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Siân Berry · Green Party of England and Wales · sitting since 04 Jul 2024 · every division, speech and committee appearance.
Since election
659days
from 04 Jul 2024
Divisions
399
of 504 possible
Attendance
79%
105 absent / paired
Whip alignment
100%
vs party majority
Speeches
267
80 debates
Written Qs
299
299 answered
Committees
0
memberships
Expenses
£221k paid
FY 2024–2025 · 79 claims
Interests
3
1 category
A · Overview
Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted — engagement only, not direction.
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Taxation | 72 | |
| Economy | 69 | |
| Crime & Policing | 41 | |
| Employment | 39 | |
| Education | 35 | |
| Constitution and Democracy | 32 | |
| Welfare and Benefits | 28 | |
| Housing | 23 |
Speech topics
Words spoken, by topic. Source: Hansard.
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Local Government | 24 | 33,134 |
| Economy Jobs | 28 | 20,246 |
| Transport | 14 | 16,067 |
| Environment | 12 | 12,611 |
| Housing | 7 | 11,521 |
| Social Care | 13 | 7,626 |
| Crime | 25 | 6,730 |
| Fiscal Policy | 9 | 5,679 |
B · Notable divisions
Free votes, rebellions and high-salience whipped votes — the moments that distinguish this MP from the party machine. The full division-by-division record will follow once the per-MP archive is wired.
| Date | Division | Whip | MP voted |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02 Dec 2025 | Budget Resolution No. 50: Inheritance tax (limiting agricultural and business property reliefs etc)Vote on a Budget Resolution to limit Agricultural Property Relief and Business Property Relief for inheritance tax, capping the full relief … | Free vote | Aye |
C · Speeches
| Date | Contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 23 Apr 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill (Tenth sitting)It is great to see you back in the Chair to help us to make our way through the Bill, Ms Jardine. New clause 28 is a probing amendment, and I shall not press it to a Division when … | 539 |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill (Tenth sitting)I support this clause quite strongly. We heard powerfully from Claire Throssell in oral evidence how important its impact could be. Most Members will have experiences like mine thr… | 346 |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill (Ninth sitting)I am happy to have you back in the Chair today, Dr Huq. I wish to oppose the clause and the schedule. I am grateful to the hon. Member for Bolton South and Walkden for pointing out… | 555 |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill (Ninth sitting)I will speak briefly in support of the amendment, to which I have put my name. Later, I hope to speak about the real difference between viewing evidence—seeing it given in real lif… | 127 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill (Eighth sitting)The Minister has already said “particularly complex or lengthy”, and just then she said “complex and lengthy”. Having rejected an amendment that would have set a limit of five mont… CrimeSocial Care | 76 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill (Eighth sitting)It is very good to see you in the Chair this evening, Ms Jardine; thank you for looking after us. I will speak very briefly in support of the amendment, to which I have added my na… CrimeSocial Care | 71 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill (Eighth sitting)I will speak as quickly as I can. I support the amendments tabled in this group by the Liberal Democrats, which would limit any increase in the sentencing powers of magistrates bey… CrimeSocial Care | 575 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill (Fifth sitting)I appreciate the Minister’s comments, but will she clarify what she meant by a particular category of offence? I could not have been clearer in my speech that I did not want to mak… Crime | 64 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill (Fifth sitting)It is great to have you in the Chair, Dr Huq. I am looking forward to today’s debates. I have not tabled any amendments to clause 3, but I want to talk about some necessary changes… Crime | 316 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Press MalpracticeLast month, a national newspaper intruded on the privacy of one of the families bereaved by the meningitis outbreak, publishing information that the family had asked to be kept pri… Culture CommunityMp Performance | 55 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Press Malpractice4. What steps her Department is taking to help protect the public from press malpractice. Culture CommunityMp Performance | 15 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill (Sixth sitting)I have to add my voice to the point that this is an unsatisfactory situation. We have heard time and again from the Minister that the decision about allocation will be made based o… CrimeFiscal Policy | 94 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill (Fifth sitting)On a point of order, Dr Huq. I alerted the Minister earlier to the fact that I was going to say this. I want to ask what can be done to correct the record in respect of the Ministe… Crime | 221 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill (Third sitting)We are debating clause 1, which as I understand it will completely remove defendants’ right to elect; the rest of the Bill puts in place procedures whereby other people—judges—will… Crime | 51 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill (Third sitting)rose— Crime | 1 |
D · Written questions
Top departments
| Department | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department for Work and Pensions | 47 | 15.7% |
| Home Office | 38 | 12.7% |
| Department for Transport | 35 | 11.7% |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 31 | 10.4% |
| Department of Health and Social Care | 29 | 9.7% |
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 21 | 7.0% |
| Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | 18 | 6.0% |
| Department for Education | 18 | 6.0% |
Most recent
