MP for Salford
Rebecca Long Bailey is the Labour and Co‑operative MP for Salford, first elected in 2015. She has held senior Labour frontbench roles, including Shadow Secretary of State for Education (2020) and Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (2017–2020), and has served on the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee. She was a member of the Labour Party National Executive Committee (2015–2019).
She shows strong party loyalty (99%) and relatively high attendance (73%), with a centre-left positioning (41/100). She has 16 rebel votes. In policy terms, she has generally supported Universal Credit and NHS funding, generally opposed stricter asylum and immigration controls, backed bus service regulation, and generally opposed the Rwanda deportation scheme; votes on VAT changes, transgender rights and trade union powers have been mixed.
Declared financial interests include five entries of donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP.
Generated 21 February 2026
11 positions
Zoological Society of London (Leases) Bill
Feb 2024 - Feb 2024
Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill
May 2023 - May 2023
Social Housing (Regulation) Bill [HL]
Nov 2022 - Nov 2022
Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill
Mar 2022 - Mar 2022
Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [HL]
Dec 2021 - Dec 2021
Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
Feb 2021 - May 2024
Based on parliamentary votes
has voted a mixture of ways on universal credit
has generally voted against immigration controls
has voted a mixture of ways on bus services regulation
has generally voted against vat changes
has generally voted against asylum system
has generally voted against transgender rights
has voted a mixture of ways on trade union powers
has voted a mixture of ways on nhs funding
Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada
8 Feb 2017
Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions) (No.2)
25 Mar 2021
draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No.2) Regulations 2021
14 Dec 2021
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1
13 Jun 2025
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2
13 Jun 2025
Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2026-27
Local Government Finance Report (England) 2026-27
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading