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Last 12 months

How Jessica Morden votes

Jessica Morden voted the same way as their party in 100% of the votes where parties gave instructions. In 0 of those 201 votes, they went the other way.

What does this mean?

Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high score is normal and says nothing about whether an MP is good or bad. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. Words explained

Recent votes

DateVoteThey votedCompared with party
11 SepEnd of life for terminally ill adults: the first main voteForFree vote
11 SepA vote to end a debateForFree vote
10 SepSocial housing: an attempt to block itAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party

See every vote on Parliament’s site

Declared interests

MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.

Jessica Morden has 5 interests currently registered.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesGreen Man Festival Ltd - £594.004 Sep 2026
MiscellaneousObserving member of the Labour Party National Executive Committee and National Policy Forum15 Sep 2025
MiscellaneousChair of Community Union Parliamentary group. This is an unpaid role.15 Sep 2025
MiscellaneousEx officio Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party15 Sep 2025
MiscellaneousMember of the BGIPU Executive Committee. This is an unpaid role.19 Nov 2024

Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page

Questions

MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.

Jessica Morden asked 20 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office7
Department for Education4
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero4
Department for Culture, Media and Sport2
Home Office1

Latest questions

28 Aug 2026 · to the Department for Education
Answered 8 Sep 2026
28 Aug 2026 · to the Department for Education
Answered 8 Sep 2026
28 Aug 2026 · to the Home Office
Answered 8 Sep 2026
3 Jun 2026 · to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Answered 8 Jun 2026
3 Jun 2026 · to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Answered 8 Jun 2026

Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026

Expenses

MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.

PAID IN 2025-26
£22,225
Office costs · claims for running an office£15,371
Accommodation · claims for somewhere to stay£6,854

86 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.

Costs depend on many things, such as where an MP’s area is, what premises and staff they need, and whether they joined or left part-way through the year. This page does not say whether any amount is right or wrong. It covers the claims in IPSA’s individual business costs file, so it is not the full cost of an MP’s office.

Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data

Election result and area

Jessica Morden represents Newport East. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Jessica Morden

Labour

MAJORITY
9,009

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
50%

of people who could vote did

Jessica Morden won with 42% of the votes, and Tommy Short (Reform UK) came second with 19%.

Votes for each party

Labour42% · 16,370
Reform UK19% · 7,361
Conservative17% · 6,487
Plaid Cymru6% · 2,239
Green Party5% · 2,092
Liberal Democrat5% · 2,045
Everyone else5% · 1,937
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jessica MordenLabour16,37042.5%
Tommy ShortReform UK7,36119.1%
Rachel BucklerConservative6,48716.8%
Jonathan ClarkPlaid Cymru2,2395.8%
Lauren JamesGreen Party2,0925.4%
John MillerLiberal Democrat2,0455.3%
Pippa BartolottiIndependent1,8024.7%
Mike FordHeritage Party1350.4%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£710 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
5.2%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

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Has this changed over time? 90%95%100%Oct 25Sep 26
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Source: Commons Votes API

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