Scarborough and Whitby.

Alison Hume broke with her party on welfare reform in July 2025, voting against the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill at both committee and third reading stages -- one of the more significant Labour rebellions of the parliament. She voted to protect disabled people with fluctuating conditions from cuts ahead of the government's own PIP review, and backed an amendment ensuring Northern Ireland claimants received inflation-linked payments. Otherwise she has voted with Labour on 99% of divisions, including supporting tighter asylum support rules and backing the government's contested reserve power over pension fund investment.

Her voting participation sits at 81%, below the Commons average, though she has made 180 contributions across 128 debates -- a solid parliamentary footprint. Her speeches concentrate on the economy, local government, social care, and the labour market, reflecting the pressures of a coastal constituency that lacks major urban economic anchors. On welfare issues her votes diverge sharply from her party: her disability-benefits-protection alignment runs 59 percentage points above the Labour average. She scores low on pro-business stances (16%) and is consistently aligned with progressive taxation (97%).

Local coverage over the past 90 days has been heavy -- 172 articles -- with Hume active on wildfire relief for farmers, the campaign to save Whitby's historic cliff lift, and a targeted education programme she helped secure as co-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Coastal Communities. Transport and environment stories draw the most positive coverage. She sits on the Backbench Business Committee, giving her some influence over which constituency and cross-party issues reach the Commons floor. No committee-stage data beyond voting records is available.