Scarborough & Whitby / data
Alison Hume · Labour Party · sitting since 04 Jul 2024 · every division, speech and committee appearance.
Since election
659days
from 04 Jul 2024
Divisions
405
of 504 possible
Attendance
80%
99 absent / paired
Whip alignment
99%
vs party majority
Speeches
112
70 debates
Written Qs
75
74 answered
Committees
1
memberships
Expenses
£231k paid
FY 2024–2025 · 244 claims
Interests
5
3 categories
A · Overview
Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted — engagement only, not direction.
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Taxation | 89 | |
| Economy | 78 | |
| Crime & Policing | 39 | |
| Employment | 39 | |
| Education | 37 | |
| Welfare and Benefits | 26 | |
| Constitution and Democracy | 21 | |
| Energy | 20 |
Speech topics
Words spoken, by topic. Source: Hansard.
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Local Government | 21 | 4,944 |
| Economy Jobs | 27 | 4,753 |
| Health | 12 | 3,471 |
| Social Care | 13 | 3,425 |
| Environment | 8 | 3,042 |
| Culture Community | 11 | 2,996 |
| Labour Market | 8 | 2,487 |
| Energy | 3 | 1,688 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09 Jul 2025 | Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand partVote on whether Clauses 2 and 3 of the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill should remain part of the Bill. These clauses… | Rebelled | No |
| 09 Jul 2025 | Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third ReadingMPs voted on whether to pass the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill at its final stage in the Commons. The Bill makes c… | Rebelled | No |
| 09 Jul 2025 | Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38Vote on Amendment 38 to the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill, which would have provided greater certainty and protect… | Rebelled | Aye |
C · Speeches
| Date | Contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 23 Apr 2026 | Business of the HouseLast month, I was thrilled to see Scarborough rugby union football club crowned regional 2 north-east champions—the highest level in the club’s history. The club does brilliant wor… Local GovernmentEconomy JobsEnergy | 64 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Wheelchair Provision: Independent Review BodyIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dr Murrison. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Bexleyheath and Crayford (Daniel Francis) on securing this important debat… HealthSocial CareLocal Government | 401 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Backbench Business Committee — Oral Evidence (2026-04-21)Thank you for that presentation. You mention assumptions and outdated myths. Would you include the discredited term “parental alienation” in that? | 21 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Backbench Business Committee — Oral Evidence (2026-04-14)Thank you for your presentation. Skills England sits with the Department for Education, apprenticeships are with DWP, and manufacturing is with the DBT, so which Department did you… | 36 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Backbench Business Committee — Oral Evidence (2026-04-14)You have applied for a debate in Westminster Hall on a Tuesday, but would you consider a debate on a Thursday, for which, to be blunt, there is a shorter waiting list? | 32 |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Middle EastI thank the Prime Minister for his statement and his positive efforts on the issue of the strait of Hormuz. Last week, I met with farmers in Whitby who are deeply concerned about t… DefenceEnergyCost Of Living | 80 |
| 22 Jan 2026 | Topical QuestionsT2. In Scarborough, British electric bus manufacturer Alexander Dennis employs more than 700 people and is vital to our local economy. Tax-funded bus procurement should support UK … Economy JobsTechnologyLocal Government | 78 |
| 20 Jan 2026 | Backbench Business Committee — Oral Evidence (2026-01-20)Thank you for bringing this application to us. We allocated a Westminster Hall debate on residential estate management companies in November 2024, so for procedural reasons your de… | 56 |
| 20 Jan 2026 | Backbench Business Committee — Oral Evidence (2026-01-20)Please do. | 2 |
| 19 Jan 2026 | Sale of FireworksIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Pritchard. It seems to me that we have been discussing the possibility of restricting the use of fireworks to organised public ev… CrimeCulture CommunityHealth | 516 |
| 19 Jan 2026 | Sale of FireworksMy hon. Friend makes an important point, as have others in the debate, that we have passed the point where we used to watch fireworks safely in our back gardens. Fireworks are bein… CrimeCulture CommunityHealth | 131 |
| 15 Jan 2026 | Business of the HouseLast summer, my constituency suffered the devastating Langdale moor wildfire. The local community, including farmers and businesses, stepped in to help firefighters battle the enor… Economy JobsCost Of LivingLocal Government | 78 |
