About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Rushanara Ali) represents you, and all of the people who live in Bethnal Green and Stepney, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Labour MP for Bethnal Green and Stepney

Entered the House of Commons on 6 May 2010 — General election

Also represented Bethnal Green and Bow

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @rushanaraalibgs.bsky.social
• @rushanaraali
• Facebook
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Rushanara Ali campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• International Development
• Department for Education
• Ministry of Housing
• Communities and Local Government
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Burma
• Syria
• Teachers: Training
• Children: Day Care
• *No heading*

Currently held offices

• Member, Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) Bill Committee (since 9 Jun 2025)
• Member, Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission (since 27 Nov 2024)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government) (since 9 Jul 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Shadow Minister (Investment and Small Business) ( 6 Sep 2023 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Treasury Sub-Committee on Financial Services Regulations (20 Jun 2022 to 20 Nov 2023)
• Member, Treasury Committee Sub-Committee on Financial Services Regulations (20 Jun 2022 to 20 Jun 2022)
• Member, Cultural Objects (Protection From Seizure) Bill Committee ( 9 Nov 2021 to 17 Nov 2021)
• Member, Panel of Chairs (22 Jun 2020 to 18 Sep 2023)
• Member, Treasury Committee ( 2 Mar 2020 to 20 Nov 2023)
• Member, Treasury Sub-Committee (14 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Treasury Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee (31 Oct 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Energy and Climate Change Committee (26 Oct 2015 to 17 Oct 2016)
• Member, Treasury Committee (24 Nov 2014 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Shadow Minister (Education) ( 7 Oct 2013 to 26 Sep 2014)
• Shadow Minister (International Development) ( 8 Oct 2010 to 7 Oct 2013)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Peter Shore

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Chairman, National Security Bill Committee (6 out of 14)
• Chairman, Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill Committee (4 out of 14)
• Chairman, Elections Bill Committee (2 out of 12)
• Cultural Objects (Protection from Seizure) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Chairman, Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Medicines and Medical Devices Bill Committee (3 out of 3)

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Elections: Reform 13 Jun 2025

  The Government has engaged with, and continues to engage with, various stakeholders, including the Electoral Commission, ahead of the publication of the Government's Strategy for Elections. As the independent regulator, the Electoral Commission offers valuable insight, and its contributions are helping to inform policy development in a number of areas.

• Written Answers — Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Sleeping Rough: Foreign Nationals 13 Jun 2025

  The expectation is that migrants coming into the UK should be able to maintain and accommodate themselves without recourse to public funds. This reflects the need to maintain the confidence of general public that immigration brings benefits to our country, rather than add costs to the public purse. When individuals granted refugee status leave Home Office accommodation, they are entitled to...

• Written Answers — Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Sleeping Rough 13 Jun 2025

  This Government inherited devastating record levels of homelessness and rough sleeping from the last Conservative government. There are multiple factors which can contribute to rough sleeping. Increases in living costs and limited suitable and affordable housing is driving overall increases in homelessness and rough sleeping, personal factors such as mental ill health and substance misuse can...

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