Hampstead & Highgate / data
A · Overview
Issue volume
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Taxation | 75 | |
| Economy | 75 | |
| Crime & Policing | 46 | |
| Education | 38 | |
| Employment | 32 | |
| Welfare and Benefits | 29 | |
| Housing | 22 | |
| Constitution and Democracy | 21 |
Speech topics
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Crime | 10 | 3,581 |
| Social Care | 11 | 2,899 |
| Education | 3 | 2,498 |
| Culture Community | 6 | 2,110 |
| Economy Jobs | 21 | 2,021 |
| Labour Market | 3 | 1,890 |
| Immigration | 10 | 1,794 |
| Defence | 14 | 1,315 |
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.
No notable votes recorded for this MP yet.
C · Speeches
| Date | Contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 23 Apr 2026 | Gambling AdvertisingMoving on slightly from Northern Ireland to Kilburn, in my constituency, there are a lot of gambling shops and casinos on Kilburn High Road. A constituent recently told me she had … HealthCulture CommunityEconomy Jobs | 98 |
| 20 Apr 2026 | Antisemitic AttacksThe Minister will be aware that I have a thriving Jewish community in my constituency—a community that I grew up in and which I feel very protective of. I want to share with the Mi… CrimeDefenceCulture Community | 159 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Endometriosis ServicesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Dowd. I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Ipswich (Jack Abbott), who shows that it is not necessary to be suffering fr… HealthSocial Care | 1,175 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Endometriosis ServicesI agree with the hon. Member. One of the things that has struck me is how few people actually understand what the condition is. I was having a conversation with someone who I would… HealthSocial Care | 381 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Endometriosis ServicesMy hon. Friend the Member for Erith and Thamesmead (Ms Oppong-Asare) has just appeared, and under parliamentary conventions is not allowed to intervene, so I rise to say that she i… HealthSocial Care | 56 |
| 12 Mar 2026 | International Women’s DayI thank the inspirational speakers we have heard so far. International Women’s Day feels particularly poignant to me this year, and there are two reasons for that. The first is wat… Culture CommunitySocial CareLabour Market | 1,462 |
| 12 Mar 2026 | International Women’s DayI thank my hon. Friend. Elaine Banton definitely deserves a mention in the workplace as well. There is a lot more I would like to say about this important case, but I am conscious … Culture CommunitySocial CareLabour Market | 248 |
| 12 Mar 2026 | International Women’s DayI wholeheartedly agree with my hon. Friend, who is a staunch feminist—one of the reasons why he will speak in this debate. I will finish by saying that the justice served to Sanju … Culture CommunitySocial CareLabour Market | 91 |
| 09 Mar 2026 | Social Cohesion Action PlanI thank the Secretary of State for his statement. I welcome the narrative he has spoken about, because I think it will give a lot of strength to people in my constituency. Can I as… CrimeCulture CommunityImmigration | 145 |
| 05 Mar 2026 | Consular AssistanceMy constituent Lisa is stuck in Dubai. She is three months pregnant. She has her 18-month-old son with her. She has medical needs and is running out of vital medication from the UK… DefenceCost Of LivingOther | 60 |
| 05 Mar 2026 | Business of the HouseMy constituent, Sanju Pal, who is watching from the Gallery today, fought and won a landmark case against her employer after she was unfairly dismissed when she was diagnosed with … DefenceEconomy JobsEnergy | 141 |
| 04 Feb 2026 | Nurseries and Early Years Providers: CCTVI am very sorry to hear about that case. I fully agree that if we are to have CCTV as a safeguarding tool, we must be able to access it in incidents like the one my hon. Friend des… EducationCrime | 828 |
| 04 Feb 2026 | Nurseries and Early Years Providers: CCTVI am coming to my questions to the Minister; I know she is highly focused on the early years sector and has done an enormous amount for it. One of those questions is about Ofsted; … EducationCrime | 504 |
| 04 Feb 2026 | Nurseries and Early Years Providers: CCTVI absolutely agree. As elected officials, we must ensure that we protect our constituents and that when they trust a nursery or childminder with their children, they know they are … EducationCrime | 234 |
| 04 Feb 2026 | Nurseries and Early Years Providers: CCTVI thank the hon. Gentleman for his support for all my campaigns throughout the years. He has hit on a point I will definitely comment on. However, as he said, we cannot put a price… EducationCrime | 236 |
D · Written questions
| Department | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department for Education | 2 | 25.0% |
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 1 | 12.5% |
| Cabinet Office | 1 | 12.5% |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 1 | 12.5% |
| Ministry of Justice | 1 | 12.5% |
| Women and Equalities | 1 | 12.5% |
| Department of Health and Social Care | 1 | 12.5% |
| Date | Department | Question | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Jan 2026 | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle excessive household water bills based on rateable values. | Answered |
| 13 Jan 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help improve safeguarding practices in nurseries and early years settings. | Answered |
| 19 Nov 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 help protect social tenants not in receipt of housing benefit from increases in service charges. | Answered |
| 30 Oct 2025 | Women and Equalities | To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help protect female whistle-blowers in male-dominated industries. | Answered |
| 27 Oct 2025 | Cabinet Office | To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has held discussions with the EU on waiving the need for passports for school groups visiting the UK as part of his negotiations on a youth experience scheme. | Answered |
| 09 Jun 2025 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to make an assessment of the potential merits of statutory codification of the duty of care to students in higher education. | Answered |
| 12 May 2025 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of abolishing NHS England on the NHS’s statutory duty to safeguarding. | Answered |
| 28 Apr 2025 | Ministry of Justice | To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to help improve the inheritance rights of unmarried couples in cases were the couple where cohabiters for an extended period. | Answered |
E · Committees
No committee memberships recorded for this MP.
