Rebecca Paul.

A loyal Conservative backbencher, Rebecca Paul has voted with her party on nearly every division since entering Parliament in 2024 — but her one rebel vote is telling. In November 2024 she backed a Conservative amendment to strip the 26 Church of England bishops from the Lords as part of the hereditary peers bill, putting her at odds with her own front bench. Her recent votes follow a clear pattern: opposing Labour's trade union balloting reforms, blocking the Immigration and Asylum Bill at second reading, and pushing back against planning regulations that remove elected councillors from decisions on smaller housing applications.

Paul participates in 79% of votes, broadly in line with the Commons average, and sits at 99.8% party alignment — a near-perfect Conservative loyalist. Her stance data reinforces this: 100% aligned against tax increases, 96% with pro-business positions, and 0% alignment with Labour's government agenda or progressive taxation measures. She deviates modestly from her party on criminal justice reform, voting more favourably than the Conservative average, and is slightly more cautious than colleagues on assisted dying access. Her 570 contributions span health, social care, the economy, and crime — consistent with her seats on the Education Committee and Women and Equalities Committee.

The most prominent news attached to Reigate in recent months concerns her predecessor, Crispin Blunt, who was fined in March 2026 for drug possession linked to chemsex parties during his time as a justice minister — conduct that courts noted undermined confidence in Parliament. Paul bears no connection to that story, but it dominated local coverage. Insufficient recent news data means her own local profile cannot be independently assessed from press coverage alone.