Mitcham & Morden / data
Dame Siobhain McDonagh · Labour Party · sitting since 01 May 1997 · every division, speech and committee appearance.
Since election
10586days
from 01 May 1997
Divisions
299
of 504 possible
Attendance
59%
205 absent / paired
Whip alignment
96%
vs party majority
Speeches
190
50 debates
Written Qs
8
8 answered
Committees
2
memberships
Expenses
£296k paid
FY 2024–2025 · 106 claims
Interests
0
Register
A · Overview
Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted — engagement only, not direction.
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Taxation | 58 | |
| Economy | 58 | |
| Employment | 34 | |
| Crime & Policing | 26 | |
| Welfare and Benefits | 24 | |
| Education | 23 | |
| Constitution and Democracy | 17 | |
| Energy | 15 |
Speech topics
Words spoken, by topic. Source: Hansard.
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Health | 15 | 7,734 |
| Social Care | 11 | 6,924 |
| Economy Jobs | 9 | 1,509 |
| Cost Of Living | 4 | 697 |
| Other | 1 | 668 |
| Utilities | 2 | 546 |
| Education | 3 | 515 |
| Local Government | 4 | 309 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Jun 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94Vote on whether to prevent someone from qualifying as 'terminally ill' under the assisted dying bill solely because they have voluntarily st… | Free vote | No |
| 20 Jun 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24Vote on whether to prevent someone from qualifying as 'terminally ill' under the assisted dying bill solely because they have chosen to stop… | Free vote | Aye |
| 20 Jun 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16A procedural vote on whether to allow New Clause 16 to be formally considered as part of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill at Rep… | Free vote | Aye |
C · Speeches
| Date | Contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 16 Apr 2026 | NHS Federated Data PlatformOrder. May I just say that the hon. Member had very generous time allocated to him during this debate? If the Minister does not want to take an intervention, he does not need to. HealthTechnologyEconomy Jobs | 34 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | NHS Federated Data PlatformI call the Government spokesperson—[Interruption.] I call the Opposition spokesperson. HealthTechnologyEconomy Jobs | 10 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | NHS Federated Data PlatformI call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson. HealthTechnologyEconomy Jobs | 6 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | NHS Federated Data PlatformOrder. Mr Wrigley has asked me if he can sum up at the end of the debate—his chances were in his hands. Because the debate is so popular, I will now impose a two-and-half-minute ti… HealthTechnologyEconomy Jobs | 42 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Topical QuestionsAt 2 pm today, many Members of this House will be attending the funeral of our dear friend Phil Woolas, the Member for Oldham East and Saddleworth from 1997 to 2010, who passed awa… HealthLocal Government | 96 |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Treasury Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1552)The NHS app is a great example, but using it is not the same challenge as moving money around, which comes with much more risk. | 25 |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Treasury Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1552)I do not see banking hubs as the same thing as addressing digital exclusion. Am I wrong? | 17 |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Treasury Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1552)Except that that does not exist. | 6 |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Treasury Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1552)No, because I think it removes the need that many people have for face-to-face interaction and relationships that give confidence. There are a significant group of people who have … | 78 |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Treasury Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1552)Are we in the same position that we were in with the previous set of questions about financial education? There is a patchwork of loads of different organisations, so significant n… | 67 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Treasury Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 417)I have some suggestions for who you could look at. | 10 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Treasury Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 417)Transparency International and others have identified trusts as a remaining blind spot in beneficial ownership transparency. Therefore, what specific changes would most improve you… | 34 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Treasury Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 417)The Treasury has taken a power to exclude certain FCA rules from the ombudsman’s adapted fair and reasonable test, including potentially high-level principles such as the consumer … | 51 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Treasury Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 417)We have seen cases where residential buildings are owned through offshore companies that are ultimately controlled by trust structures with no publicly available information on who… | 87 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Treasury Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 417)Could I follow up on John’s questions about romance fraud and the impact it has on individuals apart from the money side of things? How far is that exacerbated by the closure of ba… | 90 |
