North West Leicestershire / data
Amanda Hack · Labour Party · sitting since 04 Jul 2024 · every division, speech and committee appearance.
Since election
659days
from 04 Jul 2024
Divisions
429
of 504 possible
Attendance
85%
75 absent / paired
Whip alignment
98%
vs party majority
Speeches
283
116 debates
Written Qs
105
105 answered
Committees
1
memberships
Expenses
£175k paid
FY 2024–2025 · 158 claims
Interests
7
4 categories
A · Overview
Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted — engagement only, not direction.
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Taxation | 84 | |
| Economy | 78 | |
| Employment | 40 | |
| Crime & Policing | 39 | |
| Education | 37 | |
| Constitution and Democracy | 31 | |
| Welfare and Benefits | 26 | |
| Pensions | 23 |
Speech topics
Words spoken, by topic. Source: Hansard.
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Economy Jobs | 35 | 10,958 |
| Local Government | 33 | 10,775 |
| Transport | 17 | 8,915 |
| Health | 22 | 8,890 |
| Environment | 11 | 6,386 |
| Social Care | 18 | 5,337 |
| Cost Of Living | 11 | 2,801 |
| Crime | 12 | 2,344 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Jun 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94Vote on whether to prevent someone from qualifying as 'terminally ill' under the assisted dying bill solely because they have voluntarily st… | Free vote | No |
| 20 Jun 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third ReadingMPs voted on the Third Reading of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — the final Commons vote on whether to pass the assisted dyin… | Free vote | No |
| 20 Jun 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77Vote on an amendment to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill that would prevent someone from qualifying as 'terminally ill' under th… | Free vote | No |
C · Speeches
| Date | Contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 21 Apr 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill (Seventh sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Jardine. My hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham Erdington is a passionate advocate for fairness and equality, as she has demons… Crime | 511 |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Work and Pensions Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1482)Emily, in your evidence you mentioned an employment boost pre-retirement. I would be interested to see what the other panellists felt about that and at what age you think additiona… | 42 |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Work and Pensions Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1482)Thank you to the panel for coming to see us today. To what extent does the “Keep Britain Working” Mayfield review chart a convincing path to better support for disabled people and … | 275 |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill (Second sitting)Q Following on from the shadow Minister’s question about what good reform looks like, we have had a period of reform in the justice system. What would be your measure of success? W… CrimeEconomy JobsSocial Care | 378 |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill (First sitting)Q Thank you for sharing your experiences. It has been incredibly powerful. Jade Blue, you said that change is not optional—we need to reduce the suffering. That has resonated with … Crime | 502 |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill (First sitting)Q To put the focus back on victims, Dame Vera explained clearly that it is the defendant who chooses. What would be the victim’s choice? Dame Vera Baird: Is that not part of why th… Crime | 348 |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Work and Pensions Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1482)That is useful—thank you. Tom Pollard from Mind said that although the review identified structural barriers—I think we got on to a little of that as well—it spent relatively littl… | 280 |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Work and Pensions Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1482)Quinn, did you want to come in? | 7 |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you for being here. You have already looked at the impact that delays are having on officers, including the impact of managing a larger caseload. How are officers managing … CrimeEconomy JobsSocial Care | 126 |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Work and Pensions Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1482)I think we have covered my last question, so I am happy to leave it there. | 16 |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Work and Pensions Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1482)This is a follow-on question that crosses over with the inquiry that we are doing now and other inquiries. Charles, I would like to ask you about the point that Joe raised about re… | 72 |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Work and Pensions Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1482)Joe and Emily, in your organisations’ experience, has the phraseology about Disability Confident employers made a difference to the people you engage with day to day? | 26 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Work and Pensions Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1683)The unit has been moved to the DWP; what mechanisms do we need to put in place to make sure it works in the DWP? The decision has been made; what do we need now to move it forward? | 39 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Work and Pensions Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1683)That is useful; thank you. | 5 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Work and Pensions Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1683)The Children’s Commissioner talked earlier about devolution and looking at localised solutions to progress on child poverty. How should the Government’s approach to devolution and … | 30 |
D · Written questions
Top departments
| Department | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Social Care | 29 | 27.6% |
| Department for Education | 17 | 16.2% |
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 12 | 11.4% |
