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Dagenham & Rainham

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Apr 2026

Represented by Lab since 2024. Covers Barking and Dagenham and Havering. Population 115,121, notably young (median age 35 vs 41 nationally).

Mullane made headlines in July 2025 by joining a significant Labour rebellion over welfare reform, voting five times against the government's Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill -- opposing it at Second Reading, rejecting key substantive clauses during committee stage, backing opposition amendments to strengthen protections, and ultimately voting against the bill at Third Reading. This placed her among a group of Labour MPs who defied the whip on one of the parliament's most politically charged pieces of legislation, which faced intense criticism from disability rights campaigners. Outside Westminster, she has drawn consistently positive local coverage for hands-on constituency work: securing road resurfacing on Rainham Road North, coordinating a multi-agency response to a rat infestation, championing step-free access at Dagenham East station, and pressing ministers over recurring fires at Launders Lane.

Otherwise, Mullane votes with Labour roughly 95% of the time, with an 88% participation rate sitting slightly above the Commons average. Her stance profile marks her as strongly aligned with progressive taxation (100%), the government's budget positions (100%), and tough-on-crime measures (92%), while she scores unusually low on pro-civil-liberties and pro-victims-rights stances -- the latter somewhat at odds with her recent votes backing the government's position on the Victims and Courts Bill against Lords amendments. She is a member of the Home Affairs Committee.

408
Commons votes
This parliament
£29k
Median income
HMRC · 2024
76.5k
Electorate
2024 GE

Lab held for 5 consecutive elections.

Current Member of Parliament

Margaret Mullane

Margaret Mullane

Labour Party

Margaret Mullane is the Labour MP for Dagenham and Rainham, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

Notable Votes

MPs voted on whether to pass the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill at its final stage in the Commons. The Bill makes changes to welfare benefits, including a gradual increase to the Universal Credit standard allowance, and had been debated at length including proposed amendments to speed up or expand those increases.

MP voted NoAgainst party majorityLikely whipped

Vote on Amendment 38 to the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill, which would have provided greater certainty and protections for disabled people with fluctuating conditions while the government's review of PIP assessments (the Timms review) is ongoing. Critics argued the Bill was putting cuts before the review, leaving vulnerable people uncertain about their entitlements.

MP voted YesAgainst party majorityLikely whipped

Vote on a technical amendment (New Clause 8) to ensure that Universal Credit payments for claimants in the Limited Capability for Work and Work-Related Activity (LCWRA) group in Northern Ireland rise in line with inflation, supporting a separate duty on the Department for Communities in Northern Ireland. The amendment was backed by left-wing Labour rebels and crossbench MPs opposed to welfare cuts affecting the most vulnerable.

MP voted YesAgainst party majorityLikely whipped

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Voting at a Glance

Represented by Lab since 2024. Covers Barking and Dagenham and Havering. Population 115,121, notably young (median age 35 vs 41 nationally).

2024 General Election

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

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

§ 07The record, at a glance.445 divisions voted

Two readings of the same data. Issue volume shows where Mullane 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
91
Economy
84
Employment
49
Crime & Policing
45
Education
32
Welfare and Benefits
29
Notable votes
Free votes and rebellions — moments the MP’s own judgment matters more than the whip
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading09 Jul 2025
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 3809 Jul 2025
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 809 Jul 2025
Aye
§ 08The local picture.13 wards

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

WardCouncillorVotesParty
AlibonDorothy Akwaboah932Labour P
AlibonJohn Dulwich1,060Labour P
BeamDonna Lumsden904Labour P
BeamMD Muhibul Alam Chowdury854Labour P
BeamMuazzam Ali Sandhu825Labour P
Beam ParkMatthew Christopher Stanton530Labour P
Beam ParkTrevor Roland McKeever516Labour P
Eastbrook Rush GreenPrincess Bright859Labour P
Eastbrook Rush GreenTony Ramsay816Labour P
Elm ParkBarry Mugglestone2,971Hornchur
Elm ParkJulie Lilian Wilkes2,827Hornchur
Elm ParkStephanie Jane Nunn2,934Hornchur
Population (2021 Census)
115,121
Electorate 76,475 · 2024 register
Median income
£29,300
HMRC SPI 2024
Households renting privately
19.5%
England average 20.0%
Schools
40
29 primary · 5 secondary
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