Reading West and Mid Berkshire.

Bailey's most notable recent actions centre on the assisted dying bill, where she broke with the Labour majority four times in June 2025 -- voting against the bill's Third Reading and against amendments intended to close the "voluntary starvation loophole," while supporting two other amendments at Report Stage. These rebel votes place her among the opponents of the legislation as it passed the Commons, and they represent her only significant departures from Labour's line in an otherwise 97.6% party-aligned voting record.

Beyond assisted dying, Bailey is a steady Labour loyalist with a high engagement in particular policy areas. Her participation rate of 73% sits below the Commons average. She votes strongly in favour of workers' rights and progressive taxation, and her stance scores show notable divergence from her party average on pension protection (she backs it more strongly than most Labour MPs) and climate action (she is noticeably less aligned than her colleagues). She has spoken across 82 debates, with education, the economy, local government, and community issues dominating her contributions -- consistent with her news coverage, which includes lobbying for chalk stream protection and championing childcare and cost-of-living measures for Reading and mid-Berkshire.

Bailey holds a ministerial position -- referenced in coverage around education visits and family policy -- which limits committee membership and shapes much of her public profile. Local news sentiment over the past 90 days is broadly neutral across a high volume of articles, with health and education coverage running more positively. She holds no select committee seats. Voting and speech data are available from her 2024 election; longer-term patterns cannot yet be established.