the Bill288 · 150Passed21 Apr 2026English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Government motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37Aye = Support the government's decision to reject Lords Amendment 37 to the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill · No = Support retaining Lords Amendment 37, backing the change the House of Lords had made to the Bill293 · 144Passed25 Nov 2025English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 17Aye = Support imposing the same council tax referendum limits on mayoral combined authorities as apply to county and unitary councils, preventing mayors from raising council tax more than other local bodies · No = Oppose this restriction, backing the government's devolution framework which allows combined authorities greater fiscal flexibility as part of a planned transfer of powers to regional mayors88 · 320Defeated25 Nov 2025English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 80Aye = Support capping council tax rises in mayoral combined authorities at the same level as other councils, arguing this protects residents from higher bills under devolved mayors · No = Oppose this restriction, preferring to retain flexibility for mayoral combined authorities on council tax and trusting existing oversight mechanisms189 · 319Defeated25 Nov 2025English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Third ReadingAye = Support devolving more powers to English mayors and local authorities, including giving mayoral strategic authorities greater control over local infrastructure and roads. · No = Oppose this package of devolution reforms, whether due to concerns about the specific powers transferred, the pace of reform, or the impact on areas without mayoral structures.322 · 181Passed25 Nov 2025English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 69Aye = Support the opposition's amendments, including capping council tax rises for mayoral combined authorities in line with other councils, and expressing concern that the Bill centralises rather than genuinely devolves power · No = Reject the opposition amendments and back the government's approach to devolution, arguing the Bill represents a genuine transfer of power to regions and communities189 · 321Defeated24 Nov 2025English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2Aye = Support imposing equal council tax referendum limits on combined authorities, arguing that greater devolved powers must come with equal fiscal accountability to local taxpayers · No = Oppose restricting combined authorities' council tax precept flexibility, preferring to allow different arrangements for these newer devolved bodies as part of the broader devolution settlement160 · 319Defeated
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.