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Dr Rupa Huq · Labour Party · sitting since 07 May 2015 · every division, speech and committee appearance.
Since election
4005days
from 07 May 2015
Divisions
375
of 504 possible
Attendance
74%
129 absent / paired
Whip alignment
98%
vs party majority
Speeches
298
67 debates
Written Qs
100
98 answered
Committees
3
memberships
Expenses
£235k paid
FY 2024–2025 · 113 claims
Interests
7
2 categories
A · Overview
Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted — engagement only, not direction.
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 76 | |
| Taxation | 71 | |
| Employment | 47 | |
| Crime & Policing | 32 | |
| Education | 31 | |
| Welfare and Benefits | 29 | |
| Constitution and Democracy | 26 | |
| Schools | 20 |
Speech topics
Words spoken, by topic. Source: Hansard.
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Health | 11 | 4,962 |
| Economy Jobs | 19 | 4,922 |
| Environment | 7 | 3,458 |
| Social Care | 12 | 2,062 |
| Transport | 4 | 2,014 |
| Defence | 16 | 1,735 |
| Agriculture | 2 | 1,381 |
| Other | 5 | 1,372 |
B · Notable divisions
Free votes, rebellions and high-salience whipped votes — the moments that distinguish this MP from the party machine. The full division-by-division record will follow once the per-MP archive is wired.
| Date | Division | Whip | MP voted |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Jun 2025 | Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160Vote on a Liberal Democrat amendment (Amendment 160) to the Crime and Policing Bill at Report Stage. The amendment was proposed by Lisa Smar… | Rebelled | Aye |
| 20 Jun 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third ReadingMPs voted on the Third Reading of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — the final Commons vote on whether to pass the assisted dyin… | Free vote | No |
| 13 Jun 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1Vote on New Clause 1 to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, a private member's bill on assisted dying. Based on available debate c… | Free vote | Aye |
C · Speeches
| Date | Contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 23 Apr 2026 | Ministerial CodeIt is really great that Ministers have rapidly set about reforming the ministerial code so that never again will the public purse be forced to pay out £253,720 for ex-Ministers who… Mp PerformanceOther | 90 |
| 20 Apr 2026 | Security VettingI thank the Prime Minister for his heartfelt statement and—if we are judging parties on actions, not words—for reviving the post of anti-corruption tsar. It was vacant for years an… Mp PerformanceDefence | 64 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | BBCThankfully, the BBC is nothing like the public service broadcaster in Hungary—I was there monitoring elections; the winner, Péter Magyar, said that it is like North Korean propagan… Culture CommunityFiscal Policy | 107 |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Productivity and Economic Growth: East MidlandsOrder. One of the displays is defunct, so it may be difficult for Members to see when their three minutes have ended. I will signal 30 seconds before their time runs out. Economy JobsTransportLocal Government | 32 |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Croydon Area Remodelling SchemeOrder. I will call Natasha Irons to move the motion and then I will call the Minister to respond. Other Members can make a speech with prior permission from the mover of the motion… TransportEconomy JobsLocal Government | 63 |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Productivity and Economic Growth: East MidlandsOrder. Let us not have chuntering from a sedentary position. Economy JobsTransportLocal Government | 10 |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Productivity and Economic Growth: East MidlandsOrder. Can everyone who wants to speak stand so that we can calculate the time limit? It is going to be three-minutes, I am afraid. I call Ed Argar to set an exemplary example. Economy JobsTransportLocal Government | 34 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1338)People watching will think—I mean, every time you go on YouTube there is the algorithm. There is an accusation of monetising hate—that if you look at these nasty things, the algori… | 116 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1338)Would there be something to help the traditional broadcasters? We have been led to believe—and the Children’s Media Foundation put it in their evidence—that it is not just in Ameri… | 46 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1338)The 2019 figures that came out showed a quite substantial drop in ad revenue for under-13 content, which you recognised at the