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Last 12 months

How Pam Cox votes

Pam Cox voted the same way as their party in 100% of the votes where parties gave instructions. In 0 of those 211 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.

Pam Cox has 3 interests currently registered.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesNathan Spencer - £1,390.0015 Jun 2026
MiscellaneousI served as an unpaid Colchester City Councillor from July 2024. (I opted not to take up the associated financial allowance following my election.)4 Aug 2025
Land and property (within or outside the UK)Property in Colchester30 Jul 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.

Pam Cox asked 11 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Ministry of Justice8
Department for Transport2
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government1

Latest questions

9 Feb 2026 · to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Answered 16 Feb 2026
12 Jan 2026 · to the Department for Transport
Answered 20 Jan 2026
12 Jan 2026 · to the Department for Transport
Answered 20 Jan 2026
16 Dec 2025 · to the Ministry of Justice
Answered 23 Dec 2025
16 Dec 2025 · to the Ministry of Justice
Answered 23 Dec 2025

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
£29,434
Office costs · claims for running an office£20,816
Staffing · claims relating to staff£5,231
Accommodation · claims for somewhere to stay£1,453
Miscellaneous · other claims£1,934

85 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

Pam Cox represents Colchester. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Pam Cox

Labour

MAJORITY
8,250

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
57%

of people who could vote did

Pam Cox won with 42% of the votes, and James Cracknell (Conservative) came second with 24%.

Votes for each party

Labour42% · 18,804
Conservative24% · 10,554
Reform UK15% · 6,664
Liberal Democrat14% · 6,393
Green Party5% · 2,414
Climate Party0% · 74
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Pam CoxLabour18,80441.9%
James CracknellConservative10,55423.5%
Terence LongstaffReform UK6,66414.8%
Martin GossLiberal Democrat6,39314.2%
Sara RuthGreen Party2,4145.4%
James RolfeClimate Party740.2%

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
£778 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
3.7%
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

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