Peter Prinsley.

A doctor turned MP, Peter Prinsley has made assisted dying his most distinctive parliamentary cause. He is leading cross-party efforts to advance the bill, drawing on his medical background to argue for its principles — and his voting record bears this out: he backs assisted dying access at 89%, well above the Labour average of 58%. On most other fronts, he is a loyal government supporter, voting with Labour on every recorded division and backing the Immigration and Asylum Bill, planning reform, and housing development without deviation.

His participation rate of 84% sits a little below the Commons average, but he has been prolific in debate — 306 contributions across 189 debates, with health and social care together accounting for over a third of his speech activity. His stance profile flags some notable patterns: he votes strongly for workers' rights and housing development, but scores low on civil liberties, parliamentary scrutiny, and Lords oversight — consistent with a backbencher who trusts the government's direction of travel. His deviation from party norms is concentrated almost entirely on assisted dying, where he is measurably more permissive than most Labour colleagues.

Locally, coverage has been positive. He opened the constituency's first parliamentary office in Stowmarket in 2025, and has secured commitments on West Suffolk Hospital rebuilding and local road repairs. He raised river neglect in Parliament after visiting a flood-threatened site with a constituent. He sits on the Home Affairs Committee. Recent local news (22 articles, 90 days) has been broadly neutral in tone, covering sport and crime rather than his parliamentary work directly — the high-impact stories are older than 90 days.