Official portrait of Sam Rushworth

Sam Rushworth

Labour MP for Bishop Auckland, since 4 July 2024

Sam Rushworth is the Labour MP for Bishop Auckland, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

Scorecard

72.0% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
414 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
161 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
14 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
4 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
122 Debates spoken in 17 written questions tabled

Ranked 327 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
18 Mar 2026 Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 368–107
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading No vote 292–161
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 No vote 175–292
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5 No vote 172–283
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 No vote 174–292
10 Mar 2026 Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading No vote 304–203
10 Mar 2026 Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No vote 203–311
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106 Aye 304–177
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 102 Aye 315–163
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 44 Aye 315–109
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41 Aye 316–171
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 Aye 307–173
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 Aye 321–106
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 17 Aye 306–182
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 16 Aye 309–181
2 Mar 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No 105–410
24 Feb 2026 Opposition Day: Protections for children from online harms No 69–279
23 Feb 2026 Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading Aye 361–84
23 Feb 2026 Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 No 73–256
23 Feb 2026 Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 No 77–280
23 Feb 2026 Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 No 156–273
23 Feb 2026 Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: Amendment 1 No 161–272
11 Feb 2026 Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2026-27 Aye 279–90
11 Feb 2026 Local Government Finance Report (England) 2026-27 Aye 277–143
11 Feb 2026 Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 deferred division Aye 362–107

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.

2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

Name of donor: The Coalition for Global Prosperity (CGP)
Address of donor: 1 Horse Guards Avenue, Westminster, London SW1A 2HU
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: The donor is funding a researcher one day per week to support me in my parliamentary work as a member of the International Development Committee and UK delegate to the Parliamentary Assembly to the Council of Europe. This person is employed directly by the donor, but their work is directed by me, value £4,200
Date received: 18 March 2026 to 18 June 2026
Date accepted: 18 March 2026
Donor status: company, registration 10894509
(Registered 21 April 2026)

On the register since 27 May 2026

7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital

Name of company or organisation: Our World Research and Consultancy Ltd
(Registered 1 August 2024)

On the register since 19 Aug 2025

Name of company or organisation: African Dreams Ltd
(Registered 1 August 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

8. Miscellaneous

Trustee of Bishop Auckland Community Partnership (Four Clocks Centre). This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 30 July 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

122 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 →

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