Erewash / data
Adam Thompson · Labour Party · sitting since 04 Jul 2024 · every division, speech and committee appearance.
Since election
659days
from 04 Jul 2024
Divisions
466
of 504 possible
Attendance
92%
38 absent / paired
Whip alignment
100%
vs party majority
Speeches
119
64 debates
Written Qs
64
64 answered
Committees
1
memberships
Expenses
£180k paid
FY 2024–2025 · 96 claims
Interests
4
1 category
A · Overview
Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted — engagement only, not direction.
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Taxation | 87 | |
| Economy | 75 | |
| Crime & Policing | 46 | |
| Employment | 40 | |
| Education | 37 | |
| Welfare and Benefits | 30 | |
| Constitution and Democracy | 30 | |
| Housing | 24 |
Speech topics
Words spoken, by topic. Source: Hansard.
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Economy Jobs | 31 | 9,118 |
| Social Care | 10 | 3,648 |
| Crime | 13 | 3,418 |
| Local Government | 16 | 3,226 |
| Technology | 8 | 2,769 |
| Cost Of Living | 6 | 2,628 |
| Fiscal Policy | 6 | 2,601 |
| Environment | 6 | 2,582 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Apr 2025 | Sit in privateA vote on whether a parliamentary committee should meet in private (closed to the public) rather than in public. One MP supported meeting pr… | Rebelled | Aye |
C · Speeches
| Date | Contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 23 Apr 2026 | National SecurityHappy St George’s day, Mr Speaker. Erewash is home to many workers whose labour is vital to national security, employed at firms such as Rolls-Royce or at our many small and medium… DefenceEconomy Jobs | 77 |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Driver and Vehicle Licensing AgencyI thank the hon. Member for Mid Dorset and North Poole (Vikki Slade) for securing this important Backbench Business debate. I am grateful to her and her fellow Liberal Democrat Mem… TransportHealthCrime | 565 |
| 23 Apr 2026 | UK Biobank DataI am deeply concerned by today’s statement, not least because I am a former research scientist who is all too aware of the professional ramifications of research institutions breac… HealthTechnology | 72 |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Business of the HouseA very happy St George’s day to you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Erewash Voluntary Action underpins dozens of community groups in Erewash, providing governance, safeguarding and voluntee… Local GovernmentEconomy JobsEnergy | 91 |
| 23 Apr 2026 | National Security22. What steps his Department is taking to improve national security. DefenceEconomy Jobs | 11 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Women’s Health StrategyAs a trained science teacher, I welcome the Minister’s news that through the strategy, the Government are launching a new programme to improve education for girls about their menst… HealthSocial Care | 64 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | British Industrial Competitiveness SchemeErewash has a proud manufacturing history, from the ironworks, whose grates cover almost every manhole in the country, to our high-end furniture manufacturing industry, whose sofas… EnergyEconomy Jobs | 87 |
| 26 Mar 2026 | Transport Accessibility for Disabled PeopleI thank the Chair of the Transport Committee, my hon. Friend the Member for Brentford and Isleworth (Ruth Cadbury), for her efforts in securing this debate, and indeed the Backbenc… TransportSocial Care | 635 |
| 26 Mar 2026 | Business of the HouseLong Eaton Town Deal Board has been accelerating towards delivery of so many projects—a new events field, a new office space, a pair of beautiful bridges across the Erewash canal, … Local GovernmentEnergyCost Of Living | 110 |
| 18 Mar 2026 | UK Research and InnovationI thank the Secretary of State for her answer. Despite the massive Government increases in funding generally, in a recent meeting of the Science, Innovation and Technology Committe… TechnologyDefenceEconomy Jobs | 121 |
| 18 Mar 2026 | UK Research and Innovation5. What steps she is taking to increase levels of funding for UK Research and Innovation. TechnologyDefenceEconomy Jobs | 16 |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Student LoansThe hon. Member talks about the effect of interest over time. Given that the loans are eventually written off under the current system, can he tell me what threshold a salary would… EducationEconomy JobsFiscal Policy | 55 |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Student LoansI draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, and in particular to my role as the chair of the all-party parliamentary university group … EducationEconomy JobsFiscal Policy | 832 |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Productivity and Economic Growth: East MidlandsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dr Huq. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Rushcliffe (James Naish) for securing the debate, and colleagues across the House for … Economy JobsTransportLocal Government | 496 |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Knife Crime: Support for Children14. What steps he is taking to help support children involved in knife crime through the criminal justice system. CrimeEducationHealth | 19 |
D · Written questions
Top departments
| Department | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Social Care | 15 | 23.4% |
| Department for Education | 10 | 15.6% |
| Department for Work and Pensions | 6 | 9.4% |
| Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | 6 | 9.4% |
| Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | 5 | 7.8% |
| Department for Business and Trade | 4 | 6.3% |
| Treasury | 3 | 4.7% |
| Department for Transport | 3 | 4.7% |
Most recent
| Date | Department | Question | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Mar 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the government plans to include representatives of families with a child harmed by maternity or neonatal negligence, and a representative of women harmed by maternity or neon… | Answered |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Department for Transport | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government will take to ensure that the sale of properties acquired by HS2 minimises disruption to existing tenancies and safeguards the housing of current tenants. | Answered |
