South Derbyshire.

A steady party-line MP who has nonetheless drawn attention through active constituency work, Samantha Niblett has recorded no rebel votes in nearly two years and votes with Labour in every recorded division -- a 100% alignment rate. Her most recent votes back government positions on tightening asylum support rules, extending energy price powers, and overriding Lords amendments to the Pension Schemes Bill. None of these are departures from Labour's programme, but they place her on the tougher end of the party on immigration and firmly opposed to Lords scrutiny, where she scores 0% aligned with that stance across 26 votes.

Her parliamentary engagement is reasonable but not exceptional -- 82% participation against a Commons average typically around 70--80%. Speeches cluster around economy and jobs, local government, social care, and health, suggesting a local-services focus consistent with representing a post-industrial East Midlands constituency. She sits on the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee, which maps onto some technology-themed speech activity. Where she diverges from Labour's average, the pattern is mixed: she votes more consistently on consumer protection but notably below party average on armed forces welfare (25% versus the party's 49%) and public services funding.

Beyond the chamber, Niblett attracted coverage for intervening directly with Meta over a South Derbyshire business locked out of its Facebook account -- a small but visible piece of constituent casework she then raised at a parliamentary committee. She also publicly pushed the government on Hamas's role in Gaza's future and championed a sex education initiative, generating a modest but positive media footprint locally. Data covers her term from July 2024; the news sentiment score of 0.19 across 31 articles over 90 days suggests broadly neutral coverage with a spike around constituency performance stories.