Glastonbury and Somerton.

One rebel vote stands out in Dyke's recent record: in May 2025 she broke with her Liberal Democrat colleagues to support a Conservative amendment that would have curtailed the Human Rights Act's application to immigration cases -- a notable rightward deviation on asylum policy, and the only time she has voted against her party. More recently she backed a motion to refer Prime Minister Starmer to the Privileges Committee over the Mandelson appointment, and voted against government regulations that would withdraw support from asylum seekers found working illegally. On the local front, she has been visible: hosting a flood symposium after Storm Chandra, leading a Westminster Hall debate on Somerset carnival funding, and claiming partial credit for a government U-turn on hospitality business rates.

Her parliamentary participation rate of 64% sits below the Commons average, though frontbench and committee responsibilities can depress attendance figures. Where she does vote, she is a 99.7% party-line MP -- the Mandelson and immigration votes are the exceptions, not a pattern. Her speeches concentrate heavily on the economy, local government, environment, and social care, consistent with her seat on the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee and her Lib Dem frontbench rural affairs brief, appointed in October 2025. Stance data shows strong alignment with Lords scrutiny and parliamentary oversight, and consistent opposition to the employer National Insurance increase.

Her deviation profile is worth noting: she votes more often than her party colleagues for immigration control measures (40% versus the Lib Dem average of 18%) and less often in support of local government powers (0% versus 25%). Housing generates the most news coverage in the past 90 days, though at a neutral sentiment score -- suggesting volume without resolution. Economy and environment stories carry more positive coverage, reflecting her flood and business rates campaigning. Voting data runs to May 2026; speech and news records are current to the same period.