Official portrait of Sarah Champion

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.

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
14 Jan 2025 Renters' Rights Bill Report Stage: Government New Clause 14 Aye 372–114
8 Jan 2025 Reasoned amendment on Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill No 111–364
17 Dec 2024 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Third Reading Aye 354–202
17 Dec 2024 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 No 195–353
17 Dec 2024 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 No 196–352
17 Dec 2024 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 No 206–353
17 Dec 2024 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill Committee: Amendment 1 No 100–351
11 Dec 2024 Finance Bill Committee: New Clause 7 No 104–313
11 Dec 2024 Finance Bill Committee: New Clause 6 No 105–314
11 Dec 2024 Finance Bill Committee: New Clause 8 No 167–329
11 Dec 2024 Finance Bill Committee: Clause 48 stand part Aye 332–170
11 Dec 2024 Finance Bill Committee: Clause 47 stand part Aye 338–170
11 Dec 2024 Draft Movement of Goods (Northern Ireland to Great Britain) (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Transitory Provision and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024 deferred division Aye 375–9
10 Dec 2024 Draft Home Detention Curfew and Requisite and Minimum Custodial Periods (Amdt) Order 2024 Aye 424–106
10 Dec 2024 Finance Bill Committee New Clause 3 No 184–359
10 Dec 2024 Finance Bill Committee: New Clause 2 No 74–350
10 Dec 2024 Finance Bill Committee: New Clause 5 No 105–340
9 Dec 2024 Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill: New Clause 1 No 89–340
6 Dec 2024 Motion to sit in private No vote 1–49
4 Dec 2024 Opposition Day: Increase in employers' National Insurance Contributions No 165–334
4 Dec 2024 Opposition day: UK Farming and Inheritance Tax No 181–339
3 Dec 2024 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Second Reading Aye 332–189
3 Dec 2024 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No 186–330
3 Dec 2024 Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion No vote 138–136
29 Nov 2024 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading Aye 330–275

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 4 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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