Patrick Hurley.

Hurley's most significant recent act was voting against the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill at Third Reading on 20 June 2025 — breaking with the Labour majority to oppose assisted dying becoming law. His voting pattern that day was consistent: he backed New Clause 16, which would have barred applications driven by fear of being a burden or by financial hardship, and supported a technical safeguard amendment (Amendment 12), while opposing the bill's final passage and several amendments tabled by its sponsor. His stance places him well to the right of his parliamentary party on this issue — voting to restrict assisted dying access in 78% of relevant divisions, against a Labour average of 45%.

Otherwise Hurley is a loyal and reasonably active MP. At 87% voting participation, he is above the Commons average, and he votes with the Labour majority 97% of the time outside conscience votes. His speeches — 150 contributions across 84 debates — cluster around the economy and jobs, local government, health, and social care. He holds no select committee seat. His deviation from party norms is most pronounced on lords scrutiny (4% aligned) and parliamentary scrutiny more broadly (21% aligned), suggesting a preference for letting government business move quickly.

Locally, Hurley has been visible on constituency issues: he led a campaign to reopen Southport's children's A&E, drew on personal bereavement — the deaths of his father and wife to cancer — to push for improved cancer care in the North West, and helped establish the Southport Matters community project. Recent local news coverage (90 days) is dominated by crime stories, where his average sentiment score is flat, suggesting coverage that is factual rather than favourable. No committee data is available to add further specialist context.