Labour Party MP for Bolsover.
Fleet has become one of the most publicly visible backbenchers on criminal justice reform, driven by personal experience. In October 2025, the BBC reported that Fleet — who has spoken openly about being raped — successfully pushed for government-backed legislative changes to strengthen protections for grooming victims, securing both ministerial and royal support for her amendments. That campaign has sustained media attention into 2026, with seven of her last ten news stories focused on crime. In February 2026, a Reform UK politician shared a Facebook post calling for her to be shot, a reminder that her advocacy has come at personal cost.
Fleet votes a straight Labour ticket — 100% party alignment across 392 of 575 votes, a participation rate somewhat below the Commons average. Her stance profile marks her out as strongly pro-workers-rights and pro-progressive-taxation, while her scores on civil liberties (23%) and parliamentary scrutiny (13%) suggest she prioritises delivery over procedural constraint. Two deviations stand out against her party average: she votes more consistently for child welfare measures (+33 percentage points above Labour's average) and for assisted dying access (+28 points), while falling behind Labour colleagues on criminal justice reform broadly defined (-28 points) — a pattern that may reflect a deliberate focus on victims rather than offender rehabilitation. Her 60 parliamentary contributions span crime, social care, and local economy debates.
Fleet sits on no select committees, so her influence runs through the chamber and through media campaigns rather than scrutiny roles. The Bolsover constituency carries a strong mining and working-class heritage — context she has cited explicitly in interviews. News sentiment data for the past 90 days shows neutral average scores across ten articles, all crime-focused, suggesting steady rather than controversial coverage. Voting data is comprehensive; speech content is available but not fully transcribed.
Natalie Fleet is the Labour MP for Bolsover, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.
Top eight by total divisions voted, this parliament. Volume measures engagement, not direction — see Notable Votes for free-vote moments and rebellions.
Source · The Public Whip · Hansard
Moments where the whip was free, or where Fleet broke ranks. Free votes are the truer signal of personal stance.
No rebellions or free votes recorded yet.
Source · Hansard
“The Government recognises domestic abuse in public life as a serious problem and is committed to tackling it through the VAWG strategy, domestic abuse protection orders, online saf…”
“Government is committed to supporting survivors through engagement, ensuring police-led investigations deliver justice, and making the recent Prime Minister meeting the start of a …”
“Reproductive coercion must be clearly named and recognised in law; cases of deliberate impregnation through deception should be prosecuted as a standalone or explicit offence, not …”
“Supports the reforms as enabling more victims to come forward and access timely justice without being re-traumatised by the current unsustainable system.”
Fleet holds no select-committee seat this session. New 2024-intake MPs typically wait one term before being appointed.
| Department | Qs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department for Transport | 18 | 21.7% |
| Department for Education | 15 | 18.1% |
| Department of Health and Social Care | 12 | 14.5% |
| Department for Work and Pensions | 9 | 10.8% |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 6 | 7.2% |
| Department for Business and Trade | 5 | 6.0% |
| Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | 4 | 4.8% |
| Ministry of Justice | 3 | 3.6% |
Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking with international counterparts to help tackle organised immigration crime.
We are determined to disrupt the small boats gangs and work with international partners more closely to take Organised Immigration Crime (OIC), and this is why the Foreign Secretary convened leading Foreign Ministers to discuss this at the …read full →
Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 17 March 2026 to question 119539, whether she plans to take action against a) Yorkshire Water for monitoring sewage overflow levels at Palterton Main Street Combined Sewage Overflow and b) Severn Trent Water for monitoring sewage overflow levels at South Normanton Sewage Treatment Works.
The Environment Agency ensures that water companies are properly monitoring discharges to the environment. It analyses Event Duration Monitoring (EDM) data from all water companies to assess compliance and, where appropriate, take enforceme…read full →
What grants are available to help low income families living in houses of solid wall construction, such as former colliery-built houses, increase their homes' energy efficiency.
Through the Warm Homes Plan, around ?4.4 billion of grant funding is allocated up to 2030 for low-income and fuel poor households to install solar panels, batteries, heat pumps and insulation. The Warm Homes: Local Grant delivers upgrades v…read full →
Food and Rural Affairs, what action is being taken to ensure that monitoring at combined sewage overflow locations in Bolsover constituency is active 100 per cent of the time.
The Environment Act 2021 requires all water companies, including Severn Trent, to publish near real time Event Duration Monitoring (EDM) data for all storm overflows. EDM installation follows specifications set out in the CIWEM (Chartered I…read full →
Godfrey Coaching Ltd 2 October 2024 to 2 October 2025 |
Godfrey Coaching Ltd 3 October 2025 to 2 October 2026 |
Google UK Ltd 28 February 2026 |
The Football Association Ltd 29 June 2025 |
The Football Association 18 May 2025 |
Source · Members API · Last amended 24 Mar 2026
| Category | £ | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Staffing | 122,281 | 72.8% |
| Accommodation | 27,578 | 16.4% |
| Office Costs | 12,096 | 7.2% |
| MP Travel | 4,270 | 2.5% |
| Staff Travel | 1,255 | 0.7% |
| Total · 52 claims | 168,036 | 100% |
Source · IPSA · FY 24_25
Nothing tabled for Fleet on the published Order Paper this week.
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natalie FleetWON | Lab | 17,197 | 40.5 |
Showing the MP’s own row only. Full result table: see Bolsover →