Battersea.

Twice in July 2025, De Cordova broke from Labour to vote against the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill -- at both Second and Third Reading -- making her one of a relatively small number of Labour MPs to oppose the government's welfare reform package at every stage. That puts her in clear tension with the leadership on disability benefits, a stance consistent with her background as a visually impaired MP who has long championed disability rights. She also split from party on two assisted dying amendments in June 2025, voting against provisions that would have excluded voluntary starvation as grounds for terminal illness qualification.

At 42% voting participation she sits well below the Commons average, though this figure may partly reflect the accessibility barriers she has spoken about publicly. Where she does vote, she backs Labour in roughly 94% of cases -- a loyal record broken mainly on welfare and disability-adjacent issues. Her speeches, spread across 320 contributions in 140 debates, cluster heavily around culture and community (78 contributions), social care (38), and local government (34). She deviates notably from her party average on criminal justice reform and NHS funding, where her voting record diverges by more than 40 percentage points, though low vote counts in those categories limit the conclusions that can be drawn.

De Cordova holds no current select committee seat. Her appointment as Second Church Estates Commissioner in October 2024 gave her a formal parliamentary role outside the frontbench. Recent local news coverage -- spanning 60 articles over the past 90 days -- centres on crime, culture, and community, with sentiment scores close to neutral throughout. Longer-term coverage highlights her sustained focus on eye health and disability employment, both consistent with her personal experience. No significant negative press coverage is on record.