South Derbyshire / data
Samantha Niblett · Labour Party · sitting since 04 Jul 2024 · every division, speech and committee appearance.
Since election
660days
from 04 Jul 2024
Divisions
417
of 504 possible
Attendance
83%
87 absent / paired
Whip alignment
100%
vs party majority
Speeches
138
87 debates
Written Qs
293
274 answered
Committees
1
memberships
Expenses
£211k paid
FY 2024–2025 · 113 claims
Interests
2
2 categories
A · Overview
Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted — engagement only, not direction.
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Taxation | 93 | |
| Economy | 81 | |
| Crime & Policing | 44 | |
| Employment | 41 | |
| Education | 40 | |
| Constitution and Democracy | 26 | |
| Welfare and Benefits | 23 | |
| Energy | 21 |
Speech topics
Words spoken, by topic. Source: Hansard.
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Economy Jobs | 33 | 8,482 |
| Culture Community | 16 | 8,365 |
| Social Care | 19 | 5,893 |
| Local Government | 19 | 3,620 |
| Health | 19 | 3,523 |
| Environment | 6 | 3,518 |
| Technology | 12 | 2,819 |
| Agriculture | 4 | 2,815 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 16 Apr 2026 | NHS Federated Data PlatformIt is an honour to serve under your chairship, Dame Siobhain. I am grateful for the opportunity to raise this issue, because my constituents in South Derbyshire, like millions of N… HealthTechnologyEconomy Jobs | 373 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Business of the HouseI recently met an incredible woman, Rachel Liew, a constituent of mine who joins us today in the Gallery. Following the devastating loss of her five-year-old son Sam in 2021, she h… DefenceLocal GovernmentHealth | 120 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Neuroscience and Digital ChildhoodsI welcome the Chair of the Select Committee’s launch of a new inquiry on digital childhoods. Like her, I sit on the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee and was disturbed w… TechnologyHealthEducation | 188 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Women’s Health StrategyI thank the Ministers for this renewed women’s health strategy for England. Two of my constituents in particular—Evie Solomon, who founded HER Circle, and Shelly Lynn—will welcome … HealthSocial Care | 120 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | NHS Waiting ListsRecently, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS foundation trust took part in the Q4 sprint, which involved out-patient appointments and surgical procedures. The work focuse… Health | 161 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | NHS Waiting Lists19. What steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of people waiting for NHS treatment. Health | 17 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Ground-mounted Solar Panels: AlternativesOne of the biggest concerns, particularly for my tenant farmers, is that when there is a change of land use for a solar farm, not only is the farmer unable to farm that land, but t… EnergyAgricultureEnvironment | 50 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Ground-mounted Solar Panels: AlternativesSouth Derbyshire has two grid connections and gets a plethora of applications for solar and battery energy storage systems—it is the bane of my life. I am passionate about moving t… EnergyAgricultureEnvironment | 155 |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Foreign Financial Influence and Interference: UK PoliticsI welcome the Rycroft report, especially the focus it puts on the threat of social media upturning our democracy. It was astonishing in the Science, Innovation and Technology Commi… Fiscal PolicyDefenceTechnology | 104 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Backbench Business Committee — Oral Evidence (2026-03-24)Because of the importance of the subject matter, because I am keen to demonstrate that we are showing leadership from the top, and because the Chamber that most people recognise as… | 95 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Backbench Business Committee — Oral Evidence (2026-03-24)Thank you, Chair. I asked my daughter, who is 18 now, if she remembers a time when I first spoke to her about sex, and she said that she has always just known and that that has bee… | 382 |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Productivity and Economic Growth: East MidlandsI could not agree more. Reopening the Ivanhoe line would not only give us access to Burton, Coalville and eventually Leicester, but enable onward journeys to bigger cities includin… Economy JobsTransportLocal Government | 155 |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Productivity and Economic Growth: East MidlandsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dr Huq. It is bitterly disappointing that Reform could not be bothered to field a single MP to come and stand up for the east midlan… Economy JobsTransportLocal Government | 546 |
| 12 Mar 2026 | Business of the HouseComedy has always been part of the fabric of British society, so I am delighted to be a patron of the newly launched CRAFT, the Comedy Representation and Artform Trust, which has b… DefenceCost Of LivingLocal Government | 168 |
| 12 Mar 2026 | Defending Democracy TaskforceI welcome the statement, and I am particularly delighted to read the part that says, “Where the law fails to provide adequate protection, we will strengthen it.” As someone who had… CrimeMp PerformanceDefence | 104 |
D · Written questions
Top departments
| Department | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Social Care | 56 | 19.1% |
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 37 | 12.6% |
| Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | 31 | 10.6% |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 25 | 8.5% |
| Department for Education | 24 | 8.2% |
| Department for Business and Trade | 21 | 7.2% |
| Home Office | 19 | 6.5% |
| Department for Work and Pensions | 19 | 6.5% |
Most recent
