Miatta Fahnbulleh.

Miatta Fahnbulleh holds a junior ministerial role on energy and devolution, and that brief shapes almost everything she does at Westminster. Her two rebel votes stand out against an otherwise near-total party loyalty record of 99.5%. In June 2025 she broke with Labour to oppose extended subsidies for large-scale biomass generation — primarily benefiting Drax — arguing the £160-per-megawatt-hour cost was excessive and the process lacked scrutiny. She also backed a tightening amendment to the Assisted Dying Bill that would have written exceptions to the advertising ban into primary legislation rather than leaving them to ministerial discretion. Both breaks reflect a pattern: she sits 40 percentage points below her party average on energy security votes, and 31 points above it on assisted dying access.

Her parliamentary engagement is below average — she has voted in 70% of divisions, against a Commons norm closer to the mid-to-high 70s. However, she has made nearly 1,000 contributions across 97 debates, with energy, local government, economy and housing dominating her speeches. She scores 100% on progressive taxation and pro-government-agenda measures, but just 20% on parliamentary scrutiny votes and 0% on Lords scrutiny — suggesting she backs the government's legislative programme while resisting procedural checks on executive power. Her 0% alignment on whistleblower protection is a notable outlier from her party.

News coverage over the past year has been broadly positive, with a BBC profile marking her first year as an MP-minister and The Mirror highlighting her championing of a clean energy project in Peckham. A lower-scoring story from March 2026 found her response to antisemitism concerns in the constituency criticised as generic. She sits on no select committees, which is common for ministers. Voting data from July 2026 on the Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill is incomplete — no debate records exist to clarify what the new clauses she opposed would have done.