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Barking

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Apr 2026

A safe Lab seat, won with 44% of the vote in 2024. Centred on Barking and Dagenham. Population 125,228, notably young (median age 32 vs 41 nationally), a majority-minority constituency.

Caliskan's most notable parliamentary act has been voting against her own party on assisted dying. In June 2025 she voted against the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill at Third Reading -- defying a Labour majority that backed it -- and cast a string of related votes opposing or supporting amendments that would have tightened its provisions. These are her only rebel votes in what is otherwise a 97% party-line record. Locally, she has been publicly vocal against the closure of Barking's only maternity unit, raising the issue in Parliament and campaigning for NHS reversal, though the closure proceeded regardless.

At 79% voting participation -- slightly below the Commons average -- she is broadly present but not among the most active division-lobby MPs. Her voting profile is strongly aligned with the government agenda: 100% on pro-government measures, backing progressive taxation, and consistently opposing opposition motions on oil and gas and defence. Her stance on pro-local-democracy votes is notably 20 percentage points below even the Labour party average, and she registers zero alignment on pro-environmental-protection votes. Speech activity is modest -- 14 contributions across 8 debates, last recorded in May 2025 -- with economy, defence, and immigration dominating her parliamentary contributions.

370
Commons votes
This parliament
£28k
Median income
HMRC · 2024
79.8k
Electorate
2024 GE

Lab held for 5 consecutive elections.

Current Member of Parliament

Nesil Caliskan

Nesil Caliskan

Labour Party

Nesil Caliskan is the Labour MP for Barking, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024. She currently holds the Government post of Comptroller (HM Household) (Whip, House of Commons).

Notable Votes

MPs voted on the Third Reading of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — the final Commons vote on whether to pass the assisted dying legislation in its amended form. Passing Third Reading sends the Bill to the House of Lords.

MP voted NoAgainst party majority

Vote on whether to prevent someone from qualifying as 'terminally ill' under the assisted dying bill solely because they have voluntarily stopped eating and drinking. The amendment aimed to close a potential loophole where a person might use self-starvation to meet the terminal illness criteria they would not otherwise meet.

MP voted NoAgainst party majority

Vote on whether to add a provision to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill ensuring that if an independent doctor dies or becomes too ill to complete their assessment before signing off on an assisted dying request, a further referral can be made to another doctor — mirroring an existing provision in the Bill for the attending doctor.

MP voted YesAgainst party majority

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Voting at a Glance

A safe Lab seat, won with 44% of the vote in 2024. Centred on Barking and Dagenham. Population 125,228, notably young (median age 32 vs 41 nationally), a majority-minority constituency.

2024 General Election

§ 06This week in Westminster.Live · today’s sittingOrder Paper · refreshed daily

Caliskan’s scheduled Commons activity this week — whipped divisions, oral questions, debates — drawn from the House of Commons Order Paper.

§ 07The record, at a glance.408 divisions voted

Two readings of the same data. Issue volume shows where Caliskan has cast the most ballots — a proxy for engagement, not direction. Notable votes are the moments where the whip was free or where they broke ranks.

Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted · cumulative this Parliament
Taxation
82
Economy
76
Employment
43
Crime & Policing
33
Education
29
Constitution and Democracy
28
Notable votes
Free votes and rebellions — moments the MP’s own judgment matters more than the whip
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading20 Jun 2025 · free vote
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 9420 Jun 2025 · free vote
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 1220 Jun 2025 · free vote
Aye
§ 08The local picture.9 wards

Constituencies are not uniform. Below — the local council make-up, key facts worth knowing, and the neighbouring seats on either side.

WardCouncillorVotesParty
AbbeyManzoor Hussain470Labour P
AbbeyRegina Rahman503Labour P
Barking RiversideCameron Geddes893Labour P
Barking RiversideJosie Channer923Labour P
Barking RiversideVictoria Hornby890Labour P
BecontreeEdna Fergus1,121Labour P
BecontreeMuhammad Saleem1,002Labour P
EastburyEmily Rodwell1,494Labour P
EastburyFaraaz Shaukat1,321Labour P
EastburyMohammed Khan1,381Labour P
GascoigneAlison Cormack1,272Labour P
GascoigneDominic Twomey1,121Labour P
Population (2021 Census)
125,228
Electorate 79,822 · 2024 register
Median income
£28,100
HMRC SPI 2024
Households renting privately
25.4%
England average 20.0%
Schools
42
27 primary · 4 secondary
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