Stourbridge.

Eccles has broken with Labour on welfare more than almost any of her 2024 intake colleagues. In July 2025 she voted against the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill at Third Reading, opposed the clauses restricting PIP eligibility, and backed two rebel amendments to protect disabled people with fluctuating conditions and uprate Northern Ireland payments with inflation -- all four votes against her party's majority in a single day. She also rebelled on tuition fees in March 2026, voting against the government's 2.71% increase. On disability benefits specifically, her voting record sits 88 percentage points above her party's average, making this a clear and consistent priority rather than a one-off protest.

Her parliamentary participation rate of 51% is well below the Commons average, though she has been active in debates -- 68 contributions across 51 debates -- with economy and jobs, health, and social care dominating her speaking record. She votes with Labour 97% of the time outside her welfare flashpoints, and her stance profile shows strong alignment on workers' rights (93%) and progressive taxation (95%), but she is sharply out of step with her party on welfare reform. She holds no select committee seat.

Local coverage -- drawn from around 120 articles over 90 days -- has focused on her constituent casework: calling for an investigation into high street grooming claims, raising struggling hospitality businesses at Prime Minister's Questions, and hosting a cross-party animal welfare and domestic violence campaign. She has not secured government commitments on the business rates issue. The high volume of local coverage with broadly neutral sentiment suggests an MP investing heavily in visible constituency presence in a seat Labour gained from the Conservatives in 2024.