Rachel Reeves.

At 14% voting participation — one of the lowest rates in the Commons — Rachel Reeves is an outlier even by Cabinet standards, reflecting the demands of her role as Chancellor rather than disengagement. She has cast no rebel votes and voted with Labour on every occasion, making her a 100% party-line voter across 78 recorded divisions. Her most recent votes, in June 2026, backed government flexibility on steel nationalisation powers and opposed Conservative amendments requiring additional parliamentary disclosure before intervention. Her news coverage tells a sharper story: local business owners in Leeds have publicly criticised her tax policies, and national coverage has attacked her record on cost-of-living, with one piece branding her "the price-gouging queen." Against that, she drew positive coverage for visiting a Pudsey youth employment organisation and for directing National Housing Bank investment to Leeds.

Her parliamentary record is dominated by economics. Nearly a thousand contributions span 83 debates, with economy and jobs, fiscal policy, and cost-of-living accounting for more than half her speech activity. Her stance profile shows 100% alignment with progressive taxation and welfare reform, but only 17% alignment on parliamentary accountability votes — well below the Labour average — consistent with a Chancellor defending executive flexibility against opposition scrutiny demands. She scores noticeably above her party average on climate action and local democracy votes.

Reeves holds no select committee seats, which is standard for Cabinet ministers. The 90-day news sentiment is slightly negative overall (average score -0.06 across 60 articles), with economy and jobs coverage running the most critical (-0.42 average). Vote data is limited by her low participation rate, so stance scores draw on a small base and should be treated as indicative rather than definitive.