| Date | Department | Question | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Mar 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the cost for providing potential redress to people who were arrested for supporting a proscribed organisation whose proscription was reversed; and clar… | Answered |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether proposed SEND reforms will consider the experiences of SEND children with regards to SATs. | Answered |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to announce the future funding settlements for the Music and Dance Scheme Schools; and whether Music and Dance Scheme Schools will receive a long-term settlement. | Answered |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Ministry of Justice | To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Public Office (Accountability) Bill will explicitly apply to all universities. | Answered |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to hold universities to account on their duty of care to students. | Answered |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in the context of recent uncertainty about the future of the ASGSF, what steps her Department is taking to ensure consistent, high quality therapeutic support for adopted children and their famil… | Answered |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the decision made to remove funding for Specialist Assessments for adopted children and children under special guardianship orders, and in the context of long waiting times expe… | Answered |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her proposals for SEND reform, if she will give assurance to adopters and special guardians that their children, a majority of whom require active in-school additional support,… | Answered |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Ministry of Defence | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 5 September 2025 to question 69493, how many: (a) Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) reviews, and (b) Additional Family Member (AFM) reviews have been complet… | Answered |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she will consider the experiences of SEND children in SATs, and include reform of SATs and other statutory assessment in the government's plans to put inclusion at the heart of education. | Answered |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 3 March 2026 to question 115217, what timeline the Government is working to in considering the best way to measure the prevalence of VAWG among children and yo… | Answered |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will publish data held by HM Revenue and Customs on: (a) the ports of entry used for low-value imports currently eligible for relief under the Low Value Import exemption, (b) what proportion of… | Answered |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, further to the answer of 17 December 2025 to question 98635, how heat network customers who purchase their energy supply from a housing association or a managing agent for thei… | Answered |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Department for Transport | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to address the Disability Transport Gap, as described in the December 2023 report entitled Are we there yet, from Transport for All. | Answered |
| 23 Feb 2026 | Department for Work and Pensions | To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the answer of 27 January 2026 to Written Question UIN 106823, if he will (a) collect and analyse data on the extent of refusal, increase and reduction of Access to Work awards… | Answered |
E · Committees
No committee memberships recorded for this MP.
F · Expenses
Every business-cost claim reimbursed by IPSA in the current financial year, grouped by category. “Aggregated” rows are IPSA’s own year-end totals for cost types like payroll and rent that aren’t itemised claim-by-claim.
Category breakdown
| Category | Claims | Paid (£) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office Costs | 55 | 19,575 | 8.9% |
| Accommodation | 11 | 14,425 | 6.5% |
| Staffing | 3 | 185,113 | 83.8% |
| Miscellaneous | 1 | 276 | 0.1% |
| MP Travel | 0 | 928 | 0.4% |
| Staff Travel | 0 | 536 | 0.2% |
Top itemised cost types
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bought-in services | Staffing | 3 | 13,738 |
| Rent | Accommodation | 7 | 12,808 |
| Rent | Office Costs | 9 | 9,120 |
| Bought-in services | Office Costs | 2 | 3,844 |
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 22 | 2,421 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 4 | 2,217 |
| Hotel - London | Accommodation | 4 | 1,616 |
| Mobile telephone - equipment purchase | Office Costs | 2 | 928 |
| Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Office Costs | 7 | 887 |
| Removals | Miscellaneous | 1 | 276 |
| Equipment - purchase | Office Costs | 3 | 65 |
| Mobile telephone - contract & usage | Office Costs | 4 | 40 |
Most recent
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | XMA March 2025 | 334 | Paid |
| 01 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Rent | Rent | 1,140 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - installation & equipment purchase | Landline | 34 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Rent | 2024-25 [***] rent pro-rata | -392 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Rent | 2024-25 [***] rent pro-rata | -1,140 | Paid |
| 21 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment | -2 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 458 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 458 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 372 | Paid |
| 18 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | 168 | Paid |
| 18 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | [200011793-414] | 84 | Paid |
| 18 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment | 58 | Paid |
| 12 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | Adobe Acrobat | 25 | Paid |
| 11 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Rent | Rent | 2,200 | Paid |
| 09 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Mobile telephone - contract & usage | GIFFGAFF [200011725-2230] | 10 | Paid |
| 06 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | AMAZON [***] [200011725-2999] | 234 | Paid |
| 06 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Computer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories | 9 | Paid |
| 04 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Rent | Rent | 1,140 | Paid |
| 01 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline | 18 | Paid |
| 01 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | AMAZON [***] | -79 | Paid |
G · Register of interests
Every financial interest declared by the MP, grouped under the Register’s official categories. Retracted entries are hidden but counted above.
