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Democratic Unionist Party · Whip cohesion + rebellion
How tightly the Democratic Unionist Party votes together
Computed from every recorded Commons division in the current Parliament. For each division we look at how the party’s MPs voted as a bloc and treat anyone on the opposite side from their party’s internal majority as a rebel on that division. Tells you how often the whip holds and which MPs break it.
Cohesion
99.1%
of votes on the party's winning side
Unanimous divisions
97.2%
529 of 544 divisions
Divisions participated in
544
this Parliament
Current MPs
5
in cohesion calc
Top rebels · MPs voting against the party whip most often
Calculation requires ≥ 20 recorded votes by the MP. Excludes tellers and unanimous divisions where the “rebellion” would be meaningless.
| # | MP | Rebellions | Total votes | Rebel rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Shannon | 7 | 532 | 1.3% |
| 2 | Sammy Wilson | 4 | 319 | 1.3% |
| 3 | Gavin Robinson | 1 | 344 | 0.3% |
| 4 | Mr Gregory Campbell | 0 | 332 | 0.0% |
| 5 | Carla Lockhart | 0 | 269 | 0.0% |
Source: mp_division_votes table built from parlparse + Commons Votes API. Calculation excludes tellers, abstentions, and votes where the MP’s vote_type was something other than aye/no. Cohesion = aligned votes / total votes across all participated divisions.