Labour Party MP for Scarborough and Whitby.
Hume's most significant act this parliament came on 9 July 2025, when she broke from the government on four successive votes against the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill. She backed amendments to protect people with fluctuating lifelong conditions — such as Parkinson's, MS, and cancer — from benefit cuts, supported inflation-linking for those with limited capability for work, and voted against the core clauses reducing the UC health top-up for new claimants. She also voted against the bill's Third Reading. These are among the most consequential rebel votes cast by any Labour MP in this parliament, placing her alongside a small group who opposed the government's flagship welfare reform outright.
Beyond that break, Hume is a 99.1% party-line voter and participates in roughly 80% of divisions — broadly in line with the Commons average. She deviates from her parliamentary party most sharply on disability benefit cuts (67% anti-cuts, against a Labour average of 8%) and on welfare reform more broadly. Her 206 contributions across 142 debates are spread across economy and jobs, local government, social care, health, and culture — a profile consistent with representing a coastal constituency with persistent economic challenges. She co-chairs the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Coastal Communities and sits on the Backbench Business Committee.
Locally, her news coverage over the past 90 days is high-volume but low-drama — constituency casework on wildfire recovery, the Whitby Cliff Lift, coastal education funding, and a push for a dedicated Minister for Coastal Communities. That advocacy aligns directly with her speech topics in the Commons. Full voting records are available from July 2024; news data covers the past 90 days.
Alison Hume is the Labour MP for Scarborough and Whitby, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.
Top eight by total divisions voted, this parliament. Volume measures engagement, not direction — see Notable Votes for free-vote moments and rebellions.
Source · The Public Whip · Hansard
Moments where the whip was free, or where Hume broke ranks. Free votes are the truer signal of personal stance.
| Date | Bill / motion | Vote | Whip |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Jul 2025 | Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part | No | vs party |
| 9 Jul 2025 | Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading | No | vs party |
| 9 Jul 2025 | Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 | Yes | vs party |
Source · Hansard
“Seasonal scampi fishing visas are essential to protect Kilkeel crews and jobs at Whitby Seafoods, since 70% of the workforce will lose visa eligibility.”
“Challenges the framing that football results affect domestic abuse rates, arguing it allows perpetrators to deflect responsibility.”
“Government's emergency care reforms are welcome but coastal and rural communities like Scarborough remain dental deserts; urgent targeted action needed for disabled patients and th…”
“Demands government legislation on short-term let licensing at the earliest opportunity, arguing registration schemes alone are insufficient to protect housing availability in const…”
Select, joint and other committees Hume currently sits on. Committee work is where much of the line-by-line scrutiny of bills and departments happens, away from the chamber.
| Committee | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Backbench Business Committee | Member | Select |
Source · UK Parliament Committees API
Committee seats are where backbenchers shape legislation and hold departments to account. Hume sits on one.
| Department | Qs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Social Care | 29 | 38.2% |
| Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | 9 | 11.8% |
| Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | 7 | 9.2% |
| Ministry of Justice | 6 | 7.9% |
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 5 | 6.6% |
| Department for Culture, Media and Sport | 4 | 5.3% |
| Department for Transport | 4 | 5.3% |
| Department for Work and Pensions | 3 | 3.9% |
What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the potential merits of introducing bespoke fishing visas for seasonal scampi fishers in Northern Ireland.
The Government is committed to the long-term prosperity and sustainability of UK fishing, and the Northern Ireland fishing industry is a vital part of this. Earlier this year I visited Kilkeel with Minister Andrew Muir, where I discussed wi…read full →
Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of gambling-related harms associated with greyhound racing on public health.
We are committed to strengthening protections through a range of safer gambling measures to protect those at-risk of or experiencing gambling-related harm. No recent assessment has been made by the department in relation to greyhound racing…read full →
Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ban greyhound racing in England.
The Animal Welfare strategy published in December 2025 sets out Government priorities until 2030. The Government currently has no plans to ban greyhound racing.
What steps his Department is taking to ensure that the national rollout of the new child-focused family court model adequately identifies and responds to cases of parental alienation.
The Government does not recognise the concept of “parental alienation” and does not believe it is a syndrome capable of diagnosis. We are working with the Family Procedure Rule Committee to limit the instruction of unregulated experts, incl…read full →
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Source · Members API · Last amended 6 Jan 2026
| Category | £ | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Staffing | 171,798 | 74.3% |
| Office Costs | 26,699 | 11.5% |
| Accommodation | 17,939 | 7.8% |
| MP Travel | 6,977 | 3.0% |
| Staff Travel | 6,760 | 2.9% |
| Total · 244 claims | 231,319 | 100% |
Source · IPSA · FY 24_25
Nothing tabled for Hume on the published Order Paper this week.
| Year | Constituency | Votes | Share | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Scarborough and Whitby | 17,758 | 40.2% | Won |
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alison HumeWON | Lab | 17,758 | 40.2 |
Showing the MP’s own row only. Full result table: see Scarborough and Whitby →