The tool resolves your postcode to a parliamentary constituency using the official Boundary Commission lookup, so you see your current MP — even after the May 2024 boundary changes.

Choose worker, pensioner, homeowner, student or business owner. The persona changes only the weighting — the underlying votes are the same. You can switch personas to see how the same MP scores against different cost-of-living lenses.

The hero card shows the headline 0–100 score with confidence band. Below 40 = poor alignment, 40–60 = mixed, 60–80 = good, above 80 = strong alignment with the selected persona's typical interests.

The bar chart contrasts your MP against their party's mean score. Significant gaps either way (≥10 points) indicate an MP who breaks the whip on cost-of-living issues — worth investigating.

Each of the top 5 most impactful divisions is shown with title, date, MP position, and rationale. Click through to read the bill text and Hansard debate transcript.

Before sharing the score, read the FAQ explaining how votes are tagged, why some bills are excluded (procedural votes, programme motions), and how absences differ from abstentions.

We use a published taxonomy of bill subjects: housing benefit, universal credit, council tax, mortgage relief, stamp duty, energy price cap, energy bills support, minimum wage, employment rights, pension uplift, triple lock, childcare costs, school meals, tuition fees, fuel duty, VAT thresholds, corporation tax small profits rate, and business rates.

A bill is included if its primary purpose touches one of these categories. Procedural votes (programme motions, closure motions, points of order) are excluded because they reflect parliamentary process not policy substance.

The same vote (e.g. raising the personal income tax threshold) helps different groups by very different amounts. A worker on £25k benefits more in % terms than a pensioner on a state pension; a homeowner with a paid-off mortgage is unaffected by mortgage rate votes; a student on maintenance loans cares more about rent control than corporation tax.

Rather than pretend one score fits all, the persona weighting reflects the real distributional impact of UK cost-of-living policy.

The May 2024 boundary review redrew most English constituencies. Your current MP's pre-2024 voting record was cast in a different constituency — we still include those votes (they are the same MP) but add a small banner where the geographic constituency has changed materially.

If your constituency has elected a new MP since 2024, only votes cast after their election count. Pre-election votes are shown for context but excluded from the score.

On most bills, MPs vote with their party whip. On free votes (e.g. assisted dying, abortion law) the whip is lifted. Cost-of-living bills are usually whipped, but free votes do appear (e.g. some private member's bills).

The scorecard flags free-vote divisions separately and weights them slightly higher because they reflect the MP's personal judgement rather than party line.

Voting records show how an MP voted — not what they said in debate, what they wrote in committee, what they pushed in private, or what amendments they proposed. A constituency MP can be effective at cost-of-living advocacy without high voting alignment if they focus on casework, select committees, or all-party parliamentary groups.

Use the score as a starting point, not a verdict. The "Bills Tracking" card shows intervention counts (sponsored bills, written questions, debate contributions) for a fuller picture.