How tightly the Independents 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

73.7%

of votes on the party's winning side

Unanimous divisions

30.4%

168 of 553 divisions

Divisions participated in

553

this Parliament

Current MPs

13

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	Dan Norris	174	627	27.8%
2	Patrick Spencer	158	268	59.0%
3	Ms Diane Abbott	96	591	16.2%
4	James McMurdock	95	190	50.0%
5	Joani Reid	93	245	38.0%
6	Alex Easton	83	183	45.4%
7	Karl Turner	80	191	41.9%
8	Jeremy Corbyn	24	362	6.6%
9	Rosie Duffield	22	145	15.2%
10	Iqbal Mohamed	21	259	8.1%
11	Mr Adnan Hussain	19	224	8.5%
12	Shockat Adam	16	273	5.9%
13	Ayoub Khan	8	167	4.8%

Most divided divisions · where the party split closest to 50:50

Date	Division	Ayes / Noes	Split
2025-06-10	Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Third Reading	5 / 5	50%
2025-06-17	Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 175	5 / 5	50%
2025-06-18	Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 121	6 / 6	50%
2025-06-17	Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106	6 / 6	50%
2026-01-12	Finance (No.2) Bill Committee: Clause 10 stand part	5 / 5	50%
2025-12-02	Budget Resolution No. 51: Inheritance tax (pension interests)	6 / 6	50%
2026-01-13	Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 9	5 / 5	50%
2025-03-18	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7	5 / 5	50%
2025-07-09	Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39	7 / 6	46%
2025-06-09	Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 15	7 / 6	46%
2025-06-17	Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19	7 / 6	46%
2024-11-06	Budget Resolution No. 34: Value added tax (private school fees)	6 / 7	46%
2025-10-15	Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 5	6 / 5	45%
2025-10-14	Mental Health Bill Report Stage New Clause 26	6 / 5	45%
2024-11-12	House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 7	5 / 6	45%

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.