Afzal Khan.

Afzal Khan's most significant recent act was voting against his party on assisted dying — one of five rebel votes on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in June 2025. He opposed the Bill at Third Reading, backed an amendment that would have barred someone from qualifying if their wish to die was motivated by feeling a burden or by lack of care access, and voted against two further amendments that the Labour majority supported. His deviation from the party average on assisted dying access is the largest recorded in his profile, at 38 percentage points below his colleagues. That record sits alongside a turbulent period: in August 2025 he resigned as trade envoy to Turkey after an unauthorised visit to Northern Cyprus contradicted UK government policy, drawing condemnation from the Cypriot government and opposition figures alike.

Beyond those flashpoints, Khan is a broadly loyal MP — voting with the Labour majority 98.7% of the time — and participates at 80% of votes, roughly in line with the Commons average. He scores 100% on progressive taxation and pro-government agenda votes, and consistently supports workers' rights measures, including the recent extension of employment tribunal time limits. His stances on parliamentary scrutiny (7% aligned) and Lords scrutiny (4% aligned) suggest he routinely backs the government against amendment pressure. He speaks frequently, with 85 contributions across 71 debates, concentrated on social care, health, defence, and crime.

His profile as a long-serving Manchester MP — first elected in 2017 — helps explain a sustained focus on anti-Muslim hatred: news coverage from early 2026 credits him with lobbying five Prime Ministers over seven years to secure an official definition. He holds no current committee roles. No recent local news sentiment data is available, and some vote descriptions in the record lack debate excerpts, limiting precise interpretation of his positions on the Public Office (Accountability) Bill amendments.