Richmond and Northallerton.

Rishi Sunak has voted against Conservative party positions three times since late 2024, each time backing assisted dying legislation -- at Second Reading in November 2024 and Third Reading in June 2025 -- and voting for the Tobacco and Vapes Bill in March 2025, while his party's majority opposed both measures. At Westminster, he has been publicly critical of the government's defence posture, accusing Keir Starmer of lacking "strategic acumen" over the delayed deployment of a British warship to Cyprus. Locally, he has intervened on GP surgery closures in the North Yorkshire Dales, writing to the Integrated Care Board and coordinating with community groups, and separately lobbied the Link CEO to reassess a market town's suitability for a banking hub.

His parliamentary participation is exceptionally low -- 3% of votes, or 18 of 515 divisions -- which is far below the Commons average. When he does vote, he follows the Conservative line roughly 83% of the time, but consistently opposes what the data labels "fiscal responsibility" measures, voting against government Budget resolutions on income tax thresholds, dividend rates, capital gains tax for employee ownership trusts, and inheritance tax relief changes for farms. His 88 speech contributions span economy, defence, health, and local government, suggesting he remains engaged through debate rather than division votes. He holds no select committee positions.

Sunak served as Prime Minister from 2022 to 2024, which explains both the low voting participation -- former party leaders often step back from routine divisions -- and the volume of media coverage he attracts. Around 191 news articles in the past 90 days cover him, with the bulk focused on local economic and community issues rather than national politics. No committee data is available.