§ 00 Issue8 named divisions3 bills
Rail
Rail services, fares, and infrastructure
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
9 Dec 2025Railways Bill: Second ReadingAye = Support nationalising rail services under public ownership to improve reliability and coordination of the railway network · No = Oppose rail nationalisation, arguing public ownership has not improved services and that the bill's approach is misguided330 · 173Passed9 Dec 2025Railways Bill: Opposition Reasoned AmendmentAye = Support blocking the Railways Bill, expressing scepticism that nationalising train operators will improve passenger services · No = Support the Railways Bill proceeding, backing the government's plan to bring railways into public ownership to improve reliability and performance169 · 333Defeated
19 Nov 2024Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2Aye = Support the government rejecting the Lords amendment, proceeding with rail nationalisation without a statutory passenger-focused performance data requirement · No = Support the Lords amendment, requiring the government to measure and publish passenger experience data to ensure nationalisation genuinely improves services rather than fulfilling an ideological goal353 · 110Passed19 Nov 2024Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1Aye = Support the government rejecting the Lords' addition of a statutory 'passenger improvement' purpose clause, keeping the bill as originally passed by the Commons · No = Support the Lords amendment requiring passenger service improvement to be the primary stated purpose of rail nationalisation, to hold the government accountable to passenger outcomes347 · 173Passed
3 Sept 2024Passenger Railway Services Bill (Public Ownership) Bill: Committee: Amendment 17Aye = Support Amendment 17 to the Public Ownership Rail Bill, likely reflecting opposition attempts to modify or constrain the nationalisation of passenger rail services · No = Reject Amendment 17, maintaining the Bill as drafted by the Labour government to bring passenger rail services into public ownership114 · 373Defeated3 Sept 2024Passenger Railway Services Bill (Public Ownership) Bill: Committee: Amendment 14Aye = Support amending the Public Ownership Rail Bill, likely to restrict, delay, or add conditions to the renationalisation of passenger rail services · No = Oppose the amendment, backing the government's original Bill to bring passenger rail services into public ownership without the proposed modification113 · 363Defeated3 Sept 2024Passenger Railway Services Bill (Public Ownership) Bill: Committee: Amendment 21Aye = Support Amendment 21 to the Public Ownership rail bill, likely an attempt to modify or restrict the bill's approach to rail nationalisation · No = Oppose Amendment 21, backing the government's bill to bring passenger rail services into public ownership without this modification84 · 360Defeated29 Jul 2024Passenger Railway Services Bill (Public Ownership) Bill: Second ReadingAye = Support renationalising passenger railway services and returning them to public ownership · No = Oppose renationalisation of rail, preferring continued private sector involvement in running train services354 · 86Passed
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.