Bradford East.

Imran Hussain has broken with Labour five times since mid-April, making him one of the more rebellious backbenchers in the current parliament. Most strikingly, he voted on 28 April to refer Prime Minister Starmer to the Privileges Committee over allegations of misleading parliament on Peter Mandelson's appointment -- a vote almost no Labour MP supported. The same day he voted against the government's asylum accommodation regulations, opposing cuts to support for failed asylum seekers. He also voted against the government on three occasions during the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill's ping-pong exchanges with the Lords. His stance profile flags the pattern: he sits 65 percentage points below his party average on welfare reform and nearly 90 points above it on protecting disability benefits.

At 70% participation -- slightly below the Commons average -- Hussain is a moderately active presence, contributing across 91 debates. His 93.2% party alignment makes the rebel votes stand out rather than define him. His speeches cluster around economy and jobs, defence, and social care, with immigration and cost-of-living also featuring heavily. He scores just 12% on pro-parliamentary-scrutiny and pro-business stances, and 10% on tough-on-crime -- suggesting his rebellions reflect principled leftward dissent rather than opposition opportunism.

Local coverage in the Telegraph and Argus has been broadly positive: he secured funding for Bradford regeneration, raised concerns about digital ID cards harming vulnerable constituents, and wrote to the Prime Minister opposing jury trial reforms. One sharply critical piece accused him of tabling a misleading Early Day Motion on Al-Aqsa, omitting context about Iranian missile strikes. He sits on no select committees. Voting and speech data cover his 2024 parliament record; earlier parliamentary behaviour is not included here.