Gordon McKee.

All five of Gordon McKee's rebel votes fall on a single issue: assisted dying. He voted against the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill at Third Reading in June 2025, and backed a series of tightening amendments — including clauses that would have barred applications driven by fear of being a burden, mental illness, disability, or financial hardship — putting him well to the right of his parliamentary party on the question. His 0% alignment on assisted dying access against a party average of 58% makes him one of Labour's most consistent opponents of the bill in its current form.

Beyond that, McKee is a 98% party-line voter with a participation rate of 78%, modestly below the Commons average. He votes reliably for progressive taxation, workers' rights, and fiscal responsibility, while consistently opposing amendments framed around parliamentary scrutiny, Lords oversight, civil liberties, and pro-business measures — broadly the pattern of a loyalist Labour backbencher. His 91 contributions across 70 debates since 2024 are active by backbench standards; defence, the economy, and health dominate his speaking record. He sits on no select committees.

Outside the chamber, McKee drew unusual cross-party attention in late 2025 after hiring a digital content creator and going viral for explaining national debt using biscuits — covered by the Guardian, the Daily Record, and STV, and prompting a favourable write-up in the Spectator calling for his promotion. That communications profile is the most distinctive thing about him beyond his assisted dying position. News sentiment data for the most recent 90 days is insufficient to identify any notable shift in local coverage.