Southend East and Rochford.

Alaba's most distinctive recent actions were five rebel votes on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in June 2025, all on the same day. He backed amendments to close a potential loophole -- specifically, the possibility that voluntary self-starvation could qualify someone as terminally ill under the Bill -- and supported procedural moves to widen the scope of independent medical assessments. On each of these votes he broke with the Labour majority, placing him among the more cautious supporters of the assisted dying framework rather than its opponents. His deviation score on end-of-life autonomy (+22 percentage points above the party average) confirms this is a consistent pattern, not a one-off.

Beyond that cluster, Alaba is a reliable Labour loyalist, voting with his party 97.6% of the time across 369 of 515 votes -- a participation rate slightly below the Commons average. His speeches span economy and jobs, local government, health, and defence. He scores notably higher than the Labour average on NHS funding (+26 percentage points) and local government powers (+26 percentage points), and his 91 contributions across 66 debates suggest steady, if not especially prominent, engagement. He sits on the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, though cultural topics account for a smaller share of his speeches than economic or health issues.

Locally, Alaba has championed a new health centre in Southend and organised a community funding fair in south Essex, coverage that carried broadly positive sentiment. Crime dominates local news involving the constituency (15 articles in 90 days), though his average coverage score on that issue is near zero, suggesting limited direct involvement. Housing opposition in the area has attracted more column inches -- but those stories centre on the neighbouring MP Mark Francois rather than Alaba. Parliamentary speech data covers his full term; voting data runs to April 2026.