Rebecca Long-Bailey’s voting in Parliament

Rebecca Long-Bailey is a Labour MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Labour MPs.

However, Rebecca Long-Bailey sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• Rebecca Long-Bailey voted against replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system, while most Labour MPs generally voted for. Show votes

We have lots more plain English analysis of Rebecca Long-Bailey’s voting record on issues like health, welfare, taxation and more. Visit Rebecca Long-Bailey’s full vote analysis page for more.

Rebecca Long-Bailey has never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Recent appearances

• Prime Minister’S Statement: European Union (Withdrawal) Acts 19 Oct 2019

  I thank all Members of this House for their passionate contributions. I thank the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster for sharing his mints with the shadow Front-Bench team earlier. However, that is where my joviality ends. Today is a historic day. It is a day on which the fewer than 650 people sat here now will agonise over whether they are about to make the right choice for their...

• Prime Minister’S Statement: European Union (Withdrawal) Acts 19 Oct 2019

  Please forgive me for not giving way; we are extremely pushed for time. What does this deal mean for business? I will put it simply; for business, for our industries and for our manufacturing, it reduces access to the market of our biggest trading partner, threatening jobs up and down our country at a time when more investment is needed, not less. There is no economic impact assessment and no...

• Prime Minister’S Statement: European Union (Withdrawal) Acts 19 Oct 2019

  Greener UK has raised huge concerns, saying that “environmental safeguards are absent from the new withdrawal agreement” and that the Government’s toothless Environment Bill “provides neither an enforcement body with independence… nor a commitment to non-regression in domestic law.” All this is coming at a time when we face a climate crisis across the world, and it is simply...

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Profile

Labour MP for Salford and Eccles

Entered the House of Commons on 8 May 2015 — General election

• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @rlong_bailey
• https://facebook.com/Rebecca4salford

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Rebecca Long-Bailey campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Department for Business
• Energy and Industrial Strategy
• HM Treasury
• Department of Health
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Department for Communities and Local Government
• Department for Business
• Energy and Industrial Strategy: Public Expenditure
• Welfare Tax Credits
• Wholesale Trade: Alcoholic Drinks
• Business: Pay
• Blood: Contamination

Currently held offices

• Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (since 9 Feb 2017)
• Member, Labour Party National Executive Committee (since 27 Sep 2015)

Other offices held in the past

• Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury (27 Jun 2016 to 9 Feb 2017)
• Shadow Minister (Treasury) (18 Sep 2015 to 27 Jun 2016)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Hazel Blears

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Savings (Government Contributions) Bill Committee (0 out of 5)
• Finance Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Small Charitable Donations and Childcare Payments Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• National Insurance Contributions(Rate Ceilings) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 22 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs. See all Rebecca Long-Bailey’s speeches
• Has received answers to 154 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 77.46% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 128 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)