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Loudest voice: Jim Shannon
Vital Signs ranks MPs and members of the House of Lords by a weighted score of their Hansard contributions on Diabetes— 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, 184 MPs and peers have raised Diabetes in Hansard debates, written questions and committee work. Debate has intensified recently: the last two months produced 44% more mentions than the two months before that.
The debate has been led most vocally by Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party, Strangford), whose score of 87.0 is 1.7× that of the next most active contributor, Sarah Bool.
By party, Labour leads with 51% of weighted activity, followed by Conservative (18%) and Liberal Democrat (15%). The House of Commons accounts for 83% of all weighted activity on Diabetes.