Croydon East / data
Natasha Irons · Labour Party · sitting since 04 Jul 2024 · every division, speech and committee appearance.
Since election
659days
from 04 Jul 2024
Divisions
440
of 504 possible
Attendance
87%
64 absent / paired
Whip alignment
100%
vs party majority
Speeches
380
64 debates
Written Qs
38
36 answered
Committees
1
memberships
Expenses
£150k paid
FY 2024–2025 · 122 claims
Interests
0
Register
A · Overview
Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted — engagement only, not direction.
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Taxation | 86 | |
| Economy | 85 | |
| Employment | 51 | |
| Crime & Policing | 45 | |
| Education | 35 | |
| Welfare and Benefits | 30 | |
| Housing | 24 | |
| Constitution and Democracy | 23 |
Speech topics
Words spoken, by topic. Source: Hansard.
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Education | 12 | 5,271 |
| Social Care | 14 | 5,193 |
| Health | 11 | 4,837 |
| Local Government | 12 | 4,739 |
| Economy Jobs | 15 | 1,872 |
| Culture Community | 7 | 1,346 |
| Fiscal Policy | 5 | 1,086 |
| Cost Of Living | 3 | 656 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Oct 2025 | Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30A vote on New Clause 30 to the Sentencing Bill at Committee stage, in the context of debate about short prison sentences and suspended sente… | Rebelled | Aye |
C · Speeches
| Date | Contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Apr 2026 | Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1338)I am an MP in Croydon, and the red versus blue trend had a significant impact on some local schools. One school had a lot of children in one year who did not turn up because they w… | 223 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1338)This is slightly different from, say, walking across the street when somebody is speeding. In other areas of media—we had Sky and Paramount in earlier today—as a parent making deci… | 159 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1338)On YouTube. | 2 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1338)How do we help, basically? | 5 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1338)Then you should have the figure, shouldn’t you? | 8 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1338)So at least for Meta, the platforms are not safe for children aged 13 and above, as opposed to TikTok, which is trying to make it safe for children of 13 and up. | 33 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1338)So it is not economically viable to be using YouTube. It is more of a marketing tool. | 17 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1338)Obviously, they have just been involved in a quite high-profile legal case in which they were found to have created a platform that is intentionally addictive to young people. Are … | 43 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1338)The point I am making is that although where you can control things, you are producing these things to the highest possible safety standards, you are being encouraged to put more c… | 77 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1338)Just so you are aware, your content is on the non-logged-in bit as well. If you go on to just the website, which is next to the slop and next to whatever else it may be, it is also… | 92 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1338)I guess the question is—and it is for Meta as well; thank you for being here, and I am not trying to ignore you—who is responsible for content on your platforms? I appreciate that … | 110 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1338)Definitely, the commentary on it was left on your platform for quite some time. The initial posts were taken down but the thing that you said creates the hype—people talking about … | 89 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1338)Can I ask Rebecca the same question? Do you have that figure? | 12 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1338)Are your platforms safe for children aged 13 and above? | 10 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1338)I will declare some interests: I worked at Channel 4 before becoming an MP, and I have two small children who have watched a lot of Milkshake!—thank you so much for your service. I… | 71 |
D · Written questions
Top departments
| Department | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department for Education | 9 | 23.7% |
| Home Office | 7 | 18.4% |
| Department for Culture, Media and Sport | 6 | 15.8% |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 5 | 13.2% |
| Department for Work and Pensions | 4 | 10.5% |
| Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | 3 | 7.9% |
| Department of Health and Social Care | 2 | 5.3% |
| Ministry of Defence | 1 | 2.6% |
Most recent
| Date | Department | Question | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Apr 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has conducted a comparative analysis of the per-pupil funding allocated to disadvantaged students in (a) Key Stage 4 and (b) 16 to 19 education; and what assessment she has… | Pending |
| 20 Apr 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils in year 10 were eligible for free school meals by constituency in 2024-25. | Pending |
| 27 Feb 2026 | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has had recent discussions with Ofcom on the (a) timetable and (b) resourcing for its work on the role of app stores in children’s access to harmfu… | Answered |
| 27 Feb 2026 | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department plans to incorporate Ofcom’s findings on the role of app stores in protecting children from harmful content into the Government’s consultation on c… | Answered |
| 27 Feb 2026 | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what comparative assessment her Department has made of (a) service-by-service age verification and (b) device, app store, or operating system level age assurance, in term… | Answered |
| 12 Feb 2026 | Department for Culture, Media and Sport | To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress she has made on the provision of Young Futures Hubs. | Answered |
| 09 Feb 2026 | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of local councils in exercising their statutory enforcement powers to protect local waterways from pollution; an… | Answered |
| 09 Feb 2026 | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what data his Department holds on the average time taken to complete cladding remediation works on residential buildings of approximately 20 to 25 storeys; what ev… | Answered |
| 03 Feb 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on tackling knife crime. | Answered |