| 13 Jan 2026 | Backbench Business Committee — Oral Evidence (2026-01-13)Thank you for bringing this application; for transparency, I should say that I am a signatory to the application. Pippa, you are the Lib Dem Energy Security and Net Zero spokespers… | 58 |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Finance (No. 2) BillI will just make some progress, thank you. I started my speech with children at the start of their lives, and I end it with people coming towards the end of their lives. I owe it t… Economy JobsCost Of LivingEnvironment | 247 |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Finance (No. 2) BillAs an eight-year-old girl sheltering in the little library at my primary school, I was able to escape my bullies by using my imagination. Later, I harnessed my love of reading to b… Economy JobsCost Of LivingEnvironment | 460 |
D · Written questions
Top departments
| Department | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Social Care | 29 | 38.7% |
| Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | 9 | 12.0% |
| Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | 7 | 9.3% |
| Ministry of Justice | 6 | 8.0% |
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 5 | 6.7% |
| Department for Culture, Media and Sport | 4 | 5.3% |
| Department for Transport | 4 | 5.3% |
| Department for Work and Pensions | 3 | 4.0% |
Most recent
| Date | Department | Question | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Apr 2026 | Department for Culture, Media and Sport | To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of gambling-related harms associated with greyhound racing on public health. | Pending |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ban greyhound racing in England. | Answered |
| 10 Apr 2026 | Ministry of Justice | To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the national rollout of the new child-focused family court model adequately identifies and responds to cases of parental alienation. | Answered |
| 13 Mar 2026 | Ministry of Justice | To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure specialist domestic abuse training across the family courts. | Answered |
| 13 Mar 2026 | Ministry of Justice | To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children his Department estimates have been separated from their mothers in private proceedings on the basis of parental alienation allegations. | Answered |
| 13 Mar 2026 | Ministry of Justice | To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department holds information on the number of children who have not been granted contact with their mothers on the basis of reports by unregulated psychological experts in private famil… | Answered |
| 03 Mar 2026 | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of expanding the Boulby Underground Laboratory to host the XLZD experiment on the economy in (a) Yor… | Answered |
| 20 Feb 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 effectiveness of the rollout of mental health professionals into schools in Scarborough and Whitby constituency. | Answered |
| 18 Dec 2025 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on opening the Scarborough Community Diagnostic Centre. | Answered |
| 17 Dec 2025 | 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 public research investment into health conditions like Myalgic Encephalomyelitis keep pace with recent private sector advances, inc… | Answered |
| 17 Dec 2025 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department intends to incorporate recent developments on ME genetics and biological mechanisms, such as the findings of the LOCOME project, into NIHR research priorities. | Answered |
| 17 Dec 2025 | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what plans her Department has to support the use of combinatorial genomic analysis techniques, such as those used by Precision Life to identify novel ME genetic associati… | Answered |
| 17 Dec 2025 | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what mechanisms are in place to support collaboration between Government-funded bodies and private-sector researchers following the identification of multiple biological… | Answered |
| 17 Dec 2025 | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what plans her Department has to develop a long-term research strategy into under-researched health conditions that reflects the scale of emerging genetic evidence identi… | Answered |
| 17 Dec 2025 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department will be assessing the impact of new developments in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Long Covid research, such as the findings of the LOCOME project, on health po… | Answered |
E · Committees
| Committee | Role | House | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Backbench Business CommitteeSelect | Member | Commons | 28 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 | 180 | 26,699 | 11.5% |
| Staffing | 12 | 171,798 | 74.3% |
| Accommodation | 29 | 17,939 | 7.8% |
| Miscellaneous | 1 | 1,146 | 0.5% |
| MP Travel | 0 | 6,977 | 3.0% |
| Staff Travel | 0 | 6,760 | 2.9% |
Top itemised cost types
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bought-in services | Staffing | 8 | 20,282 |
| Rent | Accommodation | 7 | 11,669 |
| Equipment - purchase | Office Costs | 10 | 6,050 |
| Hotel - London | Accommodation | 9 | 5,026 |
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 98 | 4,353 |
