Official portrait of Dr Rupa Huq

Dr Rupa Huq

Labour MP for Ealing Central and Acton, since 7 May 2015

Dr Rupa Huq is the Labour MP for Ealing Central and Acton, and has been an MP continually since 7 May 2015.

Scorecard

76.4% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
451 Votes cast out of 590 divisions
139 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
9 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
4 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
766 Debates spoken in 1337 written questions tabled

Ranked 246 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.4%. 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

590 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
11 Sep 2026 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading against party line No 270–286
11 Sep 2026 Closure motion against party line No 293–218
10 Sep 2026 Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No 77–292
9 Sep 2026 Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 371–100
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 No vote 162–297
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 No vote 106–302
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 No vote 108–357
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 No vote 79–300
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 No 170–316
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 No 77–317
4 Sep 2026 Motion to sit in private No vote 1–79
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading Aye 411–102
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 No 85–427
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 No 105–410
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 No 166–346
15 Jul 2026 Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots deferred division Aye 330–109
15 Jul 2026 Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 deferred division Aye 330–109
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 No 104–412
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 No 102–409
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 No 93–323
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading Aye 264–90
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No 97–358
8 Jul 2026 Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 deferred division No vote 283–182
8 Jul 2026 Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 317–103
8 Jul 2026 Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 369–102

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: Article written for The Telegraph
Payer: Telegraph Media Group, 111 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 0DT
(Registered 9 September 2026)

On the register since 22 Sep 2026

Payment: £420
Received on: 1 September 2026. Hours: 12 hrs.
Donated to: Donated to son, who is a student
(Registered 11 September 2026)

On the register since 22 Sep 2026

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: LTA Operations Ltd
Address of donor: The National Tennis Centre 100 Priory Lane, Roehampton, London SW15 5JQ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets to the Wimbledon Championships, value £600
Date received: 9 July 2026
Date accepted: 9 July 2026
Donor status: company, registration 07475460
(Registered 29 July 2026)

On the register since 18 Aug 2026

4. Visits outside the UK

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 (£2014.08), accommodation food and beverages (£537.36), value £2,551.44
Destination of visit: Qatar
Dates of visit: 5 December 2025 to 9 December 2025
Purpose of visit: To participate in the Doha Forum 2025 with a focus on constructive engagement and strengthening international cooperation to deliver actionable policies and impactful recommendations on a global scale alongside international counterparts.
(Registered 19 December 2025)

On the register since 7 Apr 2026

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

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

Money declared to them

3 donations accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £10,912 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 Rupa Huq MP sitting MP Doha Forum Other Visit £2,551
2 Jan 2025 Rupa Huq MP sitting MP UK Bangladesh Catalysts of Commerce &… Other Visit £2,406
5 Dec 2024 Rupa Huq MP sitting MP Doha Forum Other Visit £5,955

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 1 Oct 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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