Verdicts · Business
Business referendums: how members voted
Settled referendums
15
since Jun 2026
Votes cast
6,569
all time, on business
This week
1,790
votes · 1 referendums settled
Written opinions
173
all time, left by voters
Best of each side this week
Most respected on business this week
- RobThompson5 respects
- NorfolkCannon3 respects
- MikeStyer7 respects
- CivilBeacon863 respects
How business results lean
This week—Last week—All timeCentreWhere every side agreed this week
Left, Centre and Right voters all came down the same way.
Most active regions this week
Voters
Votes each week
1,790 so far this week
All-time business highlights
Biggest landslide
YES 83%
Should the UK require disclosure of generative AI in advertisements?
83% of 1,214 votes went the same way.
Closest result
50 / 50
Should the government investigate JD.com’s UK expansion over state subsidy concerns?
Dead level — an exact tie.
Most debated
YES 77%
Should owners of pharmacy chains be legally barred from asset-stripping them?
46 written opinions.
This week
1 settled · 1,790 votes
majority
% voting yes, by leaning
Should the bosses of water and energy companies have their pay capped?
The verdict
Yes won overwhelmingly, yet the sharpest dispute was over means: even the most-respected No voter wanted pay tied to pollution performance, and the top Yes case wanted “brought into the public sector”.
Last week
1 settled · 1,626 votes
majority
% voting yes, by leaning
Should owners of pharmacy chains be legally barred from asset-stripping them?
The verdict
Yes won overwhelmingly, yet its sharpest voices wanted more than the question asked: “not just pharmacies”. The most-respected No case agreed on the evil but wanted general insolvency law, not a pharmacy-only bar.
Every business verdict
- Should the bosses of water and energy companies have their pay capped?YES 81%1,790 votes · 20 Oct
- Should owners of pharmacy chains be legally barred from asset-stripping them?YES 77%1,626 votes · 14 Oct
- Should Sunday trading hour restrictions be scrapped for all shops in the UK?YES 55%1,229 votes · 26 Sept
- Should the UK require disclosure of generative AI in advertisements?YES 83%1,214 votes · 24 Sept
- Should we ban leveraged buyouts of UK businesses and sports clubs?YES 80%247 votes · 19 Aug
- Should UK financial regulators take a more proactive stance on AI risks?YES 78%126 votes · 24 Jul
- Should the UK invest £62m to build domestic space capabilities instead of leasing them?YES 69%114 votes · 24 Jul
- Should the UK create a captive insurance regime with lighter regulation to boost competitiveness?YES 55%42 votes · 17 Jul
- Should the government crack down on illegal high street shopfronts?YES 68%25 votes · 3 Jul
- Should the government reform the ZEV Mandate targets to protect UK car industry jobs and investment?YES 79%19 votes · 2 Jul
- Should the government keep the new steel safeguarding quotas in place?YES 58%19 votes · 2 Jul
- Should the government investigate JD.com’s UK expansion over state subsidy concerns?TIED26 votes · 30 Jun
- Are subscription services dead?NO 55%38 votes · 29 Jun
- Should Norman City Council make its data center moratorium permanent?NO 68%28 votes · 27 Jun
- Should the UK government strengthen steel import quotas to protect domestic producers?YES 62%26 votes · 27 Jun