| Rent | Office Costs | 4 | 3,770 |
| Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Office Costs | 21 | 3,497 |
| Pooled staffing services | Staffing | 1 | 3,000 |
| Moving Fees | Office Costs | 1 | 2,430 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 2 | 2,040 |
| Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs | Office Costs | 2 | 1,500 |
| Recruitment Services &Costs | Staffing | 1 | 1,463 |
Most recent
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Apr 2025 | Staffing Bought-in services | Comms & Media | 4,500 | Paid |
| 30 Apr 2025 | Staffing Bought-in services | Comms & Media | 3,582 | Paid |
| 30 Apr 2025 | Staffing Bought-in services | Comms & Media | 3,500 | Paid |
| 25 Apr 2025 | Staffing Bought-in services | Comms & Media | 3,500 | Paid |
| 24 Apr 2025 | Staffing Recruitment Services &Costs | HIVE SUPPORT LTD [200011781-436] | 1,463 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Rent | 2024-25 [***] rent pro-rata | -1,231 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Rent | 2024-25 [***] rent pro-rata | -3,047 | Paid |
| 25 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Rent | Rent | 3,300 | Paid |
| 23 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Utilities | Gas | 33 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Rent | Rent | 2,150 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 294 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 208 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 3 | Paid |
| 19 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Hospitality | HOC CRS [200011725-5990] | 54 | Paid |
| 17 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Utilities | Electricity | 66 | Paid |
| 06 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Mobile telephone - contract & usage | GIFFGAFF [200011725-2829] | 10 | Paid |
| 06 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Mobile telephone - contract & usage | GIFFGAFF [200011725-2830] | 10 | Paid |
| 05 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline | 63 | Paid |
| 04 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment | 31 | Paid |
| 03 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Office furniture | 4,584 | 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 earnings3 entries
06 Jan 2026
Payment: £216.53 Digital residual payments
Received on: 18 November 2025. Hours: Residual payment.
Ultimate payer: ALCS, 6th Floor, International House, 1 St Katharine's Way, London E1W 1UN.
(Registered 30 December 2025)
29 Apr 2025
Payment: £3,347.65
Received on: 8 April 2025. Hours: no hours entered.
Ultimate payer: ALCS, International House, 6th Floor, 1 St Katharine's Way, London E1W 1UN
(Registered 18 April 2025)
10 Feb 2025
Role, work or services: Screenwriter
Payer: Rochelle Stevens & Co Ltd (Writing Agent), 2 Terretts Place, Upper Street, London N1 1QZ
Additional information: Payments will be listed below.
(Registered 3 August 2024)
7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital1 entry
16 Aug 2024
Name of company or organisation: Sparticles Productions Ltd
Nature of business: Television production company
(Registered 3 August 2024)
8. Miscellaneous1 entry
16 Aug 2024
Yorkshire & Humber Labour Party Regional Executive Committee North Yorkshire CLP representative.
Date interest ended: 1 March 2025
(Registered 3 August 2024; updated 27 January 2026)
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 15 wards, 15 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castle | Janet Jefferson | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 526 | 05 May 2022 |
| Cayton | Roberta Florence Swiers | Conservative and Unionist Party | 603 | 05 May 2022 |
| Danby Mulgrave | David Arthur Chance | Conservative and Unionist Party | 668 | 05 May 2022 |
| Derwent Valley Moor | David Colin Jeffels | Conservative and Unionist Party | 740 | 05 May 2022 |
| Eastfield | Tony Randerson | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 499 | 25 May 2023 |
| Esk Valley Coast | Clive Graham Pearson | Conservative and Unionist Party | 909 | 05 May 2022 |
| Falsgrave Stepney | Liz Colling | Labour Party | 857 | 05 May 2022 |
| Newby | Subash Chunder Sharma | Labour Party | 589 | 05 May 2022 |
| Northstead | Eric Broadbent | Labour Party | 661 | 05 May 2022 |
| Scalby The Coast | Derek James Bastiman | Conservative and Unionist Party | 755 | 05 May 2022 |
| Seamer | Heather Phillips | Conservative and Unionist Party | 479 | 05 May 2022 |
| Weaponness Ramshill | Rich Maw | Labour Party | 802 | 05 May 2022 |
| Whitby West | Phil Trumper | Conservative and Unionist Party | 721 | 05 May 2022 |
| Whitbystreonshalh | Neil Russell Swannick | Labour Party | 398 | 05 May 2022 |
| Woodlands | John Ritchie | Labour Party | 542 | 05 May 2022 |
I · Demographics
| Indicator | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Population (2021 Census) | 97,191 | Electorate 74,544 (2024) |
| Median age | 49 | years |
| Degree-educated | 27.9% | level 4 or above |
| Ethnicity (White) | 96.8% | 2021 Census ethnic group |
| Owner-occupied | 63.5% | households |
| Private-rented | 22.2% | households |
| Social-rented | 14.2% | households |
| Employment rate | 51.5% | 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.