York Outer.

One rebel vote stands out on an otherwise clean record: Charters broke with Labour in June 2025 to back New Clause 2 on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, a conscience vote on assisted dying safeguards where he sits 14 percentage points below his party's average position. Beyond that, he has voted with Labour on 99.8% of divisions -- backing steel nationalisation, the King's Speech, and tightened asylum support rules without dissent. His 85% voting participation is broadly in line with the Commons average for a first-term MP.

His parliamentary activity is weighted toward economic and local themes: 70 contributions on economy and jobs, 30 on local government, and 21 on cost of living, across 193 total contributions in 122 debates. His stance profile flags strong alignment with workers' rights (89%) and progressive taxation (96%), but below-party-average scores on armed forces welfare (-24 percentage points), disability benefits, and parliamentary scrutiny -- the last reflecting the disciplined voting pattern of a new government loyalist. He holds no select committee seat.

Constituency engagement has generated positive local press: he was credited with helping restore a post office in York and has championed paternity leave for self-employed fathers, drawing BBC coverage in mid-2025. Recent news sentiment across 81 articles is broadly neutral (average score 0.06), with transport coverage the most positive thread. Charters took York Outer for Labour in July 2024 -- a seat the party had not previously held -- and his public positioning has been that of an active local campaigner. Parliamentary speech data runs to April 2026; voting data to May 2026.