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Middle East
Middle East policy and conflicts
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
20 Jan 2026Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6Aye = Support the government's position to remove the Lords' additional condition from the Bill, backing the deal as negotiated without further parliamentary constraints imposed by the Lords · No = Support the Lords' amendment, wanting additional safeguards or conditions written into the legislation governing the Diego Garcia military base agreement346 · 185Passed20 Jan 2026Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5Aye = Support rejecting the Lords amendment, trusting that existing published financial information is sufficient and no additional transparency requirement is needed · No = Support the Lords amendment requiring the government to publish full real-terms costs and methodology of the Diego Garcia treaty payments, arguing greater transparency for taxpayers is essential348 · 188Passed20 Jan 2026Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1Aye = Support rejecting the Lords amendment, backing the government's deal with Mauritius as negotiated without additional notification requirements that could constrain military operations at Diego Garcia · No = Support keeping the Lords amendment, arguing it provides important safeguards or alternatively opposing the entire deal as a surrender of British sovereignty that weakens the strategic value of the base345 · 183Passed9 Sept 2025Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Second ReadingAye = Support the Chagos Islands treaty and the legislation needed to transfer sovereignty to Mauritius while securing long-term UK military control of Diego Garcia · No = Oppose the Chagos Islands deal, arguing the terms are too costly or concede too much sovereignty, or that the strategic and legal risks outweigh the benefits of securing the base328 · 181Passed9 Sept 2025Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Reasoned AmendmentAye = Oppose the Chagos treaty and its implementing Bill, arguing the deal is not in the UK's national or security interest and should not proceed · No = Support proceeding with the Bill to implement the Chagos treaty, arguing the 99-year guarantee of Diego Garcia's operational control secures UK and allied defence interests118 · 333Defeated
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.