| 24 Feb 2026 | Wales Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on support for clean energy projects in Wales. | Answered |
| 12 Feb 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will will consider exempting PhD students from the International Student Levy. | Answered |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Department for Business and Trade | To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help expand the pipeline of qualified floor layers to deliver (a) public housing, (b) hospitals, (c) schools and (d) other infrastructure projects. | Answered |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Department for Work and Pensions | To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) organisations delivering commercial flooring apprenticeships and (b) other independent specialist training providers can access funding and oppo… | Answered |
| 20 Oct 2025 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed higher multiplier for business rates on (a) The Underworld, (b) Soul Mama and (c) other grassroots music venues with a rateable val… | Answered |
| 15 Oct 2025 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help prevent ill health. | Answered |
| 13 Oct 2025 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve the assessment of the value for money of Government funding for universities. | Answered |
| 29 Aug 2025 | Department for Work and Pensions | To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an estimate of the number of people who pass away before their attendance allowance appeal is concluded. | Answered |
| 29 Aug 2025 | Department for Transport | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will review the maximum value of fixed penalty notices for breach of permit conditions, relating to offences under the New Roads and Street Works Act to provide a stronger deterrent to uti… | Answered |
| 29 Aug 2025 | Department for Work and Pensions | To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for attendance allowance are processed each year; and what proportion of those applications do not proceed to assessment. | Answered |
| 15 Jul 2025 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to extend (a) film and (b) high-end TV tax relief to grassroots performing arts. | Answered |
| 15 Jul 2025 | Department for Culture, Media and Sport | To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with (a) music concert event organisers, (b) large venue event organisers, (c) ticketing platforms and (d) others on the amount expected to be raised b… | Answered |
| 15 Jul 2025 | Department for Culture, Media and Sport | To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how her Department monitors progress of the grassroots ticket levy. | Answered |
E · Committees
| Committee | Role | House | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Science, Innovation and Technology CommitteeSelect | Member | Commons | 21 Oct 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 | 58 | 15,535 | 8.6% |
| Accommodation | 31 | 15,237 | 8.5% |
| Staffing | 1 | 138,064 | 76.9% |
| MP Travel | 0 | 7,153 | 4.0% |
| Staff Travel | 0 | 3,571 | 2.0% |
| Dependant Travel | 0 | 53 | 0.0% |
Top itemised cost types
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hotel - London | Accommodation | 31 | 15,237 |
| Equipment - purchase | Office Costs | 11 | 5,592 |
| Rent | Office Costs | 4 | 4,843 |
| Pooled staffing services | Staffing | 1 | 3,000 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 6 | 2,174 |
| Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Office Costs | 5 | 497 |
| Mobile telephone - equipment purchase | Office Costs | 1 | 479 |
| Cleaning services | Office Costs | 8 | 344 |
| Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Office Costs | 5 | 305 |
| Service charge & ground Rent | Office Costs | 1 | 287 |
| Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs | Office Costs | 1 | 234 |
| TV licence | Office Costs | 1 | 170 |
Most recent
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Hotel - London | [***][***][***] [200011725-9767] [200011804-34] | 149 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Rent | 2024-25 [***] rent pro-rata | -2,645 | Paid |
| 26 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Hotel - London | Correction to 60286309:6 reconciliation | -3 | Paid |
| 26 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Hotel - London | Correction to 60286309:2 reconciliation | -20 | Paid |
| 26 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Hotel - London | Correction to 60286309:3 reconciliation | -40 | Paid |
| 25 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Rent | Rent | 2,865 | Paid |
| 24 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Hotel - London | [***][***][***] [200011725-7236] | 597 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Hotel - London | [***][***][***] [200011725-5965] | 630 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | 40 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 17 | Paid |
| 18 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | ADOBE ADOBE [200011725-6978] | 34 | Paid |
| 17 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | WWW.AMAZON. [***] [200011725-5538] | 28 | Paid |
| 14 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment | 3,048 | Paid |
| 12 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Hotel - London | [***][***][***] [200011725-5000] | 199 | Paid |
| 11 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline & internet package | 102 | Paid |
| 10 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Hotel - London | [***][***][***] [200011725-4277] | 420 | Paid |
| 06 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Hotel - London | [***][***][***] [200011726-10715] | 630 | Paid |
| 06 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Mobile telephone - contract & usage | GIFFGAFF [200011725-4793] | 10 | Paid |
| 27 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Sundries | 24 | Paid |
| 27 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Cleaning services | [***][***][***] | 20 | 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.
