Lorraine Beavers.

Lorraine Beavers broke with her party three times in a single day in July 2025, voting against the government's welfare cuts on the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill — opposing both the clauses that reduced health top-up payments for new claimants and the Bill's Third Reading, while backing an amendment to protect people with fluctuating lifelong conditions such as Parkinson's and MS. She has since rebelled on public order protest regulations and, most recently, on planning regulations in July 2026. Her welfare rebellion placed her well outside the Labour mainstream: her voting record shows just 25% alignment on welfare reform, against a party average of 90%, and she sits 37 points above her colleagues on opposing benefit cuts.

Beyond those rebellions, Beavers is an 86% participation voter and a 98.2% party-line MP overall — so her deviations are targeted rather than habitual. She speaks frequently, with 86 contributions across 55 debates since 2024, concentrating on the economy and jobs, social care, local government, health, and energy. Her stance scores show strong alignment with progressive taxation (100%) and workers' rights (85%), but near-zero alignment with positions framed as pro-business (14%) or supportive of Lords and parliamentary scrutiny (7% and 4% respectively). She holds no select committee seat.

In the local press, Beavers has drawn positive coverage for constituency casework — championing a victim's family campaign over the Unduly Lenient Sentence review deadline, and raising a disputed £700m government contract in Parliament. She has no rebel votes tied to climate or defence despite speaking frequently on energy and environment, suggesting her dissent is concentrated on welfare and civil liberties. Her news sentiment data covers 39 articles in 90 days; the high-impact items are mostly from earlier in 2026, so her current local profile is harder to assess.