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 Business and Trade
• Department for Transport
• Question
• 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

• Upcoming Business – Commons: Main Chamber 30 Jun 2025

  Road safety powers of parish and town councils – Sam Rushworth. Adjournment debate

• Warm Home Discount 19 Jun 2025

  I thank the Minister for this announcement. As she will recall, we met back in September to discuss my concerns about fuel poverty in my constituency, including the number of children living in cold homes. We specifically talked about this measure. She has taken it away, done the hard graft and delivered, so I thank her for that. As she said in her statement, there are people who may not get...

• Crime and Policing Bill: New Clause 1 - Removal of women from the criminal law related to abortion 17 Jun 2025

  I recall, a few years ago, supporting a woman in a hostel who was traumatised by her own decision to abort a child. Does my hon. Friend agree, in the context of this language about protecting people, that we also need to protect people from these decisions when they are not made with the proper safeguards and protections in place?

More of Sam Rushworth’s recent appearances

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