Which MPs and peers raise health inequalities most in Parliament?

Karin Smyth, Stephen Kinnock, Wes Streeting lead the ranking of MPs and peers on health inequalities, based on every Hansard contribution since 9 July 2024.

How is the health inequalities ranking calculated?

Vital Signs ranks MPs and members of the House of Lords by a weighted score of their Hansard contributions on Health inequalities — speeches, written questions and committee work — over the course of this Parliament (since 9 July 2024). Ministerial statements and debate speeches carry more weight than written answers; every contribution counts at full weight however early in the Parliament it was made. Contributions are matched to this topic on whole-word keyword matching, so "send" is never mistaken for SEND and "career" is never mistaken for care. Ministers and shadow ministers are labelled, because answering on a brief is their job rather than a choice to raise it; their scores are shown as-is, not adjusted.

Health inequalities: which MPs and peers raise it most

Since the start of this Parliament, 276 MPs and peers have raised Health inequalities in Hansard debates, written questions and committee work. The volume of debate has stayed broadly steady over the last few months.

The debate has been led most vocally by Karin Smyth (Labour, Bristol South), whose score of 87.0 is 1.3× that of the next most active contributor, Stephen Kinnock.

By party, Labour leads with 69% of weighted activity, followed by Liberal Democrat (14%) and Conservative (9%). The House of Commons accounts for 81% of all weighted activity on Health inequalities.

Vital Signs — Health inequalities

Vital Signs — Health inequalities

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