MP for Salford
“A high-attendance, party-loyal Labour MP with frontbench experience who generally backs welfare expansion and NHS funding, while seldom rebelling.”
Rebecca Long Bailey is the Labour and Co-operative MP for Salford, first elected in 2015. She has held senior opposition roles, including Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, and has served on the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee. She was a member of Labour’s National Executive Committee from 2015 to 2019.
She shows very high party loyalty (99%) and a relatively high attendance rate (73%). She has 19 rebel votes, indicating occasional independence. In voting on policy, she generally supports Universal Credit and NHS funding, and favours regulation of bus services, while opposing stricter immigration controls and the Rwanda deportation scheme; votes on VAT, transgender rights, trade union powers and prison sentencing have been mixed.
Has five declared financial interests, described as donations and other support (including loans) connected to her 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: 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.
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.
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
NOSteel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)
NODraft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
AYEDraft Asylum Seekers (Reception Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
AYEPension Schemes Bill: Government Motion relating to Lords Reason 88X
AYECollective Defined Contribution Pension Schemes Bill
Privilege
AYEChildren's School and Wellbeing Bill: Motion relating to Lords Amendments 38V to 38X
AYENorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over (Motion)
AYENorthern Ireland Troubles Bill
Pension Schemes Bill: Motion relating to Lords Reason 88Q
AYECollective Defined Contribution Pension Schemes Bill
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Motion relating to Lords Amendments 85, 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 etc
AYEEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Motion relating to Lords Amendments 94B and 94C
AYEEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Motion relating to Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155
AYEEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C
AYEEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
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
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.
