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House of Commons division

Opposition Day: Increase in employers' National Insurance Contributions

Rejected165 ayes · 334 noes

What the vote was about

An Opposition Day debate on increasing employer National Insurance contributions. This would raise the cost of hiring staff for Cornish businesses in sectors like tourism, hospitality and farming, potentially affecting jobs and prices in a rural economy with many small employers.

Why this division is tracked here

Raises employer costs affecting Cornish hospitality, tourism and farming businesses, key local employers.

This is Cornwall Political Watch’s own editorial reason for covering the division, drafted with AI assistance from the division title and text. It is not part of the official record and says nothing about how any member voted.

How Cornwall’s MPs voted

Positions are recorded exactly as the House of Commons Votes API states them. The Commons records no abstentions: a member who did not vote is shown as having no vote recorded, and a member acting as a teller has no vote counted.

Source

Division 1882, House of Commons, published by the UK Parliament. The full division list names every member who voted.

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