Johanna Baxter.

Johanna Baxter made headlines in May 2025 when Russia sanctioned her after she launched a parliamentary report into Ukraine's stolen children — a rare mark of international impact for a first-term MP. More recently, she broke with her party five times on 20 June 2025 over the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, voting against the bill at Third Reading and backing tighter safeguards, including a clause that would have barred assisted dying where the wish to die was substantially driven by disability, financial hardship, or fear of being a burden. Her voting profile confirms a consistent scepticism toward assisted dying access, sitting 47 percentage points below the Labour average on that measure and 33 points above it on restrictions.

At 88% participation and 97.5% party alignment, Baxter is a broadly loyal government MP — but not uniformly so. Her stance profile flags very low alignment with civil liberties positions (14%) and parliamentary scrutiny measures (23%), suggesting she tends to back the executive line when government powers are at stake. Her speeches cluster heavily around economy and jobs (110 contributions) and defence (76), the latter consistent with her Ukraine work. She sits on the Work and Pensions Committee, which aligns with her workers' rights voting record — 89% aligned on that measure.

Beyond the assisted dying rebellion, Baxter attracted positive coverage for securing a government commitment on the release of a Bahraini-jailed constituent, and for raising concerns in Parliament about BBC accountability following anti-Israel chants at Glastonbury. News sentiment data for the most recent 90 days is insufficient to establish a trend. As a 2024 intake MP, her record is still accumulating.