At a glanceRebecca Long Bailey is a Labour MP for Salford, and has represented the seat for 11 years, 2 months. They have cast 466 votes in Commons divisions (81% attendance), tabled 1,066 written questions and registered 5 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Rebecca Long Bailey did not vote in 109. A rebellion is a vote against the way most of their own party voted; free votes, where no party line applies, are left out.
Party-loyalty figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Biography
Current roles
- Labour Party since 5 Feb 2025
- Salford Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Andy McDonald
Labour
100.0% · 414 of 414 shared votes
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Ian Lavery
Labour
100.0% · 403 of 403 shared votes
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Jon Trickett
Labour
100.0% · 346 of 346 shared votes
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Yasmin Qureshi
Labour
100.0% · 295 of 295 shared votes
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Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
Labour
100.0% · 130 of 130 shared votes
Votes least like
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Sir Ashley Fox
Conservative
1.3% · 4 of 320 shared votes
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Chris Philp
Conservative
1.3% · 4 of 299 shared votes
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George Freeman
Conservative
1.3% · 3 of 234 shared votes
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Sir Oliver Dowden
Conservative
1.4% · 4 of 294 shared votes
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Sir Roger Gale
Conservative
1.4% · 4 of 288 shared votes
Alignment figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Register of financial interests
From the official Register; shown as registered.
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP5
- Key Cities (Network) - £1,667.00 (registered 28 Jan 2026)
- Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union - £19,440.00 (registered 19 Nov 2025)
- National Union of Journalists - £19,606.00 (registered 19 Nov 2025)
- Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union - £18,516.00 (registered 8 Nov 2024)
- National Union of Journalists (NUJ) - £18,672.00 (registered 8 Nov 2024)
Written questions
Social Media
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to promote healthier social media consumption for adult consumers.
Awaiting an answer from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.
Social Media
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to promote greater user content viewing control on social media platforms for adult consumers.
Awaiting an answer from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.
Artificial Intelligence: Internet
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of regulating the use of online retention algorithms directed at adult consumers.
Awaiting an answer from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.
Artificial Intelligence: Social Media
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the use of online retention algorithms on adult social media consumers, particularly those with accessibility needs.
Awaiting an answer from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.
Veterans: Medical Records
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made on reviewing the documentation held by his Department on the medical records of nuclear test veterans.
Answer · 6 Jul 2026
First let me say how deeply grateful we are to all those who participated in the UK nuclear testing programme. We recognise their service and the huge contribution they have made to the UK’s security. Since taking office, we have worked hard to listen, co...
State Retirement Pensions: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the further legal costs that may be incurred by the Department in relation to ongoing litigation concerning compensation for women affected by maladministration in State Pen
Answer · 24 Jun 2026
Women Against State Pension Inequality Ltd (WASPI) are seeking permission from the High Court to bring a Judicial Review on our response to the Ombudsman’s report. We do not comment on live litigation.
State Retirement Pensions: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the comparative cost to the public purse of (a) compensating women affected by maladministration in State Pension Age communications and (b) losses to the Department arisi
Answer · 26 Jun 2026
Women Against State Pension Inequality Ltd (WASPI) are seeking permission from the High Court to bring a Judicial Review on our response to the Ombudsman’s report. We are not able to comment on live litigation, but full details of our decision in this cas...
Department for Work and Pensions: Women against State Pension Inequality
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Department has considered participating in Alternative Dispute Resolution or mediation in relation to the ongoing legal proceedings brought by WASPI.
Answer · 26 Jun 2026
Women Against State Pension Inequality Ltd (WASPI) are seeking permission from the High Court to bring a Judicial Review on our response to the Ombudsman’s report. We are not able to comment on live litigation, but full details of our decision in this cas...
Early day motions
| 23 Jun 2026 | Working in high temperatures | 25 sig. |
| 22 Jun 2026 | Food prices | 22 sig. |
| 20 May 2026 | Job cuts planned at the BBC | 34 sig. |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Planned reductions to BBC staff | 26 sig. |
| 10 Mar 2026 | New United Nations Convention on the Protection of Journalists and Media Professionals | 26 sig. |
| 9 Mar 2026 | Industrial relations at Carlisle Support Services | 18 sig. |
Speeches in the chamber
8 Jul 2026 NHS Corridor Care
Let me first offer huge thanks to my hon. Friend the Member for Tooting (Dr Allin-Khan) for her brilliant speech, and for the work that she does most weeks and about which, in my opinion, she does not speak loudly enough. My mum has be…
6 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
On the issue of nuclear testing veterans, the Minister’s predecessor, my hon. Friend the Member for North East Derbyshire (Louise Sandher-Jones), confirmed in March this year that in 2014 both the MOD and Government legal advisers were mad…
24 Jun 2026 Nottingham Maternity and Neonatal Services
The whole House is appalled by the neglect, contempt, and sheer trauma that these families have faced. I commend their strength and the strength of my hon. Friend the Member for Sherwood Forest (Michelle Welsh), but these themes are chilli…
24 Jun 2026 Media Green Paper
The Secretary of State’s dedication to trusted news and promoting public service media is really welcome, but I am sure she shares my concerns that this will be dramatically undermined by the recent announcements of brutal cuts at STV and…
9 Jun 2026 Summit on Illicit Finance
It is, as always, a pleasure, Sir Roger. I thank the hon. Member for North Norfolk (Steff Aquarone) for bringing this important debate to Westminster Hall and for his excellent speech. I agreed with all the speeches made by colleagues toda…
8 Jun 2026 Cuba: Humanitarian Situation
US secondary sanctions on Cuba arguably represent a clear breach of international law. What representations have the UK Government made to the US about that, in the same way they did with regard to Greenland?