8. Miscellaneous3 entries
16 Aug 2024
Trustee of Mortimer Terrace Nature Reserve. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 18 July 2024)
16 Aug 2024
The Good Law Project is in receipt of donations (including crowdfunded donations) to support legal costs in one legal action in which I am named as a party. The legal proceedings do not concern my personal rights or liabilities, and I do not personally receive any donations. The value of this support falls below the registrable threshold
(Registered 3 August 2024; updated 11 June 2025)
11 Mar 2025
Name of donor: Music Venue Trust
Patron of the Music Venue Trust. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 12 February 2025
(Registered 6 March 2025)
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 9 wards, 23 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coldean Stanmer | Mitchie Alexander | Labour Party | 688 | 04 May 2023 |
| Coldean Stanmer | Tobias Sheard | Labour Party | 510 | 04 May 2023 |
| Hanover Elm Grove | Maureen Winder | Labour Party | 2,269 | 04 May 2023 |
| Hanover Elm Grove | Tim Rowkins | Labour Party | 2,471 | 04 May 2023 |
| Hanover Elm Grove | Ty Galvin | Labour Party | 2,444 | 04 May 2023 |
| Hollingdean Fiveways | Bruno De Oliveira | Labour Party | 2,468 | 04 May 2023 |
| Hollingdean Fiveways | Mohammed Asaduzzaman | Labour Party | 2,553 | 04 May 2023 |
| Hollingdean Fiveways | Theresa Fowler | Labour Party | 2,662 | 04 May 2023 |
| Moulsecoomb Bevendean | Amanda Evans | Labour Party | 2,033 | 04 May 2023 |
| Moulsecoomb Bevendean | Jacob Taylor | Labour Party | 1,785 | 04 May 2023 |
| Moulsecoomb Bevendean | Ty Goddard | Labour Party | 1,882 | 04 May 2023 |
| Patcham Hollingbury | Alistair McNair | Conservative and Unionist Party | 2,037 | 04 May 2023 |
| Patcham Hollingbury | Ann Meadows | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,821 | 04 May 2023 |
| Patcham Hollingbury | Carol Theobald | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,799 | 04 May 2023 |
| Preston Park | Kerry Pickett | Green Party of England and Wales | 2,135 | 04 May 2023 |
| Preston Park | Liz Loughran | Labour Party | 2,139 | 04 May 2023 |
| Preston Park | Steve Davis | Green Party of England and Wales | 2,162 | 04 May 2023 |
| Regency | Alison Thomson | Labour Party | 920 | 04 May 2023 |
| Regency | Chloë Anne Goldsmith | Green Party of England and Wales | 1,162 | 04 May 2023 |
| Round Hill | Pete West | Green Party of England and Wales | 1,408 | 04 May 2023 |
| Round Hill | Raphael Hill | Green Party of England and Wales | 1,383 | 04 May 2023 |
| West Hill North Laine | Ellen McLeay | Green Party of England and Wales | 1,346 | 04 May 2023 |
| West Hill North Laine | Sue Shanks | Green Party of England and Wales | 1,256 | 04 May 2023 |
I · Demographics
| Indicator | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Population (2021 Census) | 112,000 | Electorate 74,786 (2024) |
| Median age | 34 | years |
| Degree-educated | 46.1% | level 4 or above |
| Ethnicity (White) | 85.2% | 2021 Census ethnic group |
| Owner-occupied | 53.4% | households |
| Private-rented | 34.1% | households |
| Social-rented | 12.3% | households |
| Employment rate | 58.0% | 16-64 in work |
J · Public spending
HMT publishes headline spending identifiable by region in PESA. Constituency-level capital allocations (Levelling-Up Fund, Towns Fund, UKSPF, transport capital, BEIS R&D) are published as separate departmental datasets. We are evaluating the cleanest reconciliation for a per-constituency view.