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 | Claims | Paid (£) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office Costs | 129 | 32,588 | 10.9% |
| Miscellaneous | 10 | 993 | 0.3% |
| Staffing | 1 | 264,552 | 88.7% |
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent | Office Costs | 15 | 16,492 |
| Pooled staffing services | Office Costs | 1 | 4,600 |
| Equipment - purchase | Office Costs | 28 | 2,459 |
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 22 | 2,217 |
| Cleaning services | Office Costs | 4 | 2,120 |
| Service charge & ground Rent | Office Costs | 1 | 1,301 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 28 | 1,295 |
| Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Office Costs | 9 | 720 |
| Removals | Miscellaneous | 9 | 633 |
| Bought-in services | Staffing | 1 | 600 |
| Mobile telephone - equipment purchase | Office Costs | 3 | 379 |
| Waste disposal, confidential waste & rubbish collection | Miscellaneous | 1 | 360 |
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Rent | Rent | 1,300 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Staffing Bought-in services | Professional & consultancy | 600 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Cleaning services | Constituency office cleaning services [200011793-261] | 240 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Rent | 2024-25 [***] rent pro-rata | -1,300 | Paid |
| 28 Mar 2025 | Office Costs TV licence | TVLICENSING.CO.UK [200011725-9719] | 170 | Paid |
| 28 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline | 72 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 137 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 80 | Paid |
| 18 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Office furniture | 52 | Paid |
| 16 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Mobile telephone - contract & usage | WWW.VOXI.CO.UK [200011725-5773] | 10 | Paid |
| 08 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | ADOBE PREMIERE PRO [200011725-4308] | 22 | Paid |
| 08 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | CANVA [***] [200011725-4309] | 13 | Paid |
| 04 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Rent | Rent | 1,300 | Paid |
| 14 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Mobile telephone - contract & usage | WWW.VOXI.CO.UK | 10 | Paid |
| 08 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | ADOBE PREMIERE PRO | 22 | Paid |
| 08 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | CANVA [***] | 13 | Paid |
| 06 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline & internet package | 35 | Paid |
| 04 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Rent | Rent | 1,300 | Paid |
| 15 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Mobile telephone - contract & usage | WWW.VOXI.CO.UK | 10 | Paid |
| 08 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | ADOBE PREMIERE PRO | 22 | 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.
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 9 wards, 20 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belsize | Judy Dixey | Liberal Democrats | 1,445 | 05 May 2022 |
| Belsize | Matthew Kirk | Liberal Democrats | 1,317 | 05 May 2022 |
| Belsize | Tom Simon | Liberal Democrats | 1,494 | 05 May 2022 |
| Fortune Green | Lorna Greenwood | Labour Party | 1,479 | 05 May 2022 |
| Fortune Green | Nancy Jirira | Liberal Democrats | 1,481 | 05 May 2022 |
| Fortune Green | Richard Olszewski | Labour Party | 1,397 | 05 May 2022 |
| Frognal | Steve Adams | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,103 | 02 May 2024 |
| Gospel Oak | Jenny Mulholland | Labour Party | 1,927 | 05 May 2022 |
| Gospel Oak | Larraine Revah | Labour Party | 1,860 | 05 May 2022 |
| Gospel Oak | Marcus Boyland | Labour Party | 1,880 | 05 May 2022 |
| Hampstead Town | Linda Chung | Liberal Democrats | 919 | 07 Jul 2022 |
| Highgate | Lorna Jane Russell | Green Party of England and Wales | 1,513 | 30 Nov 2023 |
| Highgate | Marsha Isilar-Gosling | Liberal Democrats | 1,702 | 05 May 2022 |
| Highgate | Nick da Costa | Liberal Democrats | 1,840 | 05 May 2022 |
| Highgate | Scott Emery | Liberal Democrats | 1,641 | 05 May 2022 |
| Kilburn | Robert George Thompson | Labour Party | 583 | 05 Sept 2024 |
| South Hampstead | Tommy Gale | Labour Party | 882 | 01 Jun 2023 |
| West Hampstead | Nazma Rahman | Labour Party | 1,262 | 05 May 2022 |
| West Hampstead | Sharon Hardwick | Labour Party | 1,332 | 05 May 2022 |
| West Hampstead | Shiva Tiwari | Labour Party | 1,202 | 05 May 2022 |
I · Demographics
| Indicator | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Population (2021 Census) | 110,980 | Electorate 80,029 (2024) |
| Median age | 36 | years |
| Degree-educated | 65.6% | level 4 or above |
| Ethnicity (White) | 65.7% | 2021 Census ethnic group |
| Owner-occupied | 38.6% | households |
| Private-rented | 39.9% | households |
| Social-rented | 21.3% | households |
| Employment rate | 63.8% | 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.