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Bermondsey & Old Southwark

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Apr 2026

A safe Lab seat, won with 45% of the vote in 2024. Centred on Southwark. Population 115,472, notably young (median age 32 vs 41 nationally), highly educated (56% degree-holders). Recorded crime is 93% above the national average. 8,855 businesses.

Neil Coyle's most recent parliamentary action was breaking with Labour on the assisted dying bill in June 2025, voting against the legislation at Third Reading and opposing two amendments designed to close a self-starvation loophole -- while backing two other amendments that would have tightened safeguards. His stance on end-of-life issues sits 19--22 percentage points above the Labour average, suggesting a consistent if nuanced position: supportive of stronger protections rather than outright opposition to the principle. Beyond that cluster of rebel votes, he is a 97.5% party-line voter across 400 recorded divisions -- an 82% participation rate, broadly in line with the Commons average.

His voting profile shows strong alignment with workers' rights (90%) and progressive taxation (97%), but notably low scores on pro-business (14%), climate action (39%), and parliamentary scrutiny (9%) measures. He stands out within Labour for above-average support for armed forces welfare (+31 percentage points above his party). In parliament, his speech activity -- 133 contributions across 53 debates -- focuses heavily on the economy, fiscal policy, crime, and social care, with crime featuring prominently in recent local news coverage across 25 articles in the past 90 days.

400
Commons votes
This parliament
£39k
Median income
HMRC · 2024
69.5k
Electorate
2024 GE

Lab held for 4 consecutive elections.

Current Member of Parliament

Neil Coyle

Neil Coyle

Labour Party

Neil Coyle is the Labour MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark, and has been an MP continually since 7 May 2015.

Notable Votes

A procedural vote on whether to allow New Clause 16 to be formally considered as part of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill at Report Stage, after proceedings had been interrupted on 13 June when an objection was raised. The debate excerpts do not reveal the substantive content of New Clause 16.

MP voted YesAgainst party majority

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

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Voting at a Glance

A safe Lab seat, won with 45% of the vote in 2024. Centred on Southwark. Population 115,472, notably young (median age 32 vs 41 nationally), highly educated (56% degree-holders). Recorded crime is 93% above the national average. 8,855 businesses.

2024 General Election

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

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

§ 07The record, at a glance.409 divisions voted

Two readings of the same data. Issue volume shows where Coyle 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
86
Economy
74
Crime & Policing
44
Employment
42
Education
40
Housing
24
Notable votes
Free votes and rebellions — moments the MP’s own judgment matters more than the whip
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1620 Jun 2025 · free vote
Aye
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
§ 08The local picture.8 wards

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

WardCouncillorVotesParty
Borough BanksideDavid Watson1,136Liberal
Borough BanksideIrina von Wiese1,187Liberal
Borough BanksideVictor Chamberlain1,236Liberal
ChaucerHelen Claire Dennis1,916Labour P
ChaucerJoseph Vambe1,470Labour P
ChaucerLaura Anne Johnson1,761Labour P
London Bridge West BermondseyEmily Alice Hickson1,716Labour P
London Bridge West BermondseySam Dalton1,562Labour P
London Bridge West BermondseySunil Chopra1,586Labour P
North BermondseyEmily Tester1,724Liberal
North BermondseyHamish McCallum1,732Liberal
North BermondseyRachel Bentley1,909Liberal
Population (2021 Census)
115,472
Electorate 69,482 · 2024 register
Median income
£38,700
HMRC SPI 2024
Households renting privately
35.6%
England average 20.0%
Schools
38
22 primary · 8 secondary
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