Commons division · 18 Mar 2026, 18:59 · No. 453

Opposition day: Student loans

Rejected

Majority 178

Ayes: 88 Noes: 266

At a glance The Noes won by a margin of 176 votes. No MPs voted against their party line.

Education

How the parties voted

PartyPositionAyesNoesRebels
Labour No majority 0 262 0
Conservative Aye majority 84 0 0
Independent Split 1 1

The party positions and rebel counts are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.

Turnout: 350 of 650 MPs voted (54%) · 296 did not vote · 4 acted as tellers. Tellers are not counted in the Aye/No totals.

Tellers: Mr Andrew Snowden (Aye), James Wild (Aye), Lilian Greenwood (No), Stephen Morgan (No).

Constituency map

Every constituency coloured by how its MP voted in this division. Hover a seat for the MP and their vote.

Basemap © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO. Boundaries: ONS, Open Government Licence.

Every vote

Ayes (87)

Noes (263)

Tellers (4)

Did not vote (296)

Source: the official Commons division record.