Who breaks the whip most?

Ranked by an estimate of how often each MP voted differently from most of their own party, across every recorded Commons division at Second or Third Reading. Estimate Parliament doesn’t publish real whip records, so this is our best reading of the public voting record — not a confirmed fact. Only MPs with at least 3 recorded divisions are ranked, so one early vote doesn’t skew the table.

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PartyAll Labour Conservative Liberal Democrat Labour (Co-op)Independent Reform UK Scottish National Party Sinn Féin Green Party Democratic Unionist Party Plaid Cymru Social Democratic & Labour Party Your Party Alliance Ulster Unionist Party Speaker Traditional Unionist Voice Restore Britain

42 MPs ranked.

1 Kate Osamor Labour (Co-op) Edmonton and Winchmore Hill

61.1% 2 Rachael Maskell Labour (Co-op) York Central

69.8% 3 Sir Mark Hendrick Labour (Co-op) Preston

75.7% 4 Stephen Doughty Labour (Co-op) Cardiff South and Penarth

76.0% 5 Oliver Ryan Labour (Co-op) Burnley

76.0% 6 Florence Eshalomi Labour (Co-op) Vauxhall and Camberwell Green

76.7% 7 Chris Evans Labour (Co-op) Caerphilly

79.2% 8 Seema Malhotra Labour (Co-op) Feltham and Heston

79.2% 9 Kirsteen Sullivan Labour (Co-op) Bathgate and Linlithgow

79.7% 10 Paul Waugh Labour (Co-op) Rochdale

82.2% 11 Sally Jameson Labour (Co-op) Doncaster Central

82.2% 12 Jonathan Reynolds Labour (Co-op) Stalybridge and Hyde

82.2% 13 Anneliese Dodds Labour (Co-op) Oxford East

82.2% 14 Steve Reed Labour (Co-op) Streatham and Croydon North

82.3% 15 Kirsty McNeill Labour (Co-op) Midlothian

82.3% 16 Andrew Pakes Labour (Co-op) Peterborough

82.6% 17 Sarah Hall Labour (Co-op) Warrington South

83.3% 18 Ms Stella Creasy Labour (Co-op) Walthamstow

83.3% 19 Dame Meg Hillier Labour (Co-op) Hackney South and Shoreditch

84.4% 20 Jim McMahon Labour (Co-op) Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

84.4% 21 Preet Kaur Gill Labour (Co-op) Birmingham Edgbaston

84.4% 22 Anna Turley Labour (Co-op) Redcar

84.7% 23 Mr Douglas Alexander Labour (Co-op) Lothian East

84.7% 24 Emma Foody Labour (Co-op) Cramlington and Killingworth

84.7% 25 Kate Dearden Labour (Co-op) Halifax

85.6% 26 Alice Macdonald Labour (Co-op) Norwich North

86.9% 27 Jo Platt Labour (Co-op) Leigh and Atherton

86.9% 28 James Murray Labour (Co-op) Ealing North

86.9% 29 Lucy Powell Labour (Co-op) Manchester Central

86.9% 30 Gareth Snell Labour (Co-op) Stoke-on-Trent Central

86.9% 31 Jayne Kirkham Labour (Co-op) Truro and Falmouth

86.9% 32 Rachel Blake Labour (Co-op) Cities of London and Westminster

86.9% 33 Helena Dollimore Labour (Co-op) Hastings and Rye

86.9% 34 Alex Norris Labour (Co-op) Nottingham North and Kimberley

86.9% 35 Miatta Fahnbulleh Labour (Co-op) Peckham

87.6% 36 Chris Vince Labour (Co-op) Harlow

88.5% 37 Gareth Thomas Labour (Co-op) Harrow West

88.5% 38 Jack Abbott Labour (Co-op) Ipswich

88.5% 39 Simon Lightwood Labour (Co-op) Wakefield and Rothwell

88.5% 40 Baggy Shanker Labour (Co-op) Derby South

98.6% 41 Luke Pollard Labour (Co-op) Plymouth Sutton and Devonport

99.2% 42 Alex Sobel Labour (Co-op) Leeds Central and Headingley

100.0%

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