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Stafford

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Apr 2026

Represented by Lab since 2024. Covers Stafford, Gnosall and Eccleshall. Population 102,675.

Stafford's MP made her most distinctive mark on the assisted dying debate in May 2025, voting to allow religious employers -- such as hospices and care homes -- to prevent their own staff from participating in assisted dying even where the individual worker personally wished to do so. She also voted against a closure motion that cut off further debate on the bill, suggesting discomfort with how the process was managed. Both votes put her against the Labour majority. Beyond that, Ingham has voted loyally with the government on a string of contentious Commons-Lords battles -- backing ministers in overriding Lords amendments on the National Insurance employer contributions bill, the Victims and Courts Bill, and routine opposition day motions on defence and energy.

At 65% voting participation -- below the Commons average -- Ingham casts fewer votes than most MPs, though her 99.4% party-line rate makes her one of Labour's more loyal backbenchers when she does vote. Her stance profile shows strong alignment with workers' rights and progressive taxation, but near-zero alignment with pro-business, pro-welfare-expansion, or pro-parliamentary-scrutiny positions. She diverges from her Labour colleagues most notably on pension protection (voting 35 percentage points below the party average) and armed forces welfare (29 points below).

319
Commons votes
This parliament
£27k
Median income
HMRC · 2024
70.6k
Electorate
2024 GE

Lab took this seat from Con after 4 consecutive elections.

Current Member of Parliament

Leigh Ingham

Leigh Ingham

Labour Party

Leigh Ingham is the Labour MP for Stafford, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

Notable Votes

Closure motion16 May 2025

A closure motion was voted on to end debate and force an immediate vote on the matter under discussion. Closure motions are a procedural tool used to curtail further debate; passing one (288 Ayes vs 239 Noes) meant the House moved directly to a division on the substantive question.

MP voted NoAgainst party majority

Vote on whether to allow employers who opt out of providing assisted dying to also prohibit their employees from participating in assisted dying while working for them. This amendment to the Terminally Ill Adults Bill would let, for example, a religious hospice or care home prevent its staff from facilitating assisted dying even if the individual healthcare worker personally wished to do so.

MP voted YesAgainst party majority

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Voting at a Glance

Represented by Lab since 2024. Covers Stafford, Gnosall and Eccleshall. Population 102,675.

2024 General Election

§ 06This week in Westminster.Live · today’s sittingOrder Paper · refreshed daily

Ingham’s scheduled Commons activity this week — whipped divisions, oral questions, debates — drawn from the House of Commons Order Paper.

§ 07The record, at a glance.335 divisions voted

Two readings of the same data. Issue volume shows where Ingham has cast the most ballots — a proxy for engagement, not direction. Notable votes are the moments where the whip was free or where they broke ranks.

Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted · cumulative this Parliament
Economy
63
Taxation
59
Employment
40
Crime & Policing
30
Welfare and Benefits
26
Education
24
Notable votes
Free votes and rebellions — moments the MP’s own judgment matters more than the whip
Closure motion16 May 2025 · free vote
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 1016 May 2025 · free vote
Aye
§ 08The local picture.17 wards

Constituencies are not uniform. Below — the local council make-up, key facts worth knowing, and the neighbouring seats on either side.

WardCouncillorVotesParty
BaswichAnn Patricia Edgeller915Conserva
BaswichMarnie Phillips688Conserva
CommonAidan Thomas Arthur Godfrey439Labour P
CotonAnt Reid564Labour P
CotonLouise Nixon645Labour P
Doxey CastletownTony Pearce447Green Pa
EccleshallJeremy Michael Pert1,028Conserva
EccleshallPeter Wallace Jones949Conserva
ForebridgeJulian Thorley418Labour P
Gnosall WoodseavesMark James Winnington962Conserva
Gnosall WoodseavesScott Spencer926Green Pa
Highfields Western DownsAndy McNaughton597Labour P
Population (2021 Census)
102,675
Electorate 70,608 · 2024 register
Median income
£26,500
HMRC SPI 2024
Households renting privately
16.3%
England average 20.0%
Schools
42
32 primary · 4 secondary
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