Cost of Living Increases — Income — Poverty — Universal Credit — Energy Payment — Child Payments — 24 Jan 2022 at 19:24

The majority of MPs voted against measures to boost incomes and reverse rising poverty, against reinstating extra universal credit, against a living wage of at least £10 an hour, against an energy payment for low income households and against a payment of £20 a week in respect of every child under 6.

The motion supported by the majority of MPs in this vote is:

  • That this House
  • notes there is a cost of living crisis hitting homes across the UK;
  • regrets the UK Government’s current plan of reductions in certain benefits and tax rises coupled with rising costs of the UK leaving the EU;
  • is concerned that the UK has the worst levels of poverty and inequality in north west Europe and the highest levels of in-work poverty this century; and
  • calls on the Government to take immediate action with a package of measures to boost incomes and reverse rising poverty, including reinstating the £20 universal credit uplift, introducing a Real Living Wage of at least £10 an hour, introducing an energy payment for low income households, and matching the Scottish Government’s Scottish Child Payment for families across the UK.

The Scottish Child Payment was a weekly payment of £20 payable in respect of each child under six.

In April 2020 Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit were increased by twenty pounds a week (£1040/year) as a temporary measure in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.[2]

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Party Summary

Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.

What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.

What are Boths? An MP can vote both aye and no in the same division. The boths page explains this.

What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.

PartyMajority (Aye)Minority (No)BothTurnout
Alba1 0050.0%
Alliance1 00100.0%
Con0 000.0%
Independent1 0020.0%
Lab0 000.0%
LDem12 0092.3%
PC0 0 (+2 tell)066.7%
SDLP1 0050.0%
SNP41 (+2 tell) 0095.6%
Total:57 009.7%

Rebel Voters - sorted by name

MPs for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party. You can see all votes in this division, or every eligible MP who could have voted in this division

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
no rebellions

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