Lewisham East.

Daby's most distinctive recent action has been her consistent support for assisted dying reform. She voted for two significant amendments at Report Stage of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in June 2025 -- backing new clauses on guidance and devolution -- and a further amendment ensuring continuity of medical assessment where an independent doctor cannot complete their role. These rebel votes put her among the Labour MPs pushing the bill forward, against the party majority on each occasion. Her voting profile shows she sits well to the left of the parliamentary mainstream on assisted dying access, scoring 78% aligned compared to the party's 48%.

Beyond that controversy, Daby is a loyal and reasonably active parliamentarian -- voting with Labour 99.1% of the time and participating in 66% of votes, somewhat below the Commons average. Her 319 speech contributions span education, the economy, social care and local government, reflecting her background as a former social worker and her 2024 appointment as a minister in the Department for Education. She scores strongly on workers' rights and progressive taxation, and consistently votes with the government in Lords ping-pong exchanges. One notable deviation: she scores markedly higher than her party on pension protection issues.

Background as a social worker shapes her policy focus -- her committee membership on the International Development Committee adds an international dimension to that welfare-oriented profile. Recent local news coverage in Lewisham East has been dominated by crime and housing stories, averaging a near-neutral sentiment across 77 articles in the past 90 days. Data on her ministerial activity since 2024 is limited, as ministers speak less frequently from the backbenches, which may partly explain the below-average vote participation rate.