East of England · England · 73,378Boundary · 2023

Peterborough

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Apr 2026

A marginal seat — won by just 118 votes (0.3%) in 2024. Covers Peterborough, Eye (Peterborough) and Thorney. Population 123,385, notably young (median age 36 vs 41 nationally). Recorded crime is 97% above the national average. Median income £25K (below average).

Pakes' most notable recent actions have been on the assisted dying debate, where he broke from his party on five separate votes in June 2025 during Report Stage of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. His deviations were largely focused on tightening safeguards -- supporting amendments to close a potential loophole whereby voluntary starvation could be used to meet the terminal illness threshold -- and on procedural fairness, including ensuring a substitute doctor provision could be considered. This places him to the more cautious end of the bill's supporters: his voting profile shows he scores notably higher than the Labour average on both end-of-life autonomy and assisted dying safeguards, suggesting he broadly supports the bill while wanting stronger protections built in. In local news, he has been visible on transport and crime, championing rail service improvements, a freight-shifting initiative to cut HGV traffic, and a county lines anti-crime pilot securing extra policing resources for Peterborough.

At 69% participation across 488 votes, Pakes sits below the Commons average. He is a 96.7% party-line voter overall, with strong alignment on workers' rights and progressive taxation, and consistent support for housing development. He votes against Lords scrutiny provisions and shows low alignment with pro-business stances. His 175 contributions across 113 debates span economy, social care, fiscal policy, health, and defence, suggesting a broad rather than highly specialist parliamentary focus.

337
Commons votes
This parliament
£25k
Median income
HMRC · 2024
73.4k
Electorate
2024 GE

Lab regained this seat from Con — last held it in 2019.

Current Member of Parliament

Andrew Pakes

Andrew Pakes

Labour and Co-operative Party

Andrew Pakes is the Labour (Co-op) MP for Peterborough, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

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

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

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

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Voting at a Glance

A marginal seat — won by just 118 votes (0.3%) in 2024. Covers Peterborough, Eye (Peterborough) and Thorney. Population 123,385, notably young (median age 36 vs 41 nationally). Recorded crime is 97% above the national average. Median income £25K (below average).

2024 General Election

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

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

§ 07The record, at a glance.349 divisions voted

Two readings of the same data. Issue volume shows where Pakes 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
Economy
65
Taxation
64
Employment
42
Crime & Policing
32
Education
27
Constitution and Democracy
23
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: Amendment 1220 Jun 2025 · free vote
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading20 Jun 2025 · free vote
No
§ 08The local picture.12 wards

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

WardCouncillorVotesParty
BrettonNicola Jenkins835Labour P
CentralAmjad Iqbal1,377Labour P
DogsthorpeJason McNally766Labour P
EastNuman Ali Iqbal1,080Labour P
Eye Thorney NewboroughMark David Michael Ormston862Peterbor
GunthorpeAnn Louise Shaheed899Liberal
NorthZameer Ali1,078Labour P
ParkAngus Alexander Ellis827Labour P
Paston WaltonAlex Rafiq824Conserva
RavensthorpeQaiser Farid1,045Green Pa
WerringtonJohn Raymond Fox1,664Peterbor
WerringtonSarah Areatha Hillier1,307Peterbor
Population (2021 Census)
123,385
Electorate 73,378 · 2024 register
Median income
£24,700
HMRC SPI 2024
Households renting privately
24.9%
England average 20.0%
Schools
54
33 primary · 7 secondary
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