8 Jun 2026 Water Companies
The Minister knows that for decades shareholder returns have been prioritised over consumers, the environment and infrastructure investment, and when the companies ultimately fail, it is taxpayers who have to underwrite them. Given that al…
14 Apr 2026 Knife Crime
I welcome the Minister’s comments, but she will know that youth charities have described knife crime as a public health issue linked to cuts in youth services. Will she therefore outline how this strategy addresses those structural drivers…
25 Mar 2026 Nuclear Test Veterans
My hon. Friend raises another very important issue that goes to the heart of today’s debate. The point is that the Government need to be in a good place on this; they need to acknowledge that mistakes were made historically, and to restore…
25 Mar 2026 Nuclear Test Veterans
My mum will be very excited that my right hon. Friend has sent her his love—there will be pandemonium on ward 47 at the moment, I can tell you. My right hon. Friend is right: there are certainly urgent issues that the Government must co…
25 Mar 2026 Nuclear Test Veterans
The hon. Lady has been a doughty campaigner on behalf of her own party on this issue and I thank her for her work in this House. She is right. The veterans are not asking for special treatment; they are just asking for the truth and for ju…
25 Mar 2026 Nuclear Test Veterans
I express my full respect for my hon. Friend’s constituent, and I can only imagine what he suffered. Even the tales of people serving on Christmas Island seeing the bones in their hands would have a considerable psychological effect on the…
25 Mar 2026 Nuclear Test Veterans
The right hon. Member is spot-on. I often refer to him as my partner in crime on this issue and a number of other issues in this House. It definitely demonstrates Parliament working at its very best when we come together on these injustice…
25 Mar 2026 Nuclear Test Veterans
I thank my hon. Friend for his hard work and for his support of the Hillsborough law campaign over the years. He has done an inordinate amount of work to try to make justice for the victims a reality, and I know he continues that work on a…
25 Mar 2026 Nuclear Test Veterans
I almost unable to be here today, because my mum, Una, has been critically ill in hospital. If you will indulge me for a few seconds, Madam Deputy Speaker, I want to thank from the bottom of my heart the paramedics and respiratory nurses w…
18 Mar 2026 Royal Mail: Performance
The situation at Royal Mail is a systemic failure, from imposed revisions to delivery offices, to a toxic managerial culture and a recruitment model built on low pay and insecure conditions. The optimised delivery model has failed but Roya…
16 Mar 2026 Heating Oil Support
I very much welcome the Minister’s comments today, but he will understand the huge level of concern regarding the prospect of profiteering in not just the heating sector, but the wider energy sector, and its impact on the grocery sector at…
2 Mar 2026 Middle East
There is no doubt that the Iranian regime is abominable, but it is clear that the initial joint strikes on Iran were neither defensive nor lawful. As the situation dangerously escalates, hundreds of innocent civilians are now dead across …
25 Feb 2026 Student Loan Repayment Plans
I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Ilford South (Jas Athwal) for securing the debate. One Salford graduate who borrowed just over £41,000 graduated in 2018 owing more than £47,000 because interest had accrued while they were still study…
23 Feb 2026 Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill
I speak in support of new clause 4, tabled by my right hon. Friend the Member for Hayes and Harlington (John McDonnell), me and others, and I will try to be as brief as I can. Scrapping the two-child limit in full remains the single most i…
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Opposition posts
- Shadow Secretary of State for Education · Department for Education 6 Apr 2020 – 25 Jun 2020
- Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 9 Feb 2017 – 6 Apr 2020
- Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury · HM Treasury 27 Jun 2016 – 9 Feb 2017
- Shadow Minister (Treasury) · HM Treasury 18 Sep 2015 – 27 Jun 2016
Other posts
- Member, Labour Party National Executive Committee 27 Sep 2015 – 6 Nov 2019
Committee memberships
- Science, Innovation and Technology Committee 22 Feb 2021 – 30 May 2024
- Zoological Society of London (Leases) Bill 21 Feb 2024 – 28 Feb 2024
- Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill 3 May 2023 – 23 May 2023
- Social Housing (Regulation) Bill [HL] 23 Nov 2022 – 29 Nov 2022
- Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill 2 Mar 2022 – 22 Mar 2022
- Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [HL] 1 Dec 2021 – 9 Dec 2021
Previous seats
- Salford and Eccles · Elected 3 times 7 May 2015 – 30 May 2024
Party affiliation
- Independent 23 Jul 2024 – 5 Feb 2025
- Labour 7 May 2015 – 23 Jul 2024
Expenses
Contact & offices
0161 425 3738
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
191 Langworthy Road, Salford, M6 5PW
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Rebecca Long Bailey, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Rebecca Long Bailey?
Rebecca Long Bailey is a Member of Parliament representing Salford in the House of Commons. See Rebecca Long Bailey's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Rebecca Long Bailey represent?
Rebecca Long Bailey sits as Labour. See Rebecca Long Bailey's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Rebecca Long Bailey represent?
Rebecca Long Bailey is the Member of Parliament for Salford. See Rebecca Long Bailey's official Parliament profile.
How long has Rebecca Long Bailey been an MP?
Rebecca Long Bailey has served in the House of Commons for 11 years, 2 months. See Rebecca Long Bailey's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Rebecca Long Bailey?
Rebecca Long Bailey has 5 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Rebecca Long Bailey's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.