Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham.

A government minister rather than a backbench scrutineer, Diana Johnson has spent recent months leading from the despatch box on employment and health policy. As Minister of State for Crime, Policing and Fire -- appointed in August 2024 -- she has also driven initiatives on musculoskeletal conditions and women's workplace health, and was quoted in April 2026 championing a new Women's Employment Ambassador scheme. Her recent votes follow the government line entirely: she backed the Labour position across multiple ping-pong exchanges on the English Devolution, Children's Wellbeing, Pensions Schemes and Crime and Policing Bills, overriding Lords amendments in each case.

A 100% party-line voter with no rebel votes on record, Johnson participated in 73% of divisions -- slightly below the Commons average, which is not unusual for ministers managing departmental duties. Her stance profile shows strong alignment with workers' rights and progressive taxation, near-zero alignment with pro-business or anti-tax positions, and a consistent pattern of opposing Lords scrutiny (0% aligned) and backing government over parliamentary oversight (11% on parliamentary scrutiny). She speaks frequently on crime -- 77 contributions -- with local government, the labour market and social care also featuring heavily. Compared with her Labour colleagues, she is notably more favourable to criminal justice reform (+21 percentage points above the party average) and markedly less aligned with immigration control (-26 points).

Her ministerial role shapes almost everything here: the news coverage is largely generated by government announcements she fronts, and she sits on no select committees -- standard for a serving minister. The one negative news item in the data concerns her vote to cut the £300 winter fuel payment, which drew criticism locally. Speech and voting data are available from 2005; the 90-day news sample covers 34 articles, weighted heavily toward health and employment themes.