Naushabah Khan.

Naushabah Khan's most distinctive parliamentary act has been opposing assisted dying — twice. She voted against the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill at both Second Reading in November 2024 and Third Reading in June 2025, putting her among the minority of Labour MPs who held firm against the legislation throughout its Commons passage. Beyond that, she has been active on a local housing issue: she lobbied Medway Council to crack down on the rapid growth of houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) in Gillingham and Rainham, proposed a licensing scheme drawing on her background as a former councillor, and secured coverage from the BBC, Kent Live, and Kent Online. She also successfully lobbied for a banking hub in Rainham after NatWest closed its local branch.

At 79% voting participation — somewhat below the Commons average — and 99.5% party-line alignment, Khan is a broadly loyal Labour MP with two clear exceptions. Her speeches cluster around local government, the economy, jobs, health, and housing, which maps onto her constituency casework. Her stance profile shows strong alignment with workers' rights and progressive taxation, but she scores notably lower than the party average on pension protection (17% versus 43% for Labour peers) and disability benefits, suggesting she has sided with the government on welfare tightening votes where some Labour colleagues have not.

Khan sits on no select committees, which limits her formal parliamentary footprint beyond the chamber and Westminster Hall. Her deviations from Labour's average lean towards backing government positions on welfare reform rather than rebelling in the direction of the left. Insufficient recent news data (last 90 days) means the current local picture is unclear, but her earlier coverage was consistently positive in tone.