D · Written questions
Top departments
| Department | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Social Care | 2 | 25.0% |
| Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | 2 | 25.0% |
| Cabinet Office | 1 | 12.5% |
| Home Office | 1 | 12.5% |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 1 | 12.5% |
| Treasury | 1 | 12.5% |
Most recent
| Date | Department | Question | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Mar 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the performance of the National Institute for Health and Care Research Brain Tumour Research Consortium on improving the treatment of g… | Answered |
| 03 Nov 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 counterparts in Bangladesh on the (a) anti-Ahmadi protests planned in Bangladesh for 15 November and (b) upholding freedo… | Answered |
| 27 Oct 2025 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of local authority-led initiatives to increase physical activity on public health outcomes. | Answered |
| 27 Oct 2025 | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has had recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on taking steps to help support (a) Merton Council’s London Borough of Sport programme and (b) other… | Answered |
| 08 Oct 2024 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the dissemination of AI-generated misinformation in the lead-up to the regional elections i… | Answered |
| 04 Oct 2024 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to respond to the call for evidence entitled Non-Discretionary Tax-Advantaged Share Schemes: Call for Evidence, which closed on 25 August 2023. | Answered |
| 10 Sept 2024 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost was to the public purse of (a) legal fees and (b) related costs incurred for the rejection of freedom of information requests between 30 March 2020 and 9 September 2024 se… | Answered |
| 03 Sept 2024 | Cabinet Office | To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish a list of exceptions that were used in the recruitment of civil servants (a) at and (b) above Payband 2 level before Civil Service Commission approval, between 2010 and 2018. | Answered |
E · Committees
| Committee | Role | House | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treasury 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 | 91 | 39,609 | 13.4% |
| Staffing | 14 | 256,100 | 86.6% |
Top itemised cost types
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bought-in services | Staffing | 13 | 14,000 |
| Rent | Office Costs | 12 | 12,600 |
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 40 | 7,693 |
| Website hosting and design | Office Costs | 2 | 7,239 |
| Advertising and contact cards | Office Costs | 2 | 4,925 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 25 | 3,509 |
| Equipment - hire | Office Costs | 4 | 1,752 |
| Postage & couriers | Office Costs | 1 | 1,350 |
| Training - staff | Staffing | 1 | 510 |
| Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Office Costs | 3 | 380 |
| TV licence | Office Costs | 2 | 161 |
Most recent
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | Repayment of Claim 60272243 GDPR Data Protection Fee 2025 | 0 | Repaid |
| 21 Mar 2025 | Staffing Bought-in services | Professional & consultancy | 1,000 | Paid |
| 17 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Rent | Constituency Office rents March 2025 | 1,050 | Paid |
| 17 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | 160 | Paid |
| 17 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | Mailchimp invoice March 2025 [200011792-53] | 81 | Paid |
| 17 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Website hosting and design | hbr annual web hosting invoice 2025 [200011792-52] | 39 | Paid |
| 17 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Riso office supplies invoice march 2025 | 10 | Paid |
| 20 Feb 2025 | Staffing Bought-in services | Professional & consultancy | 1,000 | Paid |
| 13 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Rent | Constituency Office Rent - February 2025 | 1,050 | Paid |
| 13 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | mailchimp Invoice February 2025 | 129 | Paid |
| 30 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Website hosting and design | Website development 2025 | 7,200 | Paid |
| 21 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - hire | Printer, photocopier & scanner | 68 | Paid |
| 20 Jan 2025 | Staffing Bought-in services | Professional & consultancy | 1,000 | Paid |
| 14 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | mailchimp invoice January 2025 | 131 | Paid |
| 10 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner February 2025 | 620 | Paid |
| 07 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Rent | Constituency office rent January 2025 | 1,050 | Paid |
| 20 Dec 2024 | Office Costs Software & applications | Video Editing Software invoice [***] [200011792-55] | 29 | Paid |
| 17 Dec 2024 | Office Costs TV licence | TV License renewal 2025- Mitcham and Morden [200011792-435] | 42 | Paid |
| 17 Dec 2024 | Office Costs Software & applications | GDPR Data Protection Fee 2025 | 40 | Paid |
| 11 Dec 2024 | Office Costs Rent | Constituency Rent December 2024 | 1,050 | Paid |
G · Register of interests
No financial interests declared by this MP.
