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The House of Commons votes to approve a government-sanctioned amendment to replace the Commons Select Committee on Standards. The vote means that Tory MP Owen Paterson will avoid a 30-day suspension from parliament over an "egregious breach" of lobbying rules. The vote was widely condemned by opposition parties.
2021-11-3

The UK House of Commons unanimously passes a non-binding resolution condemning the internment of Uyghurs as genocide.
2021-04-22

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak delivers the 2021 Spring budget to the House of Commons, announcing the government's tax and spending plans for the year ahead, as well as further COVID-19 support measures, including extending the furlough until the end of September and increasing the minimum wage beginning in April.
2021-03-3

The House of Commons of the United Kingdom votes 358–234 to pass the government's Brexit withdrawal agreement for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union on 31 January 2020. The bill will now head to the House of Lords for final approval. The bill also rules out extending trade talks with the EU beyond 31 December 2020, known as the "transition period".
2019-12-20

The House of Commons votes 438 to 20 to approve Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s call to hold a general election on December 12.
2019-10-29

British Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Amber Rudd resigns from Boris Johnson's cabinet and the Conservative whip in protest of both his handling of Brexit and his expulsion of 21 MPs from the party. Rudd will now sit as an independent MP in the House of Commons.
2019-09-7

British MP Phillip Lee defects from the Conservative Party to the Liberal Democrats, leaving Prime Minister Boris Johnson without a working majority in the House of Commons.
2019-09-3

Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn refuses to resign after losing a vote of no confidence, with 80% of voting members of the Parliamentary Labour Party voting against him. Critics which include fellow MPs cite his failure to do more in the effort for the UK to remain in the EU as the main issue.
2016-06-28

British Prime Minister David Cameron calls the events "unjustified and unjustifiable" in a statement in the House of Commons and issues an apology on behalf of the British government.
2010-06-15

As part of the ongoing United Kingdom Parliamentary expenses scandal, Liberal Democrat MP David Laws resigns from his position as Chief Secretary to the Treasury after it is revealed he used expenses to cover rent for a non-marital partner, a practice banned in 2006.
2010-05-29