| Department for Transport | 11 | 10.5% |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 8 | 7.6% |
| Department for Work and Pensions | 8 | 7.6% |
| Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | 6 | 5.7% |
| Home Office | 5 | 4.8% |
Most recent
| Date | Department | Question | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Mar 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals on the mandatory registration of newly installed public-access defibrillators on The Cir… | Answered |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has any plans to make Defibrillators accessible with universal codes to maximise emergency availability. | Answered |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that publicly accessible defibrillators are registered on The Circuit Database. | Answered |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what consideration he has made of research published by Cardiac Risk in the Young on the importance of cardiac screening in young people. | Answered |
| 16 Mar 2026 | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, who is the Minister responsible for the implementation of the Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Act 2023. | Answered |
| 16 Mar 2026 | Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his department has made any impact assessment on the relationship between intermittent funding cycles and the quality of retrofit delivery outcomes. | Answered |
| 16 Mar 2026 | Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what guidance his Department has issued on SME participation, risk allocation and quality assurance within procurement frameworks for the Warm Homes Plan. | Answered |
| 16 Mar 2026 | Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero regarding transitional funding proposals to support workforce continuity between ECO an… | Answered |
| 03 Mar 2026 | Department for Work and Pensions | To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to support people with health conditions into work. | Answered |
| 02 Mar 2026 | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has considered banning the issuance of Penalty Charge Notices on Airport land. | Answered |
| 20 Feb 2026 | Department for Transport | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of setting up a whistleblowing route or digital hotline to allow driving instructors to report those who are reselling tests… | Answered |
| 27 Jan 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) improve multi-disciplinary team care for people with Huntington’s disease and (b) encourage the use of specialist inpatient units, community multi-disc… | Answered |
| 05 Dec 2025 | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the use of road closures to prevent vehicles disturbing standing water that has collected after heavy rainfall on… | Answered |
| 05 Dec 2025 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of (a) treating stipends for PhD students as income for the purposes of calculating benefit entitlement and (b) not treating when calculating… | Answered |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of targeted interventions to improve breast cancer screening uptake among underserved groups. | Answered |
E · Committees
| Committee | Role | House | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Work and Pensions 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accommodation | 30 | 21,637 | 12.4% |
| Office Costs | 111 | 20,306 | 11.6% |
| Staffing | 2 | 121,595 | 69.6% |
| MP Travel | 0 | 6,275 | 3.6% |
| Staff Travel | 0 | 4,985 | 2.9% |
Top itemised cost types
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent | Accommodation | 7 | 13,750 |
| Hotel - London | Accommodation | 20 | 7,626 |
| Rent | Office Costs | 8 | 5,853 |
| Bought-in services | Staffing | 1 | 4,410 |
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 43 | 3,876 |
| Pooled staffing services | Staffing | 1 | 3,000 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 14 | 2,565 |
| Utilities | Office Costs | 6 | 2,148 |
| Equipment - purchase | Office Costs | 4 | 1,685 |
| Advertising and contact cards | Office Costs | 14 | 1,548 |
| Postage & couriers | Office Costs | 3 | 1,411 |
| Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Office Costs | 8 | 410 |
Most recent
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 May 2025 | Accommodation Rent | 05/01/2025 - 04/02/2025 Rent repayment | 0 | Repaid |
| 11 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | XMA March 2025 | 205 | Paid |
| 11 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | XMA March 2025 | 205 | Paid |
| 11 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | XMA March 2025 | 205 | Paid |
| 11 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | XMA March 2025 | 167 | Paid |
| 01 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Rent | Rent | 750 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Advertising and contact cards | SUMUP REFLEC SIGNS & [200011725-8631] | 576 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Rent | 2024-25 [***] rent pro-rata | -750 | Paid |
| 28 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | ALVASTON PRESS LIMITED [200011725-9945] | 1,349 | Paid |
| 28 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Postage & couriers | SQ IBSTOCK COMMUNITY [200011725-9944] | 1,046 | Paid |
| 26 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Rent | [***] | 2,103 | Paid |
| 26 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Utilities | Electricity | 474 | Paid |
| 23 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Hotel - London | [***][***][***] [200011725-5785] | 497 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | ADOBE [200011725-7023] | 24 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 23 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 20 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 17 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 16 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 12 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 11 | 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.
1. Employment and earnings1 entry
08 Oct 2025
Role, work or services: County Councillor
Until: 1 May 2025.
