About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Sam Rushworth) represents you, and all of the people who live in Bishop Auckland, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Labour MP for Bishop Auckland

Entered the House of Commons on 5 July 2024 — General election

Social Media

• @samrushworthmp.bsky.social
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Department for Transport
• Restoring Your Railway Fund: Weardale Line

Currently held offices

• Member, International Development Committee (since 21 Oct 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill [HL] ( 6 Nov 2024 to 13 Nov 2024)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Dehenna Davison
• Helen Goodman
• Derek Foster
• James Boyden
• Hugh Dalton
• Aaron Curry
• Florence Dalton
• Benjamin Spoor
• Henry Havelock-Allan
• James Paulton

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Recent appearances

• Church Commissioners: Lithium Mineral Rights: Weardale 3 Apr 2025

  Whether the Church of England is taking steps to help ensure that its ownership of mineral rights to lithium in Weardale contributes to economic growth in that area.

• Church Commissioners: Lithium Mineral Rights: Weardale 3 Apr 2025

  I thank my hon. Friend for that answer. I really welcome the work that has been done by Northern Lithium in Weardale in my constituency. Critical minerals will play an increasingly important role in the UK’s transition to net zero and in our economy. With the Church of England owning vast swathes of mineral rights across the country, it is really important that there is transparency and...

• British Indian Ocean Territory 2 Apr 2025

  I thank my hon. and gallant Friends the Members for North East Derbyshire (Louise Jones) and for Leyton and Wanstead (Mr Bailey) for their questions. Can the Minister confirm that this agreement will close potentially dangerous routes for irregular migration? Is that possibly one of the reasons the Conservatives opened and presided over 10 rounds of negotiations on it?

More of Sam Rushworth’s recent appearances

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