time would have a significant business impact. A $100… | 84 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1338)That is the interest that I should have said. My sister was a “Blue Peter” presenter for over a decade. | 20 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1338)What about Skip Ahead in Australia, an initiative between Screen Australia and YouTube that includes funding for production. That is another example from the other side of the plan… | 29 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1338)As parents, we do recognise that a digital babysitter is useful as well. | 13 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1338)I am accepting all that, but there has also been the Young Audiences Content Fund, but for covid reasons, I think, it was discontinued. It never really reached its full potential. … | 96 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1338)It is not you making the programmes; it is the ecosystem, as you say. Why can’t we have an equivalent to what you are doing in America? | 27 |
D · Written questions
Top departments
| Department | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | 35 | 35.0% |
| Department of Health and Social Care | 15 | 15.0% |
| Department for Transport | 8 | 8.0% |
| Department for Education | 8 | 8.0% |
| Home Office | 7 | 7.0% |
| Ministry of Justice | 5 | 5.0% |
| Department for Work and Pensions | 5 | 5.0% |
| Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | 4 | 4.0% |
Most recent
| Date | Department | Question | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Apr 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, on what legal basis her Department defers to a foreign police force's classification of the death of a British national abroad over the determination of an off… | Pending |
| 10 Apr 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the activities of the Popular Mobilisation Forces in Iraq on regional security. | Pending |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what outcomes have resulted from the UK High Commission in Islamabad’s engagement with civil society and human rights defenders. | Answered |
| 27 Feb 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of student loan debt on parents returning to education. | Answered |
| 27 Feb 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential consequences for her policies of the Office for National Statistics' assessment of RPI as a measure of inflation. | Answered |
| 23 Feb 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 29 January 2026 to PQ 108008, what the outcome was of her Department’s engagement concerning religious minority political representat… | Answered |
| 29 Jan 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of reports of the use of cryptocurrency exchanges by the Iranian Revolut… | Answered |
| 23 Jan 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with her Syrian counterpart on the representation of Kurdish people in the Syrian Government. | Answered |
| 20 Jan 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent information she has on the condition of Craig and Lindsay Foreman. | Answered |
| 12 Jan 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to support de-escalation between the Syrian transitional Government and the Syrian Democratic Forces. | Answered |
| 11 Dec 2025 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will summon the Israeli Ambassador to discuss recent reports of summary killings in the West Bank. | Answered |
| 11 Dec 2025 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with international counterparts on the effectiveness of the implementation of the peace plan in Gaza. | Answered |
| 11 Dec 2025 | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to protect leaseholders from significant service charge increases. | Answered |
| 10 Dec 2025 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will issue a response to Israel’s plans to introduce a mandatory death penalty for terrorism against Israel. | Answered |
| 10 Dec 2025 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Israeli counterparts on the dual-use categorisation of vaccination syringes and bottles of baby formula. | Answered |
E · Committees
| Committee | Role | House | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speaker's Conference (2024)Select | Member | Commons | 18 Dec 2024 | present |
| Culture, Media and Sport CommitteeSelect | Member | Commons | 21 Oct 2024 | present |
| Panel of ChairsSelect | Member | Commons | 30 Jul 2024 | present |
F · Expenses
Every business-cost claim reimbursed by IPSA in the current financial year, grouped by category. “Aggregated” rows are IPSA’s own year-end totals for cost types like payroll and rent that aren’t itemised claim-by-claim.
