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How Samantha Niblett votes

Samantha Niblett voted the same way as their party in 100% of the votes where parties gave instructions. In 0 of those 202 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.

Samantha Niblett has 1 interests currently registered.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
MiscellaneousUnpaid directorship for Labour: Women in Tech. A campaign group I founded to get more women into tech.3 Dec 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.

Samantha Niblett asked 245 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Department of Health and Social Care71
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs29
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology20
Department for Education18
Department for Business and Trade15

Latest questions

15 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Education
Not answered yet
15 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Education
Not answered yet
14 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Education
Not answered yet
14 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Education
Not answered yet
14 Sep 2026 · to the Ministry of Justice
Not answered yet

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
£20,348
Office costs · claims for running an office£15,845
Staffing · claims relating to staff£1,408
Accommodation · claims for somewhere to stay£3,095

97 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

Samantha Niblett represents South Derbyshire. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Samantha Niblett

Labour

MAJORITY
4,168

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
62%

of people who could vote did

Samantha Niblett won with 39% of the votes, and Heather Wheeler (Conservative) came second with 30%.

Votes for each party

Labour39% · 17,734
Conservative30% · 13,566
Reform UK20% · 8,979
Liberal Democrat5% · 2,134
Green Party4% · 1,941
Independent3% · 1,200
Everyone else0% · 183
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Samantha NiblettLabour17,73438.8%
Heather WheelerConservative13,56629.7%
Job WestReform UK8,97919.6%
Lucy CareLiberal Democrat2,1344.7%
Aruhan GalievaGreen Party1,9414.2%
Amy WheeltonIndependent1,2002.6%
Paul LiversuchSocialist Labour Party1830.4%

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
£807 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
2.4%
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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