Julie Minns.

One of the most active first-term Labour MPs on the assisted dying debate, Julie Minns has broken with her party twice on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voting against its Second Reading in November 2024, then supporting an employer opt-out amendment in May 2025 while opposing the closure motion that cut debate short. These three rebel votes represent her only departures from the Labour line in nearly 500 votes, making her a 99.4% party-line voter overall. Beyond assisted dying, recent coverage shows her lobbying at PMQs over illegal shops on Carlisle's high street and pushing the Defence Minister to include MOD Longtown in munitions factory investment plans — both constituency-focused interventions.

Her parliamentary engagement is solid: an 86% voting participation rate sits above the Commons average. She speaks frequently, with 264 contributions across 209 debates, weighted heavily toward economy and jobs, local government, and health. Her stance profile shows strong alignment with workers' rights and progressive taxation, and she deviates notably from Labour colleagues by being less likely to back whistleblower protections and independent oversight measures. She sits on no select committees.

The broader picture is of a locally-driven, largely loyal backbencher whose one area of genuine independence is end-of-life legislation. A BBC report from February 2025 highlighted her private member's bill on voting accessibility for visually impaired constituents, which drew positive local coverage alongside her PMQs appearances and village surgeries. Most recent news — from the past 90 days — clusters around culture and sport topics with near-zero sentiment scores, suggesting low-controversy local coverage rather than any scrutiny of her parliamentary record.