Official portrait of Rushanara Ali

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.

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
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 Aye 287–150
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41 Aye 284–149
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37 Aye 291–144
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 36 Aye 288–147
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26 Aye 287–149
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 13 Aye 297–147
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4 Aye 298–152
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 Aye 293–155
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 Aye 292–158
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 342 Aye 294–61
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (d) in lieu of Lords Amendment 11 Aye 294–156
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendment (a) to Amendment 2B and Amendment (b) to Amendment 2C in lieu of Lords Amendments 2D and 2E Aye 293–159
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 Aye 248–139
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (e) in lieu of Lords Amendment 102 Aye 259–136
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41B Aye 254–144
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 Aye 256–150
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 Aye 277–150
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 Aye 271–95
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 Aye 273–159
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35 Aye 275–159
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 Aye 269–162
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 Aye 276–155
15 Apr 2026 Pensions Scheme Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 Aye 269–103
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 Aye 278–158
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments Aye 247–21

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:


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

Machine-readable: JSON for this MP.

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