Sarah Champion’s voting in Parliament

Sarah Champion is a Labour MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Labour MPs.

This is a selection of Sarah Champion’s votes.

• Voted a mixture of for and against a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU Show votes 2 votes for, 1 vote against, 5 absences, between 2013–2016
• Consistently voted against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, between 2013–2016
• Generally voted against increasing the rate of VAT Show votes 2 votes for, 1 vote against, 3 absences, between 2013–2019
• Generally voted for more EU integration Show votes 54 votes for, 13 votes against, 26 absences, between 2013–2020
• Generally voted against a reduction in spending on welfare benefits Show votes 2 votes for, 24 votes against, 10 absences, between 2014–2016
• Has never voted on a wholly elected House of Lords

Last updated: 25 Feb 2020. Please share these votes responsibly.

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Sarah Champion has occasionally rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Recent appearances

• Hong Kong National Security Legislation 1 Jul 2020

  The UK has benefited from Hong Kong for 155 years; we have a legal and moral duty to it. It just cannot be right that a Hongkonger protesting peacefully for rights that we bestowed on them 23 years ago could now end up in jail for life. I really welcome what the Foreign Secretary has said about BNO passport holders, but will he speak a little about what he would do for the human rights of all...

• Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Department for International Development: Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1 Jul 2020

  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will publish the Government's cost analysis of the merger of his Department and the Department for International Development.

• Written Answers — Department for Education: Sex and Relationship Education: Coronavirus 1 Jul 2020

  To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has to publish guidance for schools on how they can continue to prepare for the implementation of Relationships and Sex Education during the covid-19 outbreak.

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Profile

Labour MP for Rotherham

Entered the House of Commons on 30 November 2012 — Byelection

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @SarahChampionMP
• https://facebook.com/sarahforrotherham

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Sarah Champion campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Home Office
• Ministry of Justice
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department for Education
• Offences against Children
• Female Genital Mutilation
• Probation
• Asylum: Children
• Slavery

Currently held offices

• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (since 20 May 2020)
• Member, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art (since 20 May 2020)
• Member, National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) (since 11 May 2020)
• Member, International Development Sub-Committee on the Work of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (since 10 Mar 2020)
• Chair, International Development Committee (since 29 Jan 2020)
• Chair, International Development Committee (since 29 Jan 2020)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Women and Equalities Committee (4 Jun 2018 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (15 Jan 2018 to 4 Jun 2018)
• Member, Administration Committee (30 Oct 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities (6 Oct 2016 to 16 Aug 2017)
• Shadow Minister (Home Office) (25 Jul 2016 to 6 Oct 2016)
• Shadow Minister (Home Office) (18 Sep 2015 to 28 Jun 2016)
• Member, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (8 Jul 2015 to 26 Oct 2015)
• Member, Transport Committee (10 Dec 2012 to 30 Mar 2015)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Denis MacShane
• Jimmy Boyce
• Stanley Crowther
• Brian O'Malley
• John Jones
• William Dobbie
• George Herbert
• Fred Lindley
• Frederick Kelley
• Arthur Richardson
• Joseph Pease
• William Holland
• Arthur Acland

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Stalking Protection Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Ratification of Convention) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Immigration Bill Committee (13 out of 15)
• Modern Slavery Bill Committee (9 out of 11)
• Serious Crime Bill Committee (5 out of 7)
• Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill Committee (15 out of 15)
• Criminal Justice and Courts Bill Committee (13 out of 13)
• Offender Rehabilitation Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Citizenship (Armed Forces) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 30 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs. See all Sarah Champion’s speeches
• Has received answers to 146 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 75.41% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 175 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)