House of Commons division
Opposition day: UK Farming and Inheritance Tax
What the vote was about
An Opposition Day debate on UK farming and inheritance tax. At stake were proposed changes to agricultural property relief from inheritance tax, which could have forced some family farms in Cornwall to sell land or diversify to pay tax bills, affecting the viability of small and medium-sized farms.
Why this division is tracked here
Farming and inheritance tax directly affect family farms, which are central to Cornwall's rural economy.
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.
- LabourNoVoted against
- Liberal DemocratAyeVoted in favour
- LabourNoVoted against
- LabourNoVoted against
- Liberal DemocratNo vote recordedNo vote recorded for this division
- Labour (Co-op)NoVoted against
Source
Division 1881, House of Commons, published by the UK Parliament. The full division list names every member who voted.
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