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 11 wards, 29 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cannon Hill | Jenifer Ann Gould | Liberal Democrats | 1,329 | 05 May 2022 |
| Cannon Hill | Michael Charles Joseph Paterson | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,193 | 05 May 2022 |
| Cannon Hill | Nick McLean | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,263 | 05 May 2022 |
| Colliers Wood | Caroline M Cooper-Marbiah | Labour Party | 1,907 | 05 May 2022 |
| Colliers Wood | Laxmi Attawar | Labour Party | 1,809 | 05 May 2022 |
| Colliers Wood | Stuart Neaverson | Labour Party | 1,563 | 05 May 2022 |
| Cricket Green | Gill Manly | Labour Party | 1,816 | 05 May 2022 |
| Cricket Green | Michael Kevin Butcher | Labour Party | 1,788 | 05 May 2022 |
| Cricket Green | Usaama Kaweesa | Labour Party | 1,774 | 05 May 2022 |
| Figges Marsh | Franca Ofeimu | Labour Party | 2,529 | 04 Jul 2024 |
| Graveney | Billy Hayes | Labour Party | 2,009 | 05 May 2022 |
| Graveney | Linda Christine Kirby | Labour Party | 2,182 | 05 May 2022 |
| Graveney | Sheri Ann Bhim | Labour Party | 2,097 | 05 May 2022 |
| Lavender Fields | Billy Christie | Labour Party | 1,580 | 05 May 2022 |
| Lavender Fields | Edith Joan Macauley | Labour Party | 1,608 | 05 May 2022 |
| Lavender Fields | Slawek Szczepanski | Labour Party | 1,390 | 05 May 2022 |
| Longthornton | Brenda Lorraine Fraser | Labour Party | 1,869 | 05 May 2022 |
| Longthornton | Marsie Vanesser Skeete | Labour Party | 1,584 | 05 May 2022 |
| Longthornton | Ross Benjamin Garrod | Labour Party | 1,662 | 05 May 2022 |
| Lower Morden | Ellie Cox | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,536 | 05 May 2022 |
| Lower Morden | James Williscroft | Labour Party | 1,599 | 05 May 2022 |
| Lower Morden | Sally Isabel Kenny | Labour Party | 1,778 | 05 May 2022 |
| Pollards Hill | Aidan Michael Mundy | Labour Party | 1,785 | 05 May 2022 |
| Pollards Hill | Joan Henry | Labour Party | 1,930 | 05 May 2022 |
| Pollards Hill | Martin Whelton | Labour Party | 1,786 | 05 May 2022 |
| Ravensbury | Caroline Monica Charles | Labour Party | 1,504 | 05 May 2022 |
| Ravensbury | Peter Joseph McCabe | Labour Party | 1,346 | 05 May 2022 |
| Ravensbury | Stephen Alambritis | Labour Party | 1,497 | 05 May 2022 |
| St Helier | Shuile Narmin Syeda | Labour Party | 1,865 | 04 Jul 2024 |
I · Demographics
| Indicator | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Population (2021 Census) | 125,842 | Electorate 77,282 (2024) |
| Median age | 36 | years |
| Degree-educated | 40.2% | level 4 or above |
| Ethnicity (White) | 51.9% | 2021 Census ethnic group |
| Owner-occupied | 53.6% | households |
| Private-rented | 27.4% | households |
| Social-rented | 18.9% | households |
| Employment rate | 63.3% | 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.