Tipton & Wednesbury / data
Antonia Bance · Labour Party · sitting since 04 Jul 2024 · every division, speech and committee appearance.
Since election
659days
from 04 Jul 2024
Divisions
357
of 504 possible
Attendance
71%
147 absent / paired
Whip alignment
96%
vs party majority
Speeches
199
74 debates
Written Qs
48
48 answered
Committees
2
memberships
Expenses
£197k paid
FY 2024–2025 · 109 claims
Interests
2
2 categories
A · Overview
Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted — engagement only, not direction.
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Taxation | 69 | |
| Economy | 60 | |
| Crime & Policing | 34 | |
| Employment | 27 | |
| Education | 24 | |
| Housing | 22 | |
| Defence and Foreign Affairs | 21 | |
| Welfare and Benefits | 21 |
Speech topics
Words spoken, by topic. Source: Hansard.
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Economy Jobs | 34 | 12,553 |
| Fiscal Policy | 12 | 6,249 |
| Labour Market | 13 | 5,224 |
| Local Government | 10 | 3,519 |
| Social Care | 10 | 3,256 |
| Cost Of Living | 10 | 2,580 |
| Culture Community | 4 | 2,398 |
| Energy | 4 | 1,788 |
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: Third ReadingMPs voted on the Third Reading of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — the final Commons vote on whether to pass the assisted dyin… | Free vote | No |
| 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 |
| 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 |
C · Speeches
| Date | Contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Apr 2026 | Single Status of WorkerI thank my hon. Friend and fellow member of the Business and Trade Committee for giving way. We have sat in a number of hearings where different industries have expressed to us the… Labour MarketEconomy JobsFiscal Policy | 107 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Business and Trade Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1794)Many people have talked to us about SIC codes. | 9 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Business and Trade Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1794)I was struck by the comments about the potential for the UK to focus on applied AI in specific sectors where we have expertise. That was your point, Phill. I wanted to ask more bro… | 61 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Business and Trade Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1794)I wanted to follow up the point that you made, Mr Evans, on energy costs. Do the sectors that you represent benefit from the British industrial competitiveness scheme, or is that n… | 37 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Business and Trade Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1794)Would you say that your preferred policy solution for energy costs is the removal of policy costs and loading them on to general taxation? | 24 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Business and Trade Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1796)It is good to see you at the Committee; thank you for attending. I want in particular to say thank you to the dedicated postal workers in the west midlands who do an excellent job … | 182 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Business and Trade Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1796)The reforms that you have approved to the USO would see second-class letters only delivered on alternating weekdays. Why should our constituents have to put up with a worse service… | 36 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Business and Trade Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1796)I am glad to hear that Royal Mail are back around the table talking about delivery models and how you can make progress on that. I am also glad to hear that the intervention of the… | 95 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Business and Trade Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1796)Are you confident that the negotiations between the company and the union will come to a conclusion where the changes that you are proposing to the USO will be successfully deliver… | 100 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Business and Trade Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1796)To return to something you said earlier, Mr Křetínský, you would like to be running a gig economy parcel business. Is that right? | 23 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Business and Trade Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1796)The same postal worker said to me that they got 200 houses added to their delivery round when the rounds were redone, but there are fewer of them to do it. | 31 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Business and Trade Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1796)What you are saying, then, is that there should be regulation on employment status such that you have a level playing field. Would that be something you think the Government should… | 33 |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Youth UnemploymentI thank the Secretary of State for this announcement, which will make a big difference to so many young people in our area of the Black Country who are looking for work or training… Economy JobsEducationCost Of Living | 119 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Topical QuestionsGiven the global situation, what discussions has the Chancellor had with Cabinet colleagues on helping to keep industrial energy costs manageable? Will she work with colleagues to … Cost Of LivingEconomy JobsUtilities | 46 |
| 04 Mar 2026 | Department for Business and TradeI congratulate the Chair of the Select Committee, my right hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North (Liam Byrne), on securing this important debate. I wi… Economy JobsEnergyFiscal Policy | 597 |
D · Written questions
Top departments
| Department | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department for Education | 12 | 25.0% |
| Department for Work and Pensions | 9 | 18.8% |
| Department of Health and Social Care | 6 | 12.5% |
| Home Office | 6 | 12.5% |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 5 | 10.4% |
| Department for Transport | 5 | 10.4% |
| Department for Business and Trade | 4 | 8.3% |
| Treasury | 1 | 2.1% |
Most recent
| Date | Department | Question | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Apr 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the total value of fuel stolen from HGVs in 2026. | Answered |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to footnote 7 to Table 5.2 of the 2025 Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses, if she will set out a timeline and completion date for improving the recording of central government… | Answered |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Department for Work and Pensions | To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of whether existing employer incentive payments adequately support small and micro-businesses to deliver and sustain full four-year Level 3 electri… | Answered |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Department for Work and Pensions | To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential cumulative impact of changes to employment and administrative costs on small and micro-businesses’ recruitment and retention of electrical and… | Answered |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Department for Work and Pensions | To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of linking employer incentive payments to apprenticeship completion and post-qualification retention in shortage occupation… | Answered |
