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Loudest voice: Wes Streeting
Vital Signs ranks MPs and members of the House of Lords by a weighted score of their Hansard contributions on A&E & ambulance response— 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. Use the search above the map to check where your own MP or peer stands.
Since the start of this Parliament, 242 MPs and peers have raised A&E & ambulance response in Hansard debates, written questions and committee work. Debate has intensified recently: the last two months produced 221% more mentions than the two months before that.
The debate has been led most vocally by Wes Streeting (Labour, Ilford North), whose score of 132.0 is 1.5× that of the next most active contributor, Karin Smyth.
By party, Labour leads with 55% of weighted activity, followed by Liberal Democrat (23%) and Conservative (15%). The House of Commons accounts for 91% of all weighted activity on A&E & ambulance response.