Knowsley.

Midgley's most consistent act of independence has been her opposition to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. She voted against the bill at Third Reading in June 2025 and backed three amendments at Report Stage designed to strengthen safeguards -- including a tighter advertising ban and broader employer opt-out rights. All five of her rebel votes concern assisted dying, placing her among the more active opponents of the legislation within the Labour parliamentary party. Her voting record shows her 16 percentage points more likely than the average Labour MP to oppose assisted dying. Away from Westminster, she has drawn BBC and Liverpool Echo coverage for raising constituent complaints about industrial site smells causing illness in Kirkby and pushing for enforcement action that eventually saw two sites closed down.

At 81% participation and 98.1% party alignment outside assisted dying, she is a reliable Labour vote. Her speeches cluster around the economy and jobs (37 contributions), crime (22), social care (18), and the labour market (16). She scores notably higher than Labour colleagues on NHS funding votes -- 67% versus the party average of 41% -- and on welfare reform, though lower on public services funding more broadly. Her stance profile shows strong alignment with workers' rights and progressive taxation, but low alignment with positions characterised as pro-business or pro-parliamentary scrutiny.

She sits on the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, though this does not visibly dominate her speech topics. News sentiment over the past 90 days is broadly neutral across 151 articles, with health coverage carrying the most positive average score -- consistent with her vocal local campaigning on environmental health issues. Full debate transcripts and committee records are available; voting data covers 521 divisions since July 2024.