Milton Keynes Central / data
Emily Darlington · Labour Party · sitting since 04 Jul 2024 · every division, speech and committee appearance.
Since election
659days
from 04 Jul 2024
Divisions
456
of 504 possible
Attendance
90%
48 absent / paired
Whip alignment
100%
vs party majority
Speeches
245
92 debates
Written Qs
9
8 answered
Committees
1
memberships
Expenses
£125k paid
FY 2024–2025 · 73 claims
Interests
3
2 categories
A · Overview
Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted — engagement only, not direction.
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Taxation | 87 | |
| Economy | 84 | |
| Employment | 50 | |
| Crime & Policing | 47 | |
| Education | 40 | |
| Welfare and Benefits | 28 | |
| Constitution and Democracy | 25 | |
| Pensions | 23 |
Speech topics
Words spoken, by topic. Source: Hansard.
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Market | 1 | — |
| Energy | 1 | — |
| Technology | 2 | — |
| Economy Jobs | 39 | 10,697 |
| Defence | 31 | 7,370 |
| Crime | 19 | 7,175 |
| Culture Community | 12 | 6,177 |
| Health | 14 | 4,870 |
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 | Business of the HouseMr Speaker, you and I agree that all women and girls should be safe on this estate, whether they are MPs, staff or visitors. We have been working together to ensure that we become … Local GovernmentEconomy JobsEnergy | 94 |
| 23 Apr 2026 | UK Biobank DataHealth datasets of the size that UK Biobank has are incredibly important, because they allow us to find answers to the huge health challenges that many of us face, whether that is … HealthTechnology | 148 |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Statutory Menstrual LeaveIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Mundell. I declare an interest: I have adenomyosis. It took more than 30 years for it to be diagnosed. The average diagnosis t… HealthLabour Market | 1,008 |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Foreign Financial Influence and Interference: UK PoliticsI welcome the Rycroft review and I very much enjoyed speaking to Philip Rycroft during the process. Beyond crypto and other financial donations, he says we need to tackle deepfakes… Fiscal PolicyDefenceTechnology | 97 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | DefenceI would like to take the gallant Minister back to his comments about when and why Britain should go to war. It is clear that the Conservatives have forgotten that the Leader of the… DefenceFiscal PolicyEconomy Jobs | 74 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | DefenceDoes the hon. Gentleman agree that the problem with his Government’s drone strategy was that they did not invest in satellites, making us reliant on foreign satellites for full cap… DefenceFiscal PolicyEconomy Jobs | 57 |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Puberty Blockers Clinical TrialI am not for hounding any particular individual. The only person I have referred to by name is Hilary Cass and she has been on the public record. I have been hounded for my views a… Health | 37 |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Puberty Blockers Clinical TrialExactly, and that is completely inappropriate. A leader of a political party shouted “Traitor” at me when I said we should watch our language around this issue. I do not know who t… Health | 140 |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Puberty Blockers Clinical TrialIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Mundell. I want to start with the expression, “Do no harm.” To be clear for the people who have come to speak to me—parents an… Health | 252 |
| 19 Mar 2026 | International DevelopmentI recognise how difficult today’s statement is—it is not a position that any Labour Government would ever want to be in. I welcome the commitment from the Foreign Secretary and the… DefenceEconomy JobsEnvironment | 122 |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Pornography: Regulation2. What recent discussions she has had with the British Board of Film Classification on regulatory parity between online and offline pornography. CrimeCulture CommunityHealth | 22 |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Pornography: RegulationLike many colleagues in this House and the other place, I am deeply concerned about the current unacceptable regulatory gap between online and offline pornography, and the public s… CrimeCulture CommunityHealth | 104 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Courts and Tribunals BillI appreciate that the hon. Member is into storytelling—it may be his next job—but what did he think was going to happen to the courts system when there was a 23% cut under the last… CrimeEconomy Jobs | 45 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Digital ID: Public ConsultationI am the mother of teenagers, and they cannot believe how difficult it is to access their data and interact with public services. They call it “cringe”, a bit like the response fro… Economy JobsOther | 80 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Courts and Tribunals BillI am trying to understand the hon. Lady’s point. Is she saying that we should now extend jury trial to all trials, or that we should keep the status quo? Is she saying that it is s… CrimeEconomy Jobs | 47 |
D · Written questions
Top departments
| Department | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | 4 | 44.4% |
| Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | 1 | 11.1% |
| Department of Health and Social Care | 1 | 11.1% |
| Home Office | 1 | 11.1% |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 1 | 11.1% |
| Treasury | 1 | 11.1% |
Most recent
| Date | Department | Question | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Apr 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what percentage of Gross National Income the Government spent as Official Development Assistance in the calendar years (a) 2024 and (b) 2025; how much UK Offic… | Pending |
| 05 Mar 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will issue a formal condemnation of the eight-month prison sentence handed to Kwok Yin-sang, father of BN(O) status holder Anna Kwok; and if she will co… | Answered |
| 05 Mar 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will implement Magnitsky-style sanctions against the Hong Kong officials responsible for the sentencing of 69-year-old Kwok Yin-sang, father of exiled a… | Answered |
| 05 Mar 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to protect the families of British National (Overseas) status holders from judicial harassment in Hong Kong; and what guarantees of sa… | Answered |
