Tottenham.

As Foreign Secretary, David Lammy is one of the handful of MPs whose day job is running a government department rather than scrutinising one -- which explains his 21% voting participation rate, among the lowest in the Commons. When he does vote, he backs Labour's line almost without exception: a 99.1% party-line record across 108 votes. His one notable deviation was a free vote, where he opposed the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill at Second Reading in November 2024. Beyond the chamber, his 1,501 contributions across 101 debates are dominated by defence, crime, and immigration -- the bread and butter of his ministerial brief.

His voting pattern reflects his role rather than independence. Across the stances where data exists, he votes consistently for workers' rights and progressive taxation, and consistently against Lords scrutiny. He deviates from the Labour average on parliamentary scrutiny (33% vs the party's 10%) and shows a stronger pro-climate lean than his colleagues -- though with a small sample of votes, those gaps should be read cautiously. Notably, he scores 0% on pro-victims-rights measures and 0% on civil liberties, well below the Labour average on the latter.

The political pressure around Lammy is sharpening locally. A March 2026 poll projection suggested his vote share had collapsed from 57% to 26%, with the Greens positioned to take Tottenham -- a striking figure for a Cabinet minister. His April 2026 appearance alongside JD Vance attracted criticism that his priorities had drifted from constituency concerns. Recent news sentiment is broadly neutral but fragmented. No committee data is available, which is standard for serving ministers.