Official portrait of Marsha De Cordova

Marsha De Cordova

Labour MP for Battersea, since 8 June 2017

Marsha De Cordova is the Labour MP for Battersea, and has been an MP continually since 8 June 2017. She is Second Church Estates Commissioner.

Scorecard

41.4% Attendance In the least-present tenth of MPs who vote
238 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
337 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
12 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
3 Interests declared 1 at £5,000 or more
535 Debates spoken in 1285 written questions tabled

Ranked 603 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 49 No vote 332–160
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 48 No vote 328–160
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 47 No vote 327–164
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 46 No vote 314–178
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 23 No vote 329–163
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 8 No vote 316–172
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 7 No vote 330–158
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 No vote 326–160
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill: Third Reading No vote 362–87
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 10 No vote 153–300
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 23 No vote 158–297
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 58 No vote 92–364
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2 No vote 69–300
9 Sep 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Second Reading No vote 330–179
9 Sep 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Reasoned Amendment No vote 116–333
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 64 No vote 335–160
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 53 No vote 401–96
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 39 No vote 325–171
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 No vote 404–98
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 19 No vote 336–158
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 18 No vote 402–97
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 No vote 398–93
4 Sep 2025 House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 Aye 338–74
4 Sep 2025 House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 Aye 331–73
4 Sep 2025 House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 Aye 336–77

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

1. Employment and earnings

Role, work or services: Being a member of a grants application panel
Payer: Fight for Sight, 18 Mansell Street, London E1 8AA

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness
Address of donor: 50 Leman Street, London E1 8HQ
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (3,616.03), accommodation and meals (£786.30), value £4,402.33
Destination of visit: Kenya
Dates of visit: 2 June 2026 to 7 June 2026
Purpose of visit: To attend and deliver a keynote speech at IAPBs annual INSIGHT LIVE event - a conference bringing together hundreds of people from around the world - creating opportunities for collaboration, knowledge sharing and renewed commitment to advancing eye health
(Registered 13 July 2026)

On the register since 14 Jul 2026

£6,691

Name of donor: Doha Forum
Address of donor: Al Mirqab Tower, West Bay, Doha, State of Qatar
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£6,292.00) and accommodation (£399) Inclusive of meals, value £6,691
Destination of visit: Qatar (Doha)
Dates of visit: 5 December 2025 to 8 December 2025
Purpose of visit: To attend the Doha Forum
(Registered 30 December 2025)

On the register since 6 Jan 2026

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

535 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

1 donation accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £6,691 in total — from the Electoral Commission's register, which is a separate register from the one above. Money given to their party is not counted here; this is money declared to them.

AcceptedRecipientDonorTypeValue
5 Dec 2025 Marsha De Cordova sitting MP Doha Forum Other Visit £6,691

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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