Kevin Bonavia.

A steady Labour loyalist with a notably liberal position on assisted dying, Kevin Bonavia has otherwise voted with his party on every recorded division since entering parliament in 2024. His recent votes follow the government line: backing the removal of the academy presumption for new schools, supporting planning reforms that shift small housing decisions away from elected councillors, and extending employment tribunal time limits to six months. His 41% alignment on local democracy measures — below the party average — is consistent with that planning vote, where he backed officer delegation over councillor scrutiny.

At 85% voting participation, Bonavia sits close to the Commons average. He has made 183 contributions across 113 debates, with economy and jobs his most frequent topic, followed by defence and local government — a spread that reflects both national Labour priorities and Stevenage's industrial and aerospace employment base. His stance scores show strong alignment with workers' rights (87%) and progressive taxation (100%), while he scores low on civil liberties (17%), parliamentary scrutiny (13%), and Lords scrutiny (4%), all consistent with a first-term MP voting reliably with a majority government.

The clearest deviation from his party is on assisted dying, where he sits 31 percentage points above Labour's average in supporting access — worth noting given the subject's recent parliamentary prominence. Local news coverage over the past 90 days has been dominated by crime (eight articles), largely linked to a former Stevenage councillor's prosecution for child sexual abuse images; Bonavia responded by immediately dismissing the individual upon arrest. He holds no select committee seats. Parliamentary data is available from July 2024 onwards.