§ 00 Issue97 named divisions3 bills
Taxation
Tax policy and reform
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
23 Mar 2026National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5Aye = Support the government overriding the Lords and pressing ahead with increasing employer National Insurance on pension contributions without the Lords' proposed protection · No = Support the Lords amendment, opposing the NI increase on employer pension contributions — particularly to protect small businesses, charities, and pension saving incentives275 · 168Passed23 Mar 2026National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6Aye = Support the government rejecting Lords Amendment 6, maintaining the original bill's approach to employer National Insurance on pension contributions · No = Support keeping Lords Amendment 6, backing the change the House of Lords made to the employer NI pension contributions rules278 · 166Passed23 Mar 2026National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3Aye = Support the government's position by rejecting the Lords' amendment to the National Insurance employer pensions contributions legislation · No = Support retaining the Lords' amendment, disagreeing with the government's approach to employer National Insurance contributions on pensions282 · 165Passed23 Mar 2026National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1Aye = Support the government's plan to increase National Insurance on employer pension contributions made via salary sacrifice, rejecting the Lords' amendment · No = Support the Lords' amendment, opposing the government's extension of National Insurance to employer pension contributions under salary sacrifice arrangements282 · 164Passed23 Mar 2026National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2Aye = Support rejecting the Lords' amendment and keeping the original Bill, which increases employer national insurance on pension contributions without the additional safeguards for lower and middle earners that the Lords proposed. · No = Support keeping the Lords' amendment, which sought to protect lower and middle earners — including those using salary sacrifice pension arrangements — from the knock-on effects of higher employer national insurance on pension contributions.281 · 169Passed
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 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 · 294Defeated11 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 · 285Defeated
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.