Matt Bishop, the Labour (Co-op) MP for Forest of Dean, was elected to the current parliament on 4 July 2024 and is relatively new to Parliament, ranking 299th of 650 MPs for length of service. He has cast 291 votes out of 515 eligible divisions, achieving a participation rate of 56.50% and ranking 237th overall and 169th among Labour MPs. Bishop has made 114 debate contributions across 69 debates, ranking 501st overall among all MPs, and shows a notable divergence between his voting and debate activity with significantly lower engagement in debates relative to his voting participation. His parliamentary contributions have focused on justice and law, policing and crime in debates, and employment rights, taxation, and parliamentary procedure in votes.

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