| 24 Nov 2025 | Department for Work and Pensions | To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the amount of the Housing Benefit subsidy for temporary accommodation cases being less than Local Housing Allowance rates on the qua… | Answered |
| 21 Jul 2025 | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the supply of supported housing meets future demand. | Answered |
| 21 Jul 2025 | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help support (a) homeless services and (b) supported housing providers with their finances. | Answered |
| 30 Jun 2025 | Department for Work and Pensions | To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2025 to Question 61354 on Personal Independence Payment, if she will set out the methodology used to estimate the number of claimants who would be subjec… | Answered |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Department for Work and Pensions | To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the potential impact of her Department's proposed changes to the PIP eligibility criteria on the number of people subject to the benefits cap (a) nationally… | Answered |
| 30 May 2025 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the level of independence of the National Age Assessment Board. | Answered |
E · Committees
| Committee | Role | House | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Culture, Media and Sport CommitteeSelect | Member | Commons | 21 Oct 2024 | present |
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 | 114 | 30,263 | 20.1% |
| Staffing | 7 | 120,181 | 79.9% |
Top itemised cost types
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent | Office Costs | 7 | 7,081 |
| Website hosting and design | Office Costs | 1 | 4,800 |
| Bought-in services | Staffing | 1 | 3,300 |
| Pooled staffing services | Office Costs | 1 | 3,000 |
| Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs | Office Costs | 4 | 2,065 |
| Advertising and contact cards | Office Costs | 4 | 1,978 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 8 | 1,755 |
| Equipment - hire | Office Costs | 1 | 1,660 |
| Equipment - purchase | Office Costs | 14 | 1,654 |
| Utilities | Office Costs | 11 | 1,431 |
| Bought-in services | Office Costs | 1 | 1,200 |
| Recruitment Services &Costs | Office Costs | 1 | 900 |
Most recent
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Rent | 2024-25 [***] rent pro-rata | -469 | Paid |
| 28 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Postage & couriers | ROYAL MAIL ONLINE SHOP [200011726-9735] | 425 | Paid |
| 27 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Office furniture | 322 | Paid |
| 26 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | JUPITER ASSOCIATES LTD [200011725-7967] | 142 | Paid |
| 25 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline | 12 | Paid |
| 24 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline | 5 | Paid |
| 21 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Office furniture | 270 | Paid |
| 21 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline | 5 | Paid |
| 17 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Sundries | 24 | Paid |
| 17 Mar 2025 | Staffing Volunteer - agreed arrangement costs | Subsistence | 4 | Paid |
| 13 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Rent | Rent | 1,250 | Paid |
| 12 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Internet | 70 | Paid |
| 12 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Cleaning services | cleaning products for constituency office | 5 | Paid |
| 10 Mar 2025 | Staffing Volunteer - agreed arrangement costs | Subsistence | 6 | Paid |
| 07 Mar 2025 | Staffing Volunteer - agreed arrangement costs | Subsistence | 7 | Paid |
| 06 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Bought-in services | Comms & Media | 1,200 | Paid |
| 06 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Utilities | Electricity | 262 | Paid |
| 06 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Waste disposal, confidential waste & rubbish collection | VEOLIA CROYDON SLW [200011725-3337] | 46 | Paid |
| 05 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Mobile telephone - contract & usage | Online text service [200011633-71] | 24 | Paid |
| 04 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Postage & couriers | AMAZON [***] [200011725-2963] | 61 | Paid |
G · Register of interests
No financial interests declared by this MP.
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 8 wards, 17 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Addiscombe East | Jeet Bains | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,545 | 05 May 2022 |
| Addiscombe East | Maddie Henson | Labour Party | 1,377 | 05 May 2022 |
| Addiscombe West | Clive Boyd Fraser | Labour Party | 1,305 | 05 May 2022 |
| Addiscombe West | Patricia Hay-Justice | Labour Party | 1,480 | 05 May 2022 |
| Addiscombe West | Sean Eamonn Fitzsimons | Labour Party | 1,540 | 05 May 2022 |
| New Addington North | Adele Benson | Conservative and Unionist Party | 711 | 05 May 2022 |
| New Addington North | Kola Agboola | Labour Party | 832 | 05 May 2022 |
| New Addington South | Lara Fish | Conservative and Unionist Party | 905 | 05 May 2022 |
| New Addington South | Tony Pearson | Conservative and Unionist Party | 953 | 05 May 2022 |
| Selsdon Addington Village | Joseph Lee | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,771 | 05 May 2022 |
| Selsdon Addington Village | Robert Ward | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,695 | 05 May 2022 |
| Selsdon Vale Forestdale | Fatima Zaman | Conservative and Unionist Party | 983 | 03 Nov 2022 |
| Shirley North | Mark Paul Aaron Johnson | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,810 | 05 May 2022 |
| Shirley North | Richard Chatterjee | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,911 | 05 May 2022 |
| Shirley North | Sue Bennett | Conservative and Unionist Party | 2,069 | 05 May 2022 |
| Shirley South | Jason Cummings | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,520 | 05 May 2022 |
| Shirley South | Scott Roche | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,374 | 05 May 2022 |
I · Demographics
| Indicator | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Population (2021 Census) | 107,412 | Electorate 76,595 (2024) |
| Median age | 38 | years |
| Degree-educated | 36.2% | level 4 or above |
| Ethnicity (White) | 55.8% | 2021 Census ethnic group |
| Owner-occupied | 60.1% | households |
| Private-rented | 18.2% | households |
| Social-rented | 21.5% | households |
| Employment rate | 59.5% | 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.