Jeremy Corbyn.

One of Westminster's most recognisable independent MPs, Corbyn has broken with his own party — Your Party — five times in recent votes, most notably backing stronger protections for zero-hours workers and whistleblowers against government-preferred compromises on the Employment Rights Bill. He also voted for a Conservative amendment requiring transparency on how the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill would affect passenger fares. These rebels are not random: they track consistently leftward from his party's position, not rightward. Recent news coverage cuts both ways — he has drawn praise for constituency forums and community campaigning, but also sharp criticism over allegations of inconsistency on antisemitism and endorsements of candidates accused of bigotry.

His parliamentary participation rate of 54% sits below the Commons average. Where he does vote, his record is strikingly consistent: 97% aligned with workers' rights positions and climate action, and 0% with pro-business ones. He diverges most sharply from his party colleagues by voting against the employer National Insurance increase (100% vs his party's 43%) and against benefit cuts more often than most of his colleagues. Defence dominates his speech activity — 112 contributions — followed by economy and jobs, social care, and immigration. He holds no committee seats.

Corbyn has sat for Islington North since 1983 and ran as an independent in 2024 after losing the Labour whip, winning against the party machine. That background explains much of his voting pattern: he operates as a left-wing independent loosely aligned with Your Party but willing to break when the government steers toward compromise over principle. News sentiment over the past 90 days averages mildly negative (-0.08 across 70 articles), with mp-performance coverage notably critical (-0.43 average). Voting data covers recent parliamentary activity; full speech transcripts are not available.