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.

• Has never voted on removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords
• Generally voted for more EU integration Show votes 17 votes for, 9 votes against, 12 absences, between 2013–2017
• Consistently voted against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, between 2013–2016
• Almost always voted against greater restrictions on campaigning by third parties, such as charities, during elections Show votes 0 votes for, 10 votes against, 2 absences, between 2013–2016
• Generally voted against fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, 1 absence, between 2013–2016
• Generally voted for paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability Show votes 5 votes for, 0 votes against, 3 absences, between 2015–2016

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Sarah Champion has never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Last updated: 12 Sep 2017

Recent appearances

• The Rohingya and the Myanmar Government 17 Oct 2017

  I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Bethnal Green and Bow (Rushanara Ali) and the hon. Member for St Albans (Mrs Main) for securing this necessary debate. I also thank my hon. Friend for the vital work that she has done in raising awareness of the persecution of the Rohingya. Sadly this abuse is not new. In 1992, a cross-party early-day motion criticised the “systematic...

• The Rohingya and the Myanmar Government 17 Oct 2017

  That is the perversity of the situation, and we have our eyes wide open. The Secretary of State for International Development has said that children are at risk of “sexual violence and trafficking”. The International Rescue Committee said that there are “reports of girls in Rohingya camps being raped or abused when going to the toilet or collecting firewood.” There are...

• The Rohingya and the Myanmar Government 17 Oct 2017

  I am hugely grateful for that intervention. Yesterday, the Foreign Secretary had the opportunity to lead on this in a meeting of the EU’s Foreign Affairs Council. Sadly, the Foreign Secretary’s eagerness to lead at home is not matched by an eagerness to lead abroad. The only action from that meeting was the suspension of invitations to senior Burmese military officials to visit...

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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
• Justice
• Ministry of Justice
• Department of Health
• Department for Education
• Probation
• Asylum: Children
• Female Genital Mutilation
• Forced Marriage
• Female Genital Mutilation: Clinics

Other offices held in the past

• 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)

• 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)
• Serious Crime Bill Committee (5 out of 7)
• Modern Slavery Bill Committee (9 out of 11)
• Citizenship (Armed Forces) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• 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)

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• Has spoken in 21 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs. See all Sarah Champion’s speeches
• Has received answers to 63 written questions in the last year — 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 95.65% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 0 annotations on this MP’s speeches — below average amongst MPs.
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 53 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Sarah Champion’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 114 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)