Nadia Whittome.

One of Labour's more rebellious backbenchers, Whittome has voted against her own party five times on record — most recently opposing the Immigration and Asylum Bill at Second Reading in July 2026. She has also broken ranks to back a Conservative motion referring Keir Starmer to the Privileges Committee over the Mandelson vetting row, and twice defied the whip on the Courts and Tribunals Bill, siding with those who argued it would strip defendants of the centuries-old right to trial by jury. Her 92.8% party alignment masks a consistent pattern of dissent on civil liberties and immigration, where her voting profile sits far to the left of most Labour MPs.

Her participation rate of 56% — below the Commons average — is worth noting, though she remains active in debate, contributing across 69 debates on topics including the economy, social care, health, and immigration. Her stance scores place her at 0% alignment with positions characterised as anti-benefit-cuts, pro-business, or anti-tax-increases, and she deviates sharply from the Labour average on welfare reform (0% versus the party's 90%) and asylum-seeker rights (67% versus 1%). She sits on the Women and Equalities Committee, and has led parliamentary debates on climate education and raised Sudan, digital ID, and disability rights in the chamber.

Her personal disclosure of living with disabilities — covered in local outlet LeftLion — directly informs her legislative focus on disability benefits, where she voted against cuts at a rate far above her party's average. Recent local news coverage (19 articles in the past 90 days) spans culture, policing, and local government, though scores are neutral, suggesting routine rather than controversy-driven coverage. Voting data provides the clearest window into her priorities; speech content broadly reinforces it.