Oldham East and Saddleworth.

Debbie Abrahams has broken with Labour three times on assisted dying -- her most significant recent defiance of the party line. She voted against the Terminally Ill Adults Bill at Third Reading, voted to curtail debate on it via a closure motion, and backed an amendment that would have let religious employers bar their staff from participating in assisted dying. These are her only rebel votes on record, making assisted dying the single issue where she consistently parts ways with the parliamentary Labour majority. Beyond the chamber, she publicly told the Prime Minister that welfare cuts left her "ashamed" -- striking language from a backbencher towards her own party leader -- and has used her chair role on the Work and Pensions Committee to push for the two-child benefit cap to be scrapped more ambitiously than the government's own proposals.

At 74% voting participation, she falls below the Commons average, though committee chairs typically carry heavier non-voting workloads. Outside of assisted dying, she votes with Labour 99% of the time. Her speeches cluster heavily around social care, health, the economy, and cost of living -- a pattern consistent with her committee brief. On welfare, her voting record sits 21 percentage points above her party's average in favour of welfare reform, and she scores 26 points above Labour peers on NHS funding votes.

She chairs the Work and Pensions Committee and sits on the Liaison Committee, giving her formal oversight of benefits and pensions policy -- context that explains why welfare cuts drew her sharpest public criticism. Local news coverage over the past 90 days skews neutral, dominated by culture and community stories rather than parliamentary controversies. Voting data covers 515 recorded divisions; speech and news data extend to late April 2026.