Category breakdown
| Category | Claims | Paid (£) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office Costs | 90 | 35,953 | 15.3% |
| Staffing | 19 | 199,005 | 84.6% |
| MP Travel | 0 | 177 | 0.1% |
Top itemised cost types
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pooled staffing services | Staffing | 1 | 4,600 |
| Service charge & ground Rent | Office Costs | 2 | 4,296 |
| Bought-in services | Staffing | 2 | 3,500 |
| Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Office Costs | 16 | 2,406 |
| Recruitment Services &Costs | Staffing | 1 | 2,000 |
| Utilities | Office Costs | 14 | 1,530 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 3 | 956 |
| Advertising and contact cards | Office Costs | 4 | 687 |
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 11 | 484 |
| Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Office Costs | 16 | 469 |
| Translation services - other languages | Office Costs | 2 | 380 |
| Bought-in services | Office Costs | 2 | 360 |
Most recent
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Mobile telephone - contract & usage | VODAFONE MOTO RECURRIN [200011725-10304] | 32 | Paid |
| 24 Mar 2025 | Staffing Bought-in services | Administrative services | 2,000 | Paid |
| 24 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | [200011725-6297] | 225 | Paid |
| 24 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | [200011725-6299] | 150 | Paid |
| 24 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | [200011725-6298] | 150 | Paid |
| 17 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Utilities | Electricity | 396 | Paid |
| 14 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Service charge & ground Rent | Service charge for constituency office Feb - August | 2,302 | Paid |
| 14 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | RYMAN 1149 [200011725-4095] | 19 | Paid |
| 12 Mar 2025 | Staffing Volunteer - agreed arrangement costs | Subsistence | 5 | Paid |
| 07 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Internet | 28 | Paid |
| 07 Mar 2025 | Staffing Volunteer - agreed arrangement costs | Subsistence | 8 | Paid |
| 05 Mar 2025 | Staffing Volunteer - agreed arrangement costs | Subsistence | 8 | Paid |
| 03 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Mobile telephone - contract & usage | VODAFONE MOTO RECURRIN [200011725-2754] | 32 | Paid |
| 28 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Recruitment Services &Costs | Travel for interviewee | 32 | Paid |
| 28 Feb 2025 | Staffing Volunteer - agreed arrangement costs | Subsistence | 11 | Paid |
| 26 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Bought-in services | Parliamentary accountancy | 120 | Paid |
| 26 Feb 2025 | Staffing Volunteer - agreed arrangement costs | Subsistence | 7 | Paid |
| 20 Feb 2025 | Staffing Volunteer - agreed arrangement costs | Subsistence | 11 | Paid |
| 19 Feb 2025 | Staffing Volunteer - agreed arrangement costs | Subsistence | 6 | Paid |
| 12 Feb 2025 | Staffing Volunteer - agreed arrangement costs | Subsistence | 7 | Paid |
G · Register of interests
Every financial interest declared by the MP, grouped under the Register’s official categories. Retracted entries are hidden but counted above.
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources3 entries
03 Jun 2025
Name of donor: Labour Asians Society Ltd
Address of donor: G32 Unit 3-4 Trial Angle Centre, 399 Uxbridge Road, Ringway, Southall, Middlesex UB1 3EJ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Labour Asians Society hosted the 10th anniversary celebration of my election as an MP. Labour Asians Society is a non-profit Ltd community company, value £310
Date received: 14 May 2025
Date accepted: 14 May 2025
Donor status: company, registration 15835908
(Registered 27 May 2025)
03 Jun 2025
Name of donor: Ealing Picturehouse
Address of donor: Unit 8, Filmworks Walk, Ealing, London W5 5FA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Ealing Picturehouse provided an event space for the 10th anniversary celebration of my election as an MP, value £600
Date received: 14 May 2025
Date accepted: 14 May 2025
Donor status: company, registration 02310403
(Registered 27 May 2025)
03 Jun 2025
Name of donor: Channel Four Television Company Limited
Address of donor: 124 Horseferry Road, London SW1P 2TX
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: one ticket to the BAFTA Television Awards, including drinks reception and dinner, value £750
Date received: 11 May 2025
Date accepted: 11 May 2025
Donor status: company, registration 01533774
(Registered 20 May 2025)
4. Visits outside the UK4 entries
06 Jan 2026
Name of donor: Doha Forum
Address of donor: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Almirqab Tower, West Bay, Doha Qatar
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£2014.08), accommodation food and beverages (£537.36), value £2,551.44
Destination of visit: Qatar
Dates of visit: 5 December 2025 to 9 December 2025
Purpose of visit: To participate in the Doha Forum 2025 with a focus on constructive engagement and strengthening international cooperation to deliver actionable policies and impactful recommendations on a global scale alongside international counterparts.
(Registered 19 December 2025)
17 Jun 2025
Name of donor: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Republic of Armenia
Address of donor: Government House 2, Vazgen Sargsyan 3, Yerevan 0010, RA
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£637), Accommodation (£484), value £1,121
Destination of visit: Armenia
Dates of visit: 25 May 2025 to 28 May 2025
Purpose of visit: To participate in the Yerevan Dialogue, an international affairs conference.
(Registered 16 June 2025)
03 Jun 2025
Name of donor: The FORB Foundation, Matthew Jones, Secretariat to APPG FoRB
Address of donor: 5 Thornbury Close, Merthyr Tydfil CF48 1HP
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Accommodation (£430), flights (£110), food (£22), all other food was included in the hotel price, value £562
Destination of visit: Egypt
Dates of visit: 2 May 2025 to 5 May 2025
Purpose of visit: I was attending as member of the APPG for the Freedom of Religious Belief. The delegation to Egypt was to look at the state of FoRB in Egypt from the perspective of churches that are registered there. Minister of Foreign affairs who is responsible for FoRB and NGOs working with faith groups on the ground. We also looked at the registration process and how to have an even balance within faiths.
