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How Sarah Pochin votes

Sarah Pochin voted the same way as their party in 100% of the votes where parties gave instructions. In 0 of those 116 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
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party
7 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party
7 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame 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 Pochin has 7 interests currently registered.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPCatherine Wantling Etonbrook Ltd - £5,000.0024 Jun 2026
Land and property (within or outside the UK)Property in Anglesea24 Jun 2026
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPDavid McNaugtan - £25,000.0029 May 2026
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPJonathan Gaskell - £6,000.0018 May 2026
Land and property (within or outside the UK)Property in Anglesey21 May 2025
MiscellaneousUnpaid director of Aubergine Home Ltd (dormant)21 May 2025
ShareholdingsShares in Aubergine Home Ltd21 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 Pochin asked 571 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Home Office137
Department of Health and Social Care100
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government58
Ministry of Justice43
Treasury43

Latest questions

28 Aug 2026 · to the Ministry of Justice
Answered 14 Sep 2026
28 Aug 2026 · to the Home Office
Answered 11 Sep 2026
28 Aug 2026 · to the Home Office
Answered 11 Sep 2026
28 Aug 2026 · to the Home Office
Answered 11 Sep 2026
28 Aug 2026 · to the Home Office
Answered 10 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
£90,168
Office costs · claims for running an office£42,504
Staffing · claims relating to staff£47,663

79 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 Pochin represents Runcorn and Helsby. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2025
Sarah Joanne Pochin

Reform UK

MAJORITY
6

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
46%

of people who could vote did

Sarah Joanne Pochin won with 39% of the votes, and Karen Louise Shore (Labour) came second with 39%.

Votes for each party

Reform UK39% · 12,645
Labour39% · 12,639
Conservative7% · 2,341
Green Party7% · 2,314
Liberal Democrat3% · 942
Independent2% · 632
Everyone else3% · 1,142
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sarah Joanne PochinReform UK12,64538.7%
Karen Louise ShoreLabour12,63938.7%
Sean HoulstonConservative2,3417.2%
Chris CopemanGreen Party2,3147.1%
Paul DuffyLiberal Democrat9422.9%
Dan ClarkeLiberal4541.4%
Michael WilliamsIndependent3631.1%
Alan MckieIndependent2690.8%
Peter FordWorkers Party of Britain1640.5%
John StevensRejoin EU1290.4%
Howling Laud HopeOfficial Monster Raving Loony Party1280.4%
Catherine Anne BlaiklockEnglish Democrats950.3%
Paul Andrew MurphySocial Democratic Party680.2%
Jason Philip HughesVolt United Kingdom540.2%
Graham Harry MooreEnglish Constitution Party500.2%

2025-05-01 Runcorn and Helsby By-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
£728 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
3.8%
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
This MPParty average
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MonthThis MPParty average
Oct 25100%100%
Nov 25100%100%
Dec 25100%100%
Jan 26100%100%
Feb 26100%93%
Mar 26100%100%
Apr 26100%100%
May 26100%100%
Jun 26100%100%
Jul 26100%100%
Sep 26100%100%

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