MP for Ribble Valley
“A loyal Labour backbencher with a focus on housing and local government, notable for occasional rebellion on end-of-life amendments.”
Maya Ellis is the Labour (Co-op) MP for Ribble Valley, elected in July 2024. She sits on the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee (since October 2024) and previously served on the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill committee (September–October 2025). The data show a focus on housing and local government, with high party loyalty and occasional backbench rebellion.
Her party loyalty is 98% (slightly below the party average of 99%), and her attendance is 13% (well below the 34% party average). She has five rebel votes. She consistently votes for workers’ rights protections and for trade union powers, generally backs renter protections and protest rights, and tends to vote against expanded mental health services and against transgender rights; voting on Universal Credit, VAT changes, bus services regulation and prison sentencing is mixed.
Declared financial interests: two entries listed as Miscellaneous.
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: 34%
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.
2 positions
Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Since Oct 2024
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Sept 2025 - Oct 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.
Crime and Policing Bill: Government motion in relation to LA439
AYECrime and Policing Bill
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Govt Motion to insist on Amdt 38J and disagree with Amdts 38V to 38X
AYEChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026
Pensions Schemes Bill: Govt motion relating to Lords Reason 88D
AYEDraft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026
AYEEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Government motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98
AYEEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Government motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41
AYEEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Government motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37
AYEEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Government motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 36
AYEEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Government motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26
AYEEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Government motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 13
AYEEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Government motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4
AYEEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Government motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2
AYEEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Crime and Policing Bill: Motion relating Lords Reasons 359B and 439B
AYECrime and Policing Bill
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Parliamentary role · 15 Sept 2025
Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Parliamentary role · 21 Oct 2024
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.