(Registered 19 May 2025)
03 Jun 2025
Name of donor: United Nations Population Fund via the All Party Parliamentary Group on Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and as per its APPG Register.
Address of donor: United Nations Population Fund, 605 3rd Avenue, New York, NY 10158
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): £2,367.59 flights & visa (£1,317.63), accommodation (£486.41), other travel (£65.28), food & drink (£371.13), per diem & misc (£127.14)
Destination of visit: Kenya
Dates of visit: 8 April 2025 to 13 April 2025
Purpose of visit: Study tour on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) and International Development to raise awareness among UK Parliamentarians about issues relating to Global SRHR.
(Registered 15 May 2025)
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 9 wards, 26 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| College Park Old Oak | Alexandra Sanderson | Labour Party | 1,237 | 05 May 2022 |
| College Park Old Oak | Bora Kwon | Labour Party | 1,194 | 05 May 2022 |
| College Park Old Oak | Wesley Stephen Harcourt | Labour Party | 1,284 | 05 May 2022 |
| Ealing Broadway | Anthony Young | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,667 | 05 May 2022 |
| Ealing Broadway | Julian Gallant | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,713 | 05 May 2022 |
| Ealing Broadway | Seema Kumar | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,595 | 05 May 2022 |
| Ealing Common | Connie Hersch | Liberal Democrats | 1,877 | 05 May 2022 |
| Ealing Common | Jon Ball | Liberal Democrats | 2,218 | 05 May 2022 |
| Ealing Common | Praveen Anand | Labour Party | 1,847 | 05 May 2022 |
| East Acton | Hitesh Tailor | Labour Party | 1,692 | 05 May 2022 |
| East Acton | Kate Crawford | Labour Party | 2,065 | 05 May 2022 |
| East Acton | Steve Donnelly | Labour Party | 1,781 | 05 May 2022 |
| Hanger Hill | Athena Zissimos | Liberal Democrats | 1,657 | 05 May 2022 |
| Hanger Hill | Fabio Conti | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,559 | 05 May 2022 |
| Hanger Hill | Gregory Stafford | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,549 | 05 May 2022 |
| North Acton | Blerina Hashani | Labour Party | 1,512 | 05 May 2022 |
| North Acton | Daniel Stewart Crawford | Labour Party | 1,872 | 05 May 2022 |
| North Acton | Hodan Haili | Labour Party | 1,544 | 05 May 2022 |
| South Acton | Callum Anderson | Labour Party | 2,111 | 05 May 2022 |
| South Acton | Josh Blacker | Labour Party | 2,292 | 05 May 2022 |
| South Acton | Yvonne Elizabeth Johnson | Labour Party | 2,210 | 05 May 2022 |
| Southfield | Andrew Steed | Liberal Democrats | 2,585 | 05 May 2022 |
| Southfield | Gary Busuttil | Liberal Democrats | 2,552 | 05 May 2022 |
| Southfield | Gary Malcolm | Liberal Democrats | 2,614 | 05 May 2022 |
| Wormholt | Max Schmid | Labour Party | 1,010 | 05 May 2022 |
| Wormholt | Nicole Trehy | Labour Party | 990 | 05 May 2022 |
I · Demographics
| Indicator | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Population (2021 Census) | 131,572 | Electorate 78,436 (2024) |
| Median age | 35 | years |
| Degree-educated | 55.0% | level 4 or above |
| Ethnicity (White) | 55.9% | 2021 Census ethnic group |
| Owner-occupied | 40.7% | households |
| Private-rented | 39.2% | households |
| Social-rented | 19.9% | households |
| Employment rate | 62.0% | 16-64 in work |
J · Public spending
HMT publishes headline spending identifiable by region in PESA. Constituency-level capital allocations (Levelling-Up Fund, Towns Fund, UKSPF, transport capital, BEIS R&D) are published as separate departmental datasets. We are evaluating the cleanest reconciliation for a per-constituency view.