All five of Alaba's rebel votes fell on a single day — June 2025 — and all on the same issue: assisted dying. He voted against the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill at Third Reading, rejecting the final Commons text of a flagship liberalising measure that most Labour MPs backed. His accompanying votes tell a consistent story: he supported tighter safeguards — backing clauses that would have excluded applicants driven by fear of being a burden, mental disorder, disability, or financial pressure — and he voted against a requirement to assess palliative care provision alongside the new law. On assisted dying access, he sits 44 percentage points below his party's average.
Beyond that cluster, Alaba votes with Labour 97.8% of the time — a reliable party-line MP. He participates in 70% of divisions, below the Commons average. His speeches span economy and jobs, local government, health, defence, and social care, suggesting a broad rather than specialist parliamentary profile. He sits on the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, which accounts for some of his community and culture-sector activity. Stance data show him strongly aligned with workers' rights and progressive taxation, and notably sceptical of pro-business and parliamentary scrutiny positions.
Locally, he has championed a health centre opening in Southend's former Argos building and organised a community funding fair — both pointing to a constituency-level focus on public health and the voluntary sector. News coverage over the past 90 days is thin, with most articles scoring neutral sentiment. The housing controversy around 1,300 homes between Wickford and Rayleigh appears more closely linked to neighbouring MP Mark Francois than to Alaba directly. Speech and voting data are available from July 2024 onwards.
