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How Gill Furniss votes

Gill Furniss voted the same way as their party in 100% of the votes where parties gave instructions. In 0 of those 206 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
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
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
7 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.

Gill Furniss has 2 interests currently registered.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
MiscellaneousCo-Chair of the British Irish Parliamentary Assembly.2 Sep 2025
Family members employedEmily Grace Ahmed employed3 Jun 2016

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.

Gill Furniss asked 42 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Department of Health and Social Care19
Department for Education7
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office3
Department for Transport2
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government2

Latest questions

3 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Answered 11 Sep 2026
7 Jul 2026 · to the Department for Education
Answered 13 Jul 2026
30 Jun 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 6 Jul 2026
23 Jun 2026 · to the Department for Transport
Answered 29 Jun 2026
23 Jun 2026 · to the Department for Transport
Answered 29 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
£8,137
Office costs · claims for running an office£6,668
Accommodation · claims for somewhere to stay£1,468

43 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

Gill Furniss represents Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Gill Furniss

Labour

MAJORITY
11,600

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
45%

of people who could vote did

Gill Furniss won with 52% of the votes, and Christine Kubo (Green Party) came second with 15%.

Votes for each party

Labour52% · 16,301
Green Party15% · 4,701
Conservative13% · 4,069
Independent8% · 2,537
Liberal Democrat5% · 1,694
Workers Party of Britain5% · 1,437
Everyone else3% · 873
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Gill FurnissLabour16,30151.6%
Christine KuboGreen Party4,70114.9%
Aaron JacobConservative4,06912.9%
Maxine BowlerIndependent2,5378.0%
Will SapwellLiberal Democrat1,6945.4%
Mark TylerWorkers Party of Britain1,4374.5%
Jeremy TurnerSocial Democratic Party8732.8%

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
£689 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
6.6%
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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