MP for Hastings and Rye
“A loyal, centre-left backbencher who champions workers’ rights and welfare, with one notable rebel vote on end-of-life care.”
Helena Dollimore is the Labour (Co-op) MP for Hastings and Rye, elected in July 2024. She serves on several parliamentary committees, including the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority and both the Joint and Select Committees on Statutory Instruments, and has previously served on the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee and on bills committees.
She shows 100% party loyalty but attends far fewer votes than the party average (14% versus 33%). She has one rebel vote against the party on an end-of-life care amendment. In policy terms, she generally supports workers’ rights protections, trade union powers, VAT changes, and mental health services, while often voting against tougher prison sentencing, bus services regulation, transgender rights, and renter protections; her voting on climate change measures and Universal Credit is mixed.
Declared four financial interests: donations and other support for activities as an MP (two entries), miscellaneous interests (one entry), and visits outside the UK (one entry).
Generated 21 February 2026
How this MP participates in parliamentary votes. These numbers describe activity, not effectiveness.
How often this MP votes
Labour (Co-op) average: 33%
The percentage of parliamentary votes (divisions) this MP participated in. MPs may miss votes for legitimate reasons including ministerial duties, constituency work, or illness.
How often this MP votes with their party
Labour (Co-op) average: 99%
Estimated from voting record, not self-declared. This is a simplified model — real politics is more complex than a single axis.
6 positions
Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
Since Jan 2026
Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)
Since Jun 2025
Statutory Instruments (Select Committee)
Since Jun 2025
Finance (No. 2) Bill
Jan 2026 - Feb 2026
Water (Special Measures) Bill [HL]
Dec 2024 - Jan 2025
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
Oct 2024 - Nov 2025
Figures include only interests with declared monetary values from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Some categories (e.g. hospitality, overseas visits) may not have monetary values recorded, so the total may not reflect all declared interests.
Opposition day motion: student loans
NOOpposition day motion: fuel duty
NODraft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
AYEDraft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026
AYEFinance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading
AYEFinance (No. 2) Bill
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6
NOFinance (No. 2) Bill
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5
NOFinance (No. 2) Bill
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11
NOFinance (No. 2) Bill
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading
AYECourts and Tribunals Bill
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
NOCourts and Tribunals Bill
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106
AYEChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 102
AYEChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 44
AYEChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41
AYEChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38
AYEChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
The percentage of votes where this MP voted the same way as the majority of their party. High loyalty is typical; most MPs vote with their party on most issues.
Rebel votes
Times this MP voted differently from the majority of their party. This can reflect independent judgement, but context matters — some rebel votes are on procedural matters, others on major policy.
