Leicester East.

Leicester East's new Conservative MP cast one notable rebel vote in her first parliamentary session, backing the Tobacco and Vapes Bill at Second Reading in November 2024 -- breaking with her party to support legislation that would progressively raise the minimum age for buying tobacco. That single deviation aside, she has voted with the Conservative line 99.7% of the time, opposing the government's legislative programme during the 2026 King's Speech debate and backing moves to block the Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill. Recent votes on the Crime and Policing Bill show her supporting Lords amendments that the government sought to overturn.

Her participation rate of 61% sits below the Commons average, meaning she has missed roughly two in every five votes. Her voting record places her strongly in favour of parliamentary and Lords scrutiny (93% and 100% aligned respectively) and pro-business positions (89%), while she votes against workers' rights measures and progressive taxation in nearly every case. She deviates from her Conservative colleagues notably on pension protection, where she votes at 100% against a party average of 39%, and shows somewhat greater alignment than her party on climate action and welfare. Her nine parliamentary speeches have concentrated on jobs, fiscal policy, and education -- themes likely shaped by Leicester East's economic profile.

The high-impact news articles attached to Leicester East are entirely about her predecessor, Claudia Webbe, whose harassment conviction dominated the seat's coverage from 2020 to 2022. Recent local news (31 articles over 90 days) clusters around crime and culture, with neutral average sentiment -- no clear positive or negative pattern. Raja holds no committee seats, limiting available data on her policy specialism. Her parliamentary record remains short, and a fuller picture will emerge as she accumulates votes and speeches.