| 24 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 with the Department of Health and Social Care to reduce the number of people discharged from NHS care into homelessness. | Answered |
| 24 Nov 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 efficacy of hospitals delivering specialist multi-disciplinary teams for patients experiencing homelessness. | Answered |
| 24 Apr 2025 | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment the Intellectual Property Office has made of the potential behavioural impact of (a) the risk of injunction threats, (b) legal costs and (c) high licensin… | Answered |
| 13 Feb 2025 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on reducing the cost of housing refugees using Official Development Assistance. | Answered |
| 27 Aug 2024 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will hold discussions with Cabinet colleagues on increasing spending on international development to 0.7% of GDP in the next spending review. | 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 | 66 | 23,173 | 18.5% |
| MP Travel | 0 | 1,721 | 1.4% |
| Staff Travel | 0 | 1,285 | 1.0% |
| Staffing | 0 | 98,790 | 79.1% |
Top itemised cost types
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent | Office Costs | 9 | 10,205 |
| Equipment - purchase | Office Costs | 11 | 3,954 |
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 12 | 2,510 |
| Pooled staffing services | Office Costs | 1 | 2,300 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 9 | 2,280 |
| Advertising and contact cards | Office Costs | 2 | 785 |
| Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Office Costs | 3 | 337 |
| Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Office Costs | 3 | 215 |
| Mobile telephone - contract & usage | Office Costs | 7 | 209 |
| Postage & couriers | Office Costs | 2 | 194 |
| Hospitality | Office Costs | 3 | 64 |
| Mobile telephone - equipment purchase | Office Costs | 3 | 64 |
Most recent
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 Aug 2025 | Office Costs Hospitality | Repayment of 60268144:2 | 0 | Repaid |
| 01 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Rent | Rent | 1,276 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Rent | 2024-25 [***] rent pro-rata | -1,276 | Paid |
| 25 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Mobile telephone - equipment purchase | Wireless microphone for use with mobile | 25 | Paid |
| 21 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | WWW.IANJONESPHOTO.CO.U [200011725-10574] | 45 | Paid |
| 17 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Printing, folding and stuffing a letter to 1112 constituents about a MP surgery event | 486 | Paid |
| 14 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Printer, photocopier & scanner | 815 | Paid |
| 14 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Mobile telephone - equipment purchase | Microphone for use with mobile phone | 20 | Paid |
| 14 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Mobile telephone - equipment purchase | Tripod for use with mobile phone | 19 | Paid |
| 08 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | MAILCHIMP [200011725-5110] | 19 | Paid |
| 07 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment | 236 | Paid |
| 06 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Newspapers, journals, magazines | SP DISABILITYRIGHTUK [200011725-3187] | 56 | Paid |
| 04 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Rent | Rent | 1,276 | Paid |
| 08 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | MAILCHIMP | 20 | Paid |
| 07 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Pooled staffing services | Parliamentary Research Service (Labour) | 2,300 | Paid |
| 04 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Rent | Rent | 1,276 | Paid |
| 31 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | WWW.TONERGIANT.CO.UK | 223 | Paid |
| 20 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Advertising and contact cards | Printing and stuffing for letter to constituents regarding healthcare issue | 732 | Paid |
| 20 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | WWW.TONERGIANT.CO.UK | 175 | Paid |
| 20 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | VIKING | 120 | 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 sources2 entries
03 Feb 2026
Name of donor: Barbara Daniel
Address of donor: Quebec Government Office, 59 Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5JH
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: two tickets and hospitality, to Cirque de Soleil, value £350
Date received: 12 January 2026
Date accepted: 12 January 2026
Donor status: other (High Commission)
(Registered 28 January 2026)
03 Jun 2025
Name of donor: Ivors Academy
Address of donor: 1 Upper James Street, London W1F 9DE
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: One ticket including dinner for the Ivor Novello Awards Ceremony, value £760
Date received: 21 May 2025
Date accepted: 22 May 2025
Donor status: company, registration 03643088
(Registered 2 June 2025)
6. Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year1 entry
16 Aug 2024
Type of land/property: Residential property (Flat)
Number of properties: 1
Location: London
Ownership details: Co-owned with spouse
(Registered 2 August 2024)
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 8 wards, 8 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broughton | Uroy Clarke | Liberal Democrats | 1,652 | 02 May 2024 |
| Campbell Park Old Woughton | Graham Eaton | Liberal Democrats | 1,263 | 02 May 2024 |
| Central Milton Keynes | Martin Ronald Petchey | Labour Party | 1,383 | 02 May 2024 |
| Danesborough Walton | Victoria Hopkins | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,990 | 02 May 2024 |
| Loughton Shenley | Mandy Legg | Labour Party | 1,457 | 02 May 2024 |
| Monkston | Duncan Banks | Liberal Democrats | 1,118 | 02 May 2024 |
| Shenley Brook End | Saleena Raja | Liberal Democrats | 1,379 | 02 May 2024 |
| Woughton Fishermead | Donna Juli Fuller | Labour Party | 1,421 | 02 May 2024 |
I · Demographics
| Indicator | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Population (2021 Census) | 117,726 | Electorate 81,078 (2024) |
| Median age | 36 | years |
| Degree-educated | 38.8% | level 4 or above |
| Ethnicity (White) | 65.8% | 2021 Census ethnic group |
| Owner-occupied | 54.2% | households |
| Private-rented | 24.7% | households |
| Social-rented | 21.0% | households |
| Employment rate | 66.4% | 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.