Ashley Fox.

Ashley Fox's most striking departure from Conservative orthodoxy came on assisted dying. On 20 June 2025 he voted for the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill at Third Reading — backing a measure his party majority opposed — and diverged again on two safeguard amendments, opposing restrictions his Conservative colleagues supported. The data confirm this is not a one-off: he votes pro-assisted-dying access at 89%, against a party average of 25%, the largest deviation from his party of any tracked stance. Outside the chamber, he has been publicly active on NHS bed cuts at his local trust and Royal Mail delivery failures, leading a Westminster debate on the latter and writing formally to Openreach to push for broader broadband coverage in Bridgwater.

At 77% voting participation and 97% party alignment, Fox is broadly a reliable Conservative vote — but his consistency is strongest on business and tax issues (100% aligned on both pro-business and anti-tax-increase stances) and on Lords and parliamentary scrutiny. He speaks frequently, with 469 contributions across 243 debates; the economy, local government, fiscal policy, and crime dominate his topics. His Justice Committee membership maps directly onto crime appearing as one of his four busiest speech areas.

The picture that emerges is of an MP who is highly active in constituency casework — NHS, broadband, postal services, local visits — while holding a conventionally Conservative economic record. The assisted dying votes are the genuine outlier, placing him well to the pro-access end of his party. News sentiment data covering the past 90 days spans 35 articles but most carry a neutral score of zero, suggesting routine local coverage rather than sustained controversy. Rebel vote data is otherwise sparse, and no additional committee roles are recorded.