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London · England · 73,369Boundary · 2023

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 Rachel Blake · Labour and Co-operative Party · sitting since July 2024

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Created in the 2023 boundary review, replacing Westminster North.

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Apr 2026

Represented by Lab since 2024. Covers City of Westminster and City and County of the City of London. Population 123,099, notably young (median age 36 vs 41 nationally), highly educated (62% degree-holders). Recorded crime is 716% above the national average. Median income £48K (above average), 71,715 businesses.

Housing is the defining issue of Rachel Blake's parliamentary work so far. The Cities of London and Westminster MP has pursued a sustained campaign on leaseholder rights -- introducing a 10-Minute Rule Bill in June 2025 to give leaseholders greater powers to manage their own buildings -- and has repeatedly pushed the government on short-term lets, calling for a registration scheme pilot and warning that her constituency is "losing up to 20% of our homes" to Airbnb-style rentals. She also lobbied successfully for 80 additional police officers in the West End. On assisted dying, she twice broke from her party in mid-2025, voting for additional safeguards to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill when Labour's majority went the other way.

Otherwise, Blake is a highly loyal government MP. Her 100% party alignment across 405 of 466 divisions -- an 87% participation rate, above the Commons average -- reflects consistent support for the government's core agenda: backing employer NI increases, opposing Lords amendments to the Victims and Courts Bill, and rejecting the opposition's position on oil and gas. Her stance profile shows zero alignment with anti-tax, pro-business, or pro-parliamentary-scrutiny positions. She runs slightly ahead of her party on employment protection and votes somewhat less favourably on criminal justice reform than the Labour average.

405
Commons votes
This parliament
£48k
Median income
HMRC · 2024
73.4k
Electorate
2024 GE

Lab took this seat from Con after 4 consecutive elections.

Current Member of Parliament

Rachel Blake

Rachel Blake

Labour and Co-operative Party

Rachel Blake is the Labour (Co-op) MP for Cities of London and Westminster, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

Notable Votes

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 2420 Jun 2025

Vote on whether to prevent someone from qualifying as 'terminally ill' under the assisted dying bill solely because they have chosen to stop eating and drinking. The amendment would close a potential loophole where a person who is not otherwise terminally ill could meet the bill's eligibility criteria by voluntarily starving themselves.

MP voted YesAgainst party majority
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 213 Jun 2025

Vote on New Clause 2 to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, debated alongside related amendments including provisions on guidance, devolution, and regulatory consultation. The excerpts focus on New Clause 20, which would require the Secretary of State to issue guidance (consulting chief medical officers and palliative/hospice care providers) and enable Welsh Ministers to issue guidance on devolved health matters.

MP voted YesAgainst party majority

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Voting at a Glance

Taxation

62% yes

87 votes

Economy

46% yes

74 votes

Crime & Policing

40% yes

43 votes

Education

57% yes

37 votes

Constitution and Democracy

50% yes

32 votes

Employment

70% yes

30 votes

Represented by Lab since 2024. Covers City of Westminster and City and County of the City of London. Population 123,099, notably young (median age 36 vs 41 nationally), highly educated (62% degree-holders). Recorded crime is 716% above the national average. Median income £48K (above average), 71,715 businesses.

2024 General Election

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

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

§ 07The record, at a glance.429 divisions voted

Two readings of the same data. Issue volume shows where Blake 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
87
Economy
74
Crime & Policing
43
Education
37
Constitution and Democracy
32
Employment
30
Notable votes
Free votes and rebellions — moments the MP’s own judgment matters more than the whip
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 2420 Jun 2025 · free vote
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 213 Jun 2025 · free vote
Aye
§ 08The local picture.35 wards

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

WardCouncillorVotesParty
Abbey RoadHannah Rebecca Galley1,852Conserva
AldersgateChristopher Kevin Makin369Independ
AldgateSusan Langley230Independ
BassishawIan Bishop-Laggett114Independ
BassishawMadush Gupta133Independ
BillingsgateLuis Felipe Tilleria77Independ
BillingsgateNighat Qureishi75Independ
BishopsgateKawsar Zaman118Independ
Bread StreetWilliam Russell81Independ
BridgeHugh Maximilian Hilliard Selka75Independ
Broad StreetAntony Geoffrey Manchester113Independ
Broad StreetChris Hayward148Independ
Population (2021 Census)
123,099
Electorate 73,369 · 2024 register
Median income
£47,900
HMRC SPI 2024
Households renting privately
46.6%
England average 20.0%
Schools
74
18 primary · 7 secondary
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