Caroline Nokes.

One vote in the current parliament — and it was to oppose the King's Speech — sums up Caroline Nokes's recent Westminster record. With a 0% voting participation rate across 568 parliamentary divisions, she stands as one of the least active voters in the Commons; the average MP votes far more frequently. She has drawn no rebel votes and shown no deviation from Conservative positions when she does vote. Yet her news coverage tells a different story: she has been publicly active on constituency issues, writing to the Chancellor over rising costs hitting local hospitality businesses, raising an Urgent Question in the Commons about a family campaign, arranging a Downing Street visit for affected constituents, and backing a campaign on menopause and workplace careers, drawing on her former role as Chair of the Women and Equalities Select Committee.

That committee background shapes her speech pattern across 1,774 contributions in 547 debates. Health, social care, and economy and jobs dominate her speaking topics, alongside local government and fiscal policy — a broad portfolio rather than a narrow specialism. She contributes frequently in debate and at 100% party alignment, has not broken from the Conservative whip on any recorded vote.

The most notable tension in her data is between very low voting attendance and high speech and constituency activity — suggesting she engages with parliament largely through debate and local advocacy rather than division lobbies. News coverage over the past 90 days leans heavily on culture and sport (23 articles) and crime (10 articles), categories that score close to neutral in sentiment. She currently sits on the Panel of Chairs and the General Cemetery Bill committee. Voting records beyond the single division are not available, limiting fuller assessment of her parliamentary stance.