Ashton-under-Lyne.

Angela Rayner's tenure has been defined by a ministerial code breach and resignation that overshadowed her parliamentary work. In September 2025, she resigned after failing to seek appropriate tax advice on a property sale while serving as Housing Secretary -- saving around £40,000 in stamp duty -- and was found to have breached the ministerial code. Coverage from her Ashton-under-Lyne constituency was sharply negative, with multiple outlets reporting long-standing Labour voters saying they would switch to Reform UK. She has since returned to the backbenches. On assisted dying, she twice broke from her party -- voting against the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill at both Second and Third Reading, one of only two issues where she has diverged from Labour's majority position.

Back on the backbenches, Rayner votes with Labour 99% of the time, but her participation rate of 45% is well below the Commons average. Her speeches -- 480 contributions across 48 debates -- concentrate on housing and local government, consistent with her former ministerial brief and her background as a council tenant and trade union official. She sits notably below her party average on civil liberties (0% versus 21%) and pension protection (17% versus 43%), and she has not sat on any select committees.

Local news coverage has been persistently negative on MP performance, averaging -0.14 across 36 recent articles, with constituents repeatedly citing her absence from the constituency. Her last recorded speech was February 2026. No committee activity is recorded to provide an alternative measure of parliamentary engagement, so the participation rate -- low by any standard -- is the clearest available indicator of her current workload.