Payer: Leicestershire County Council, County Hall, Glenfield LE3 8HA
(Registered 4 August 2024; updated 17 September 2025)
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources4 entries
16 Dec 2025
Name of donor: Ceramics UK
Address of donor: Commerce House, Festival Park, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST1 5BE
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Invitation to the Brick Awards, with dinner, value £438
Date received: 5 November 2025
Date accepted: 5 November 2025
Donor status: company, registration 12322814
(Registered 4 December 2025)
18 Nov 2025
Name of donor: Premier League
Address of donor: Brunel Building, 57 North Wharf Road, London W2 1HQ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Ticket with hospitality to watch Arsenal V Athletico Madrid, value £1,295
Date received: 21 October 2025
Date accepted: 21 October 2025
Donor status: company, registration 02719699
(Registered 11 November 2025)
05 Aug 2025
Name of donor: Football Association Limited
Address of donor: Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London, HA9 0WS
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Three tickets with hospitality for myself, a guest and a family member for the Women's Football friendly between England and Jamaica. Hosted at the King Power Stadium, Leicester City, value £525
Date received: 29 June 2025 to 29 June 2025
Date accepted: 29 June 2025
Donor status: company, registration 00077797
(Registered 23 July 2025)
03 Jun 2025
Name of donor: The Food and Drink Federation
Address of donor: 10 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2SL
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: A ticket to attend the Food and Drink Industry Dinner 2025, value £395
Date received: 26 March 2025 to 26 March 2025
Date accepted: 26 March 2025
Donor status: company, registration Registration 00210572
(Registered 13 May 2025)
4. Visits outside the UK1 entry
16 Dec 2025
Name of donor: Coca-Cola Europacific Partners plc
Address of donor: Pemberton House, Bakers Road, Uxbridge UB8 1EZ
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Train travel via Eurostar (£300) and overnight accommodation (£160), value £460
Destination of visit: Belgium (Brussels)
Dates of visit: 26 October 2025 to 27 October 2025
Purpose of visit: In my role as Vice Chair of the APPG, we were invited to Coca Cola to their development site
(Registered 4 December 2025)
8. Miscellaneous1 entry
08 Oct 2025
Leicestershire County Councillor, (unpaid since 4 July 2024 and previously registered under Category 1)
Date interest ended: 1 May 2025
(Registered 4 August 2024; updated 17 September 2025)
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 36 wards, 36 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashby Castle | Kenny Horn | Conservative and Unionist Party | 523 | 04 May 2023 |
| Ashby Holywell | Avril Wilson | Labour Party | 439 | 04 May 2023 |
| Ashby Ivanhoe | Liz Parle | Labour Party | 426 | 04 May 2023 |
| Ashby Money Hill | Murrae Blair-Park | Labour Party | 392 | 04 May 2023 |
| Ashby Willesley | Dave Bigby | Labour Party | 456 | 04 May 2023 |
| Ashby Woulds | Doug Cooper | Labour Party | 327 | 04 May 2023 |
| Bardon | Morgan Burke | Liberal Democrats | 246 | 04 May 2023 |
| Blackfordby | Andrew Christopher Woodman | Conservative and Unionist Party | 422 | 04 May 2023 |
| Broom Leys | Lee Windram | Liberal Democrats | 290 | 04 May 2023 |
| Castle Donington Castle | Tony Saffell | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 254 | 04 May 2023 |
| Castle Donington Central | Rachel Canny | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 440 | 04 May 2023 |
| Castle Donington Park | Alison Morley | Labour Party | 189 | 04 May 2023 |
| Castle Rock | Michael Wyatt | Liberal Democrats | 346 | 04 May 2023 |
| Coalville East | Marie French | Liberal Democrats | 229 | 04 May 2023 |
| Coalville West | John Legrys | Labour Party | 212 | 04 May 2023 |
| Daleacre Hill | Carol Ann Sewell | Labour Party | 328 | 04 May 2023 |
| Ellistown Battleflat | Keith Merrie | Conservative and Unionist Party | 282 | 04 May 2023 |
| Greenhill | Jake Windram | Liberal Democrats | 221 | 04 May 2023 |
| Hermitage | Anthony Barker | Labour Party | 262 | 04 May 2023 |
| Holly Hayes | Tony Gillard | Conservative and Unionist Party | 325 | 04 May 2023 |
| Hugglescote St Johns | Russell Johnson | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 256 | 04 May 2023 |
| Hugglescote St Marys | Terri Eynon | Labour Party | 342 | 04 May 2023 |
| Ibstock East | Jenny Simmons | Conservative and Unionist Party | 228 | 04 May 2023 |
| Ibstock West | Simon David Lambeth | Labour Party | 252 | 04 May 2023 |
| Kegworth | Ray Sutton | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 283 | 04 May 2023 |
| Long Whatton Diseworth | Nick Rushton | Conservative and Unionist Party | 563 | 04 May 2023 |
| Measham North | Paul Lees | Conservative and Unionist Party | 388 | 04 May 2023 |
| Measham South | Sean Sheahan | Labour Party | 319 | 04 May 2023 |
| Ravenstone Packington | Nigel Smith | Conservative and Unionist Party | 511 | 04 May 2023 |
| Sence Valley | Guy Leonard Rogers | Labour Party | 338 | 04 May 2023 |
| Snibston North | Arthur John Geary | Labour Party | 210 | 04 May 2023 |
| Snibston South | Catherine Beck | Labour Party | 222 | 02 May 2024 |
| Thornborough | Peter Moult | Labour Party | 363 | 04 May 2023 |
| Thringstone | Dave Everitt | Labour Party | 289 | 04 May 2023 |
| Valley | Russell Antony Boam | Conservative and Unionist Party | 419 | 04 May 2023 |
| Worthington Breedon | Raymond Leslie Morris | Conservative and Unionist Party | 489 | 04 May 2023 |
I · Demographics
| Indicator | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Population (2021 Census) | 104,663 | Electorate 77,750 (2024) |
| Median age | 43 | years |
| Degree-educated | 30.0% | level 4 or above |
| Ethnicity (White) | 95.9% | 2021 Census ethnic group |
| Owner-occupied | 72.9% | households |
| Private-rented | 13.5% | households |
| Social-rented | 13.5% | households |
| Employment rate | 60.3% | 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.