8. Miscellaneous4 entries
07 Jan 2025
Trustee of the Derby and Sandiacre Canal Trust
Date interest arose: 11 October 2024
(Registered 20 December 2024)
05 Aug 2025
Honorary Associate Professorship based within the Department of Foundation Engineering and Physical Sciences, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 1 August 2025
Date interest ended: 31 July 2028
(Registered 1 August 2025)
16 Aug 2024
Board member of Long Eaton Town Deal Board. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 5 July 2024
(Registered 18 July 2024)
16 Aug 2024
Unpaid Director of Erewash Partnership.
Date interest arose: 5 July 2024
(Registered 18 July 2024)
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 16 wards, 39 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Awsworth Road | James Clifford Hedley Dawson | Labour Party | 551 | 04 May 2023 |
| Awsworth Road | Josy Hare | Labour Party | 489 | 04 May 2023 |
| Breaston | Ann Marie Mills | Green Party of England and Wales | 725 | 04 May 2023 |
| Breaston | Kevin Philip Miller | Conservative and Unionist Party | 740 | 04 May 2023 |
| Cotmanhay | Alex Breene | Labour Party | 466 | 04 May 2023 |
| Cotmanhay | Linda Maxine Burns | Labour Party | 469 | 04 May 2023 |
| Derby Road East | Howard Griffiths | Labour Party | 634 | 04 May 2023 |
| Derby Road East | Margaret Griffiths | Labour Party | 650 | 04 May 2023 |
| Derby Road West | Claire Marie Poole | Labour Party | 1,039 | 04 May 2023 |
| Derby Road West | Lewis Newton | Labour Party | 1,016 | 04 May 2023 |
| Derby Road West | Mick Pace | Labour Party | 976 | 04 May 2023 |
| Draycott Risley | Tim Scott | Conservative and Unionist Party | 534 | 04 May 2023 |
| Draycott Risley | Val Clare | Conservative and Unionist Party | 565 | 04 May 2023 |
| Hallam Fields | Kate Fennelly | Labour Party | 689 | 04 May 2023 |
| Hallam Fields | Mark James Alfrey | Labour Party | 654 | 04 May 2023 |
| Kirk Hallam Stanton By Dale | Emma Jane Moore | Labour Party | 755 | 04 May 2023 |
| Kirk Hallam Stanton By Dale | Geoff Stratford | Labour Party | 694 | 04 May 2023 |
| Kirk Hallam Stanton By Dale | Steve Green | Labour Party | 747 | 04 May 2023 |
| Larklands | Alan Lambert | Labour Party | 897 | 04 May 2023 |
| Larklands | Frank Charles Phillips | Labour Party | 864 | 04 May 2023 |
| Larklands | Pam Phillips | Labour Party | 867 | 04 May 2023 |
| Little Hallam | Dave Snaith | Labour Party | 569 | 04 May 2023 |
| Little Hallam | Harrison Joseph Peter Broadhurst | Labour Party | 624 | 04 May 2023 |
| Long Eaton Central | Becca Everett | Labour Party | 1,051 | 04 May 2023 |
| Long Eaton Central | Curtis Cooper Howard | Labour Party | 979 | 04 May 2023 |
| Long Eaton Central | Joel Bryan | Labour Party | 1,037 | 04 May 2023 |
| Nottingham Road | Emma Louise Plummer | Labour Party | 649 | 04 May 2023 |
| Nottingham Road | Gordon Thomas | Labour Party | 602 | 04 May 2023 |
| Sandiacre | Steve Bilbie | Conservative and Unionist Party | 927 | 04 May 2023 |
| Sandiacre | Tony Sanghera | Conservative and Unionist Party | 808 | 04 May 2023 |
| Sandiacre | Wayne Major | Conservative and Unionist Party | 919 | 04 May 2023 |
| Sawley | Dave Doyle | Labour Party | 857 | 04 May 2023 |
| Sawley | Harry William Atkinson | Labour Party | 784 | 04 May 2023 |
| Sawley | Paul Francis Maginnis | Conservative and Unionist Party | 798 | 04 May 2023 |
| Shipley View | Charles Archer | Labour Party | 741 | 04 May 2023 |
| Shipley View | Naomi Roberts | Labour Party | 725 | 04 May 2023 |
| Wilsthorpe | Ben Hall-Evans | Conservative and Unionist Party | 767 | 04 May 2023 |
| Wilsthorpe | Chris Corbett | Conservative and Unionist Party | 833 | 04 May 2023 |
| Wilsthorpe | Kewal Singh Athwal | Conservative and Unionist Party | 869 | 04 May 2023 |
I · Demographics
| Indicator | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Population (2021 Census) | 93,864 | Electorate 71,501 (2024) |
| Median age | 42 | years |
| Degree-educated | 24.4% | level 4 or above |
| Ethnicity (White) | 95.2% | 2021 Census ethnic group |
| Owner-occupied | 68.2% | households |
| Private-rented | 18.1% | households |
| Social-rented | 13.6% | households |
| Employment rate | 59.5% | 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.