| 04 Mar 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2026 to Question 113238, whether she has made an estimate of the number of multi-academy trusts which are chaired by individuals who are themselves chief exe… | Answered |
| 23 Feb 2026 | Department for Business and Trade | To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme will be funded; when his Department plans to consult on how the scheme will be funded; and whether the costs of the scheme will be passe… | Answered |
| 12 Feb 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has issued guidance to multi-academy trusts on the necessary characteristics, qualities and attributes of chairs. | Answered |
| 12 Feb 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an estimate of the number of multi-academy trusts which are chaired by individuals who are themselves chief executives of multi-academy trusts. | Answered |
| 12 Feb 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure value for money for funding from her Department to support multi-academy trusts with financial issues. | Answered |
| 09 Feb 2026 | Department for Business and Trade | To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Motability Scheme on supporting the British automotive industry. | Answered |
| 24 Nov 2025 | Department for Transport | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the cost of a standard-class annual rail season ticket from (a) Coseley, (b) Bescot, (c) Tipton, and (d) Dudley Port stations to Birmingham New Street in… | Answered |
| 10 Nov 2025 | Department for Work and Pensions | To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reducing the Housing Benefit taper rate from 65% to 55% for people living in supported accommodation who are in work. | Answered |
| 20 Oct 2025 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of updating the 10-Year Drugs Plan to reflect (a) the increase in ketamine use and (b) other changes in the drugs landscape. | Answered |
| 20 Oct 2025 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of charging a 5% surcharge when paying vehicle tax by direct debit on lower income motorists; and whether she has plans to remove this surcharge. | Answered |
E · Committees
| Committee | Role | House | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business and Trade Sub-Committee on Economic Security, Arms and Export ControlsSelect | Member | Commons | 05 Mar 2025 | present |
| Business and Trade 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 | 91 | 25,708 | 13.0% |
| Accommodation | 9 | 1,013 | 0.5% |
| MP Travel | 0 | 4,884 | 2.5% |
| Staff Travel | 0 | 4,540 | 2.3% |
| Staffing | 0 | 161,178 | 81.7% |
Top itemised cost types
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent | Office Costs | 9 | 6,062 |
| Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs | Office Costs | 9 | 5,105 |
| Equipment - purchase | Office Costs | 17 | 3,754 |
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 12 | 2,859 |
| Utilities | Office Costs | 22 | 2,511 |
| Bought-in services | Office Costs | 2 | 2,040 |
| Recruitment Services &Costs | Office Costs | 1 | 900 |
| Hotel - UK Not London | Accommodation | 8 | 678 |
| Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Office Costs | 4 | 510 |
| Advertising and contact cards | Office Costs | 1 | 510 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 2 | 408 |
| Other | Accommodation | 1 | 335 |
Most recent
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Utilities | Electricity | 257 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Rent | 2024-25 [***] rent pro-rata | -2,659 | Paid |
| 27 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Rent | [***] Antonia Bance-[***] | 960 | Paid |
| 27 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Utilities | Water | 68 | Paid |
| 25 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Rent | Rent | 2,400 | Paid |
| 18 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Office furniture | 828 | Paid |
| 14 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | STAPLES [200011725-7362] | 181 | Paid |
| 13 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | STAPLES [200011725-4071] | 105 | Paid |
| 12 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | WWW.TONERGIANT.CO.UK [200011726-5393] | 1,686 | Paid |
| 11 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Office furniture | 249 | Paid |
| 07 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Utilities | Electricity | 318 | Paid |
| 07 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Utilities | Water | 48 | Paid |
| 04 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Waste disposal, confidential waste & rubbish collection | WASTE MANAGED [200011725-3547] [200011804-11] | 96 | Paid |
| 22 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Waste disposal, confidential waste & rubbish collection | WASTE MANAGED | 60 | Paid |
| 21 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Cleaning services | Office Window Cleaning 21.2.25 | 10 | Paid |
| 05 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Utilities | Electricity | 570 | Paid |
| 04 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Computer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories | 17 | Paid |
| 04 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment | 13 | Paid |
| 03 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Computer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories | 335 | Paid |
| 03 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment | 140 | 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
08 Oct 2025
Name of donor: GMB
Address of donor: Mary Turner House, 22 Stephenson Way, London, NW1 2HD
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Hotel room and breakfast for two nights at Labour party conference in Liverpool, at £450 per night, value £900
Date received: 28 September 2025 to 30 September 2025
Date accepted: 28 September 2025
Donor status: trade union
(Registered 3 October 2025)
8. Miscellaneous1 entry
20 Aug 2025
Director of Hope not Hate Ltd. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest ended: 20 August 2025
(Registered 6 August 2024)
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 8 wards, 10 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coseley | David Christopher Roberts | Labour Party | 1,056 | 02 May 2024 |
| Coseley | Peter Drake | Labour Party | 1,272 | 02 May 2024 |
| Coseley | Sue Ridney | Labour Party | 1,181 | 02 May 2024 |
| Friar Park | Elizabeth Ann Giles | Labour Party | 1,013 | 02 May 2024 |
| Great Bridge | Will Gill | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,278 | 02 May 2024 |
| Hateley Heath | Amardeep Singh | Labour Party | 1,713 | 02 May 2024 |
| Princes End | Archer Williams | Labour Party | 942 | 02 May 2024 |
| Tipton Green | Richard James Elessing Jeffcoat | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 1,630 | 02 May 2024 |
| Wednesbury North | Peter Hughes | Labour Party | 1,042 | 02 May 2024 |
| Wednesbury South | Jenny Chidley | Labour Party | 1,603 | 02 May 2024 |
I · Demographics
| Indicator | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Population (2021 Census) | 119,322 | Electorate 74,098 (2024) |
| Median age | 37 | years |
| Degree-educated | 19.6% | level 4 or above |
| Ethnicity (White) | 67.1% | 2021 Census ethnic group |
| Owner-occupied | 50.9% | households |
| Private-rented | 15.6% | households |
| Social-rented | 33.0% | households |
| Employment rate | 52.5% | 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.