Terry Jermy.

Jermy's most significant recent action was breaking with Labour on welfare reform. In July 2025 he voted against the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill at Second Reading — one of the most high-profile Labour rebellions of this parliament — and backed a reasoned amendment to block it. He also voted for an amendment to extend protections to people with fluctuating conditions such as Parkinson's and MS. Beyond welfare, he voted with a Conservative-backed clause to require in-person appointments before abortion pills are dispensed, a notable deviation from Labour's majority position on reproductive health policy.

Jermy votes with Labour 98% of the time and participated in 67% of votes, somewhat below the Commons average. His rebel votes cluster around welfare cuts and social policy rather than economic matters, where he is a reliable government supporter on taxation and workers' rights. His parliamentary speeches, spread across 127 contributions in 101 debates, concentrate on the economy, local government, environment, agriculture, and social care — a pattern consistent with his seat on the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee and his rural Norfolk constituency. He sits noticeably to the left of his party on welfare generosity (33% vs Labour's 90% on welfare reform) and to the right on assisted dying restrictions.

Outside parliament, his local coverage is strongly positive: he has campaigned on heating oil prices for rural households, championed honest food labelling to support Norfolk farmers, backed a three-council model for Norfolk local government, and publicly opposed a developer's plans to demolish a local estate. The breadth of local engagement — cost of living, agriculture, housing, planning — reflects a constituency-first approach. Voting data and speech records are available from mid-2024; news sentiment covers the past 90 days.