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Last 12 months

How Sarah Champion votes

Sarah Champion voted the same way as their party in 100% of the votes where parties gave instructions. In 0 of those 151 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
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame 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.

Sarah Champion has 4 interests currently registered.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesSilverstone - £1,860.008 Jul 2026
Visits outside the UKInternational visit to Cayman Islands between 12 February 2026 and 21 February 202626 May 2026
Visits outside the UKInternational visit to Qatar between 05 December 2025 and 08 December 202517 Dec 2025
MiscellaneousMembership of Advisory Board of the SOAS China Institute (SCI). This is an unpaid role.6 May 2025

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.

Sarah Champion asked 89 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs20
Home Office16
Ministry of Justice15
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office14
Department for Transport6

Latest questions

10 Sep 2026 · to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Answered 22 Sep 2026
7 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Answered 11 Sep 2026
3 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Answered 15 Sep 2026
2 Sep 2026 · to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Answered 11 Sep 2026
1 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Answered 9 Sep 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
£22,877
Office costs · claims for running an office£21,565
Staffing · claims relating to staff£143
Accommodation · claims for somewhere to stay£1,168

74 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

Sarah Champion represents Rotherham. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Sarah Champion

Labour

MAJORITY
5,490

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
49%

of people who could vote did

Sarah Champion won with 45% of the votes, and John Cronly (Reform UK) came second with 30%.

Votes for each party

Labour45% · 16,671
Reform UK30% · 11,181
Liberal Democrat8% · 2,824
Green Party7% · 2,632
Workers Party of Britain5% · 1,714
The Yorkshire Party4% · 1,363
Everyone else1% · 547
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sarah ChampionLabour16,67145.1%
John CronlyReform UK11,18130.3%
Adam CarterLiberal Democrat2,8247.6%
Tony MabbotGreen Party2,6327.1%
Taukir IqbalWorkers Party of Britain1,7144.6%
David AtkinsonThe Yorkshire Party1,3633.7%
Ishtiaq AhmadIndependent5471.5%

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
£692 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
4.7%
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

This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this