West Lancashire.

Ashley Dalton's most significant recent act was resigning as a Health Minister in March 2026 to focus on her role as a local MP after disclosing she has incurable breast cancer -- a decision she framed around her constituents' right to active representation. She has since returned to the backbenches, where she immediately pushed for ministerial intervention over plans to axe A&E services at a Lancashire hospital, signalling that her local advocacy has intensified rather than diminished since leaving government.

On assisted dying, Dalton is a clear outlier within Labour. She voted against the Terminally Ill Adults Bill at Second Reading, Report Stage, and Third Reading -- one of a minority of Labour MPs to oppose the legislation throughout -- and sits 48 percentage points below her party's average on assisted dying access, the sharpest deviation in her profile. Otherwise she votes with Labour 98.7% of the time. Her participation rate of 61% is below the Commons average, though her period in government and her health treatment provide context for that figure. Her 243 contributions span 83 debates, with health and social care dominating -- a focus that predates her own diagnosis and reflects a consistent policy interest.

Her former role as a Health Minister explains why health accounts for 65 of her recorded speech contributions, and her cancer diagnosis has since made her a more prominent voice on NHS provision. Local news coverage over the past 90 days skews heavily towards crime stories unrelated to Dalton herself; coverage directly involving her centres on health and constituency advocacy, with broadly positive sentiment. No committee memberships are currently recorded.