| Date | Department | Question | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Apr 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing national eligibility criteria for disabled children's social care in England. | Pending |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her department is taking to consider the recommendations in the Law Commission's 2025 report on disabled children's social care; and what assessment she has made of the potential for l… | Pending |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Law Commission's report on social care law, what steps her department is taking to help ensure that disabled children have access to social care support; and what assessment… | Pending |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the Law Commission's findings regarding regional variations in support for disabled children; and what steps her Dep… | Pending |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Department for Work and Pensions | To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Child Maintenance Service in ensuring its processes remain gender-neutral, particularly in relation to evidential requi… | Pending |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has plans to abolish standstill provisions in the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme; and what steps he is taking to ensure that protections for bonus pensions… | Pending |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make it his policy that 100% of future surplus in the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme be used to increase members’ pensions. | Pending |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will hold discussions with the Association of Independent Meat Suppliers on protests outside their members' premises. | Pending |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he is taking steps to ensure the Miners Pension Scheme members’ pensions will be fully index linked. | Pending |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make it his policy to use unallocated surplus in the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme to pay members a further bonus pension. | Pending |
| 20 Apr 2026 | Department for Business and Trade | To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of expanding the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme to include (a) farmers and (b) food production. | Pending |
| 17 Apr 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that people access long-term heart medication given the level of prescription charges. | Pending |
| 17 Apr 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England plans to update its clinical guidance on long-term support for cardiac arrest survivors, including access to free medication. | Pending |
| 17 Apr 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions his Department has had with NHS England on expanding medical exemption criteria to include cardiac arrest survivors dependent on long-term rhythm-stabilising… | Pending |
| 17 Apr 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his department plans to review prescription charge exemptions for people who require lifelong medication following a cardiac arrest. | Pending |
E · Committees
| Committee | Role | House | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Science, Innovation and Technology CommitteeSelect | Member | Commons | 27 Oct 2025 | 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 | 76 | 26,439 | 12.5% |
| Staffing | 9 | 160,632 | 76.1% |
| Accommodation | 13 | 18,550 | 8.8% |
| MP Travel | 0 | 4,731 | 2.2% |
| Staff Travel | 0 | 804 | 0.4% |
Top itemised cost types
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs | Office Costs | 8 | 7,983 |
| Rent | Office Costs | 7 | 7,493 |
| Hotel - London | Accommodation | 7 | 4,014 |
| Equipment - purchase | Office Costs | 18 | 3,465 |
| Training - staff | Staffing | 5 | 3,250 |
| Bought-in services | Staffing | 3 | 3,176 |
| Pooled staffing services | Staffing | 1 | 2,300 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 2 | 2,040 |
| Mobile telephone - equipment purchase | Office Costs | 1 | 1,984 |
| Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Office Costs | 14 | 1,143 |
| Utilities | Accommodation | 4 | 743 |
| Advertising and contact cards | Office Costs | 5 | 720 |
Most recent
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 May 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment | 0 | Repaid |
| 01 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Rent | Rent | 1,479 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Office furniture | 597 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | [200011803-369] | 72 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Rent | 2024-25 [***] rent pro-rata | -1,479 | Paid |
| 28 Mar 2025 | Staffing Bought-in services | Professional & consultancy | 1,200 | Paid |
| 28 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Office furniture | 624 | Paid |
| 28 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Sundries | 11 | Paid |
| 27 Mar 2025 | Staffing Bought-in services | Professional & consultancy | 1,250 | Paid |
| 27 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Office furniture | 900 | Paid |
| 26 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment | 126 | Paid |
| 26 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment | 126 | Paid |
| 25 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs | Building of office furniture and snagging jobs in constituency office | 450 | Paid |
| 25 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Cleaning services | Office supplies- cleaning materials and toilet rolls | 81 | Paid |
| 24 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment | 795 | Paid |
| 24 Mar 2025 | Staffing Bought-in services | Professional & consultancy | 726 | Paid |
| 24 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs | Fire alarm and emergency lighting annual service | 359 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Utilities | Electricity | 160 | Paid |
| 19 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | 30 | Paid |
| 10 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Website hosting and design | www.samanthaniblett.uk [200011803-370] | 600 | 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 sources1 entry
02 Sept 2025
Name of donor: DHP Family Ltd
Address of donor: 2 Lace Market Square, Nottingham NG1 1PB
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Four tickets to Splendour Festival weekend, value £834.60
Date received: 19 July 2025 to 20 July 2025
Date accepted: 19 July 2025
Donor status: company, registration 00259388
(Registered 8 August 2025)
8. Miscellaneous1 entry
11 Dec 2024
Unpaid directorship for Labour: Women in Tech. A campaign group I founded to get more women into tech.
