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Rushanara Ali

Labour MP for Bethnal Green and Stepney, since 6 May 2010

Rushanara Ali is the Labour MP for Bethnal Green and Stepney, and has been an MP continually since 6 May 2010.

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Scorecard

84.3% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
485 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
90 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
10 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
5 Interests declared 1 at £5,000 or more
540 Debates spoken in 667 written questions tabled

Ranked 105 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
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 32 Aye 268–78
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 Aye 255–128
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Government amendment (a) to Lords Amendment 2 Aye 264–125
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 Aye 254–135
12 Nov 2025 Opposition Day: Energy: original words stand part No 97–336
12 Nov 2025 Opposition Day: Taxes No 101–316
5 Nov 2025 Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 Aye 268–80
5 Nov 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government amendment (a) in lieu of LA62 Aye 311–152
5 Nov 2025 Employment Rights Bill: motion relating to Lords Reason 72B Aye 312–151
5 Nov 2025 Employment Rights Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 48B Aye 310–150
5 Nov 2025 Employment Rights Bill: motion relating to Lords Reason 120B Aye 308–153
5 Nov 2025 Employment Rights Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1B Aye 310–155
4 Nov 2025 Opposition day: Welfare spending No 92–403
4 Nov 2025 Opposition day: Supporting high streets No 106–321
29 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill: Third Reading Aye 321–103
29 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 20 No 182–311
29 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 19 No 173–323
29 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 12 No 82–314
29 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 No 170–328
29 Oct 2025 European Convention on Human Rights (withdrawal): Ten Minute Rule Motion No vote 96–154
28 Oct 2025 Opposition Day: China spying case No 174–327
28 Oct 2025 Opposition Day: Stamp Duty Land Tax No 103–329
27 Oct 2025 Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5 No 153–332
27 Oct 2025 Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage: New Clause 12 No 166–322
27 Oct 2025 Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 No 165–323

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.

4. Visits outside the UK

£6,060

Name of donor: Doha Forum
Address of donor: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Almirqab Tower, West Bay, Doha Qatar
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£5,655), accommodation and hospitality (£405), value £6,060
Destination of visit: Qatar (Doha)
Dates of visit: 5 December 2025 to 8 December 2025
Purpose of visit: To participate in the Doha Forum 2025 on diplomacy, dialogue and diversity, including meetings with fellow cross-party parliamentarians, political representations of other countries and Qatari ministers to discuss Qatar’s role in seeking to resolve current regional conflicts.
(Registered 18 December 2025)

On the register since 6 Jan 2026

6. Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year

Type of land/property: Residential property
Number of properties: 2
Location: London
Rental income: Yes
(Registered 16 September 2014)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

Type of land/property: Residential property
Number of properties: 1
Location: London
Interest held: from 7 September 2020
Ownership details: Co-owned with a family member
(Registered 29 April 2021)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

8. Miscellaneous

A Governor (and a Member of the Council of Management until 27/09/24) of The Ditchley Foundation, an organisation that helps sustain peace, freedom and the rule of law; and works towards the renewal of democratic societies, states and alliances. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 29 June 2022
(Registered 6 July 2022; updated 5 December 2024)

On the register since 11 Dec 2024

A Trustee of the Sisters Trust, a registered charity that makes donations to organisations committed to challenging racial and sexual inequality. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 16 May 2020
(Registered 18 June 2020; updated 24 June 2020)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

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Debates

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

Money declared to them

1 donation accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £6,060 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 Ms Rushanara Ali MP sitting MP Doha Forum Other Visit £6,060

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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