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Sarah Champion

Labour MP for Rotherham, since 29 November 2012

Sarah Champion is the Labour MP for Rotherham, and has been an MP continually since 29 November 2012.

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Scorecard

62.3% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
358 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
217 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
0 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
6 Interests declared 2 at £5,000 or more
509 Debates spoken in 1507 written questions tabled

Ranked 483 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
27 Oct 2025 Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 No 152–337
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 No vote 77–390
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 9 No vote 104–317
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 6 No vote 167–313
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 24 No vote 182–307
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: Clause 1, as amended, stand part No vote 389–102
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 46 No vote 105–381
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Third Reading No vote 320–171
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: New Clause 1 No vote 172–322
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Clause 2 stand part No vote 318–174
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 No vote 83–319
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 7 No vote 174–321
15 Oct 2025 Sustainable Aviation Fuel Remaining Stages: Amendment 9 No 160–324
15 Oct 2025 Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 8 No 151–319
15 Oct 2025 Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 5 No 78–316
14 Oct 2025 Mental Health Bill Report Stage: Amendment 41 No 164–333
14 Oct 2025 Mental Health Bill Report Stage: Amendment 40 No 163–339
14 Oct 2025 Mental Health Bill Report Stage New Clause 26 No 78–327
16 Sep 2025 Sentencing Bill: Second Reading No vote 340–77
16 Sep 2025 Sentencing Bill: Reasoned Amendment on Second Reading No vote 78–292
16 Sep 2025 Child poverty strategy (removal of two child limit): Ten Minute Rule Motion No vote 89–79
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 121 No vote 316–161
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 62 No vote 330–161
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 61 No vote 330–161
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 60 No vote 318–170

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.

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Silverstone
Address of donor: The Jimmy Brown Centre, Silverstone Circuit, Towcester NN12 8TN
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets and hospitality for me and my partner to the British Grand Prix Saturday Qualifier as a Member of the APPG for Formula 1 and McLaren Automotive being in Rotherham. Estimated value, value £1,860
Date received: 4 July 2026
Date accepted: 4 July 2026
Donor status: company, registration 00882843
(Registered 8 July 2026)

On the register since 14 Jul 2026

Name of donor: Silverstone
Address of donor: The Jimmy Brown Centre, Silverstone Circuit, Towcester NN12 8TN
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets and hospitality for myself and my partner to the British Grand Prix Saturday qualifier, value £1,400
Date received: 5 July 2025
Date accepted: 5 July 2025
Donor status: company, registration 00882843
(Registered 9 July 2025)

On the register since 15 Jul 2025

4. Visits outside the UK

£6,076

Name of donor: Cayman Government
Address of donor: c/o CICO-UK, 34 Dover Street, London W1S 4NG
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (2129.62 ), accommodation (£2303.56), transport (£199.50), meals (£899.92). I was accompanied by my partner who paid his own costs but joined me at formal dinners - food (£543.92), value £6,076.52
Destination of visit: Cayman Islands
Dates of visit: 12 February 2026 to 21 February 2026
Purpose of visit: I am Chair of the APPG Cayman and led a delegation to meet with Ministers, officials and visit environmental projects and sites.
(Registered 26 May 2026)

On the register since 3 Jun 2026

£5,638

Name of donor: Doha Forum Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the state of Qatar
Address of donor: Al Mirqab Tower, West Bay, Doha Qatar
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£5233) and accommodation (£405), value £5,638
Destination of visit: Qatar (Doha)
Dates of visit: 5 December 2025 to 8 December 2025
Purpose of visit: To attend the Doha Forum on Diplomacy, Dialogue and Diversity and meetings with Qatari ministers to discuss Conflict Resolution.
(Registered 17 December 2025)

On the register since 6 Jan 2026

Name of donor: (1) Government of Jersey (2) States of Guernsey
Address of donor: (1) 2 Queen Annes Gate Buildings, Dartmouth Street SW1H 9BP (2) Sir Charles Frossard House, La Charotterie, Guernsey GY1 1FH
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): (1) Flights (£210), hotel (approx. £740), local transportation (approx £750) and food (approx. £700), value £2,400 (2) Flights (£435), local transportation (approx £480) and food (approx. £116), value £1,031
Destination of visit: Jersey and Guernsey
Dates of visit: 24 June 2025 to 30 June 2025
Purpose of visit: Orientation and research trip as Chair of APPG Channel Islands, with Senior Researcher
(Registered 8 July 2025)

On the register since 15 Jul 2025

8. Miscellaneous

Membership of Advisory Board of the SOAS China
Institute (SCI). This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 25 April 2025
Date interest ended: 24 April 2028
(Registered 6 May 2025)

On the register since 3 Jun 2026

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Debates

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

Money declared to them

2 donations accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £11,338 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 Sarah Champion MP sitting MP Doha Forum Ministry of Foreign Affairs of… Other Visit £5,638
19 May 2025 Sarah Champion MP sitting MP Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State of… Other Visit £5,700

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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