Stafford.

Leigh Ingham's most distinctive moment in this parliament came on 16 May 2025, when she broke with Labour on the Terminally Ill Adults Bill -- voting to allow employers such as religious hospices to prohibit their staff from facilitating assisted dying even where the individual worker wished to participate. She also voted against the government's closure motion on the same day, one of only two departures from Labour's line across her entire voting record. Beyond Westminster, she has been a visible local presence: opposing the removal of 24-hour care from a Stafford retirement complex, backing a summer crackdown on town centre crime, launching a free summer school for young people, and helping 18 constituents meet the Culture Secretary during the government's youth strategy consultation.

At 67% voting participation -- below the Commons average -- she is not among the most present MPs in the division lobbies, though her 99.4% party-line record means her votes reliably follow Labour when she does attend. Her speeches concentrate heavily on the economy, local government, social care, and education -- consistent with her background as a former youth worker, which also explains her prominent championing of the government's £500 million youth strategy. She scores well above the party average on welfare reform and public services funding, but notably below it on armed forces welfare, pension protection, and criminal justice reform.

Ingham sits on the Modernisation Committee and the Speaker's Conference, both of which shape how Parliament operates rather than policy directly. Local news coverage is extensive -- around 100 articles over 90 days -- but sentiment scores cluster near neutral, reflecting routine reporting rather than controversy or sustained praise. No data is available to explain her below-average attendance rate.