MP for Salford
“A loyal Labour MP with strong attendance and notable frontbench experience, who has occasionally rebelled on welfare and national infrastructure issues.”
Rebecca Long Bailey is the Labour (Co-operative) MP for Salford, elected in 2015. She has held senior opposition roles, including Shadow Secretary of State for Education (April–June 2020) and Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (2017–2020), and has served on parliamentary committees such as the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee. She was a member of the Labour Party National Executive Committee from 2015 to 2019.
She typically aligns with her party, recording 99% party loyalty and 73% voting attendance (well above the party average of 33%), with 16 rebel votes. On policy, she generally supported Universal Credit and NHS funding, voted against tighter immigration controls and against the asylum system, supported bus services regulation, and opposed the Rwanda deportation scheme. Her votes on VAT, transgender rights, trade union powers and prison sentencing have been mixed.
Five declared financial interests, all relating to donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP.
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.
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
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: Protections for children from online harms
NOUniversal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading
AYEUniversal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill [HL]
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill Committee: New Clause 3
NOUniversal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3
NOIndustry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 2
NOIndustry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: Amendment 1
NOIndustry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill
Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2026-27
AYELocal Government Finance Report (England) 2026-27
AYEDraft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026
AYEDraft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026
AYEUniversal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading
AYEUniversal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill [HL]
Opposition Day: Youth unemployment
NOOpposition Day: British Indian Ocean Territory
NOMedical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 1
NOMedical Training (Prioritisation) Bill
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 2
NOMedical Training (Prioritisation) 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.