Date interest arose: 5 July 2023
(Registered 3 December 2024)
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 13 wards, 31 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aston | Daniel Corbin | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,086 | 04 May 2023 |
| Aston | Neil Atkin | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,156 | 04 May 2023 |
| Aston | Peter Watson | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,124 | 04 May 2023 |
| Church Gresley | Alan Steven Haynes | Labour Party | 830 | 04 May 2023 |
| Church Gresley | Ben Stuart | Labour Party | 799 | 04 May 2023 |
| Church Gresley | Gordon Edgar Rhind | Labour Party | 776 | 04 May 2023 |
| Etwall | Andrew William Kirke | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,122 | 04 May 2023 |
| Etwall | David Muller | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,141 | 04 May 2023 |
| Linton | Alistair Brian Tilley | Labour Party | 630 | 04 May 2023 |
| Linton | Dan Pegg | Labour Party | 722 | 04 May 2023 |
| Melbourne | Matthew John Gotheridge | Conservative and Unionist Party | 928 | 02 May 2024 |
| Midway | Alan Mercer Jones | Labour Party | 795 | 04 May 2023 |
| Midway | Louise Ann Mulgrew | Labour Party | 782 | 04 May 2023 |
| Midway | Robert Pearson | Labour Party | 789 | 04 May 2023 |
| Newhall Stanton | Kalila Fiona Storey | Labour Party | 807 | 04 May 2023 |
| Newhall Stanton | Sarah Anne Harrison | Labour Party | 806 | 04 May 2023 |
| Newhall Stanton | Sean Andrew Bambrick | Labour Party | 908 | 04 May 2023 |
| Repton | James Anthony Lowe | Conservative and Unionist Party | 855 | 04 May 2023 |
| Repton | Kerry Marie Haines | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,060 | 04 May 2023 |
| Seales | Amy Wheelton | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 1,059 | 04 May 2023 |
| Seales | Gareth Leslie Jones | Labour Party | 545 | 04 May 2023 |
| Stenson | David Geoffrey Shepherd | Labour Party | 892 | 04 May 2023 |
| Stenson | Lakhvinder Pal Singh | Labour Party | 898 | 04 May 2023 |
| Swadlincote | Mick Mulgrew | Labour Party | 732 | 04 May 2023 |
| Swadlincote | Neil Anthony Tilley | Labour Party | 773 | 04 May 2023 |
| Swadlincote | Vonnie Heath | Labour Party | 783 | 04 May 2023 |
| Willington Findern | Ian Mark Hudson | Labour Party | 936 | 04 May 2023 |
| Willington Findern | Martyn Ford | Conservative and Unionist Party | 917 | 04 May 2023 |
| Woodville | Angela Archer | Labour Party | 725 | 04 May 2023 |
| Woodville | Malc Gee | Labour Party | 729 | 04 May 2023 |
| Woodville | Steve Taylor | Labour Party | 786 | 04 May 2023 |
I · Demographics
| Indicator | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Population (2021 Census) | 87,638 | Electorate 73,714 (2024) |
| Median age | 42 | years |
| Degree-educated | 30.1% | level 4 or above |
| Ethnicity (White) | 93.1% | 2021 Census ethnic group |
| Owner-occupied | 74.7% | households |
| Private-rented | 14.6% | households |
| Social-rented | 10.6% | households |
| Employment rate | 61.3% | 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.