Sutton Coldfield / data
A · Overview
Issue volume
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Taxation | 44 | |
| Economy | 34 | |
| Crime & Policing | 21 | |
| Employment | 20 | |
| Education | 15 | |
| Energy | 13 | |
| Housing | 12 | |
| Constitution and Democracy | 11 |
Speech topics
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Economy Jobs | 20 | 4,123 |
| Crime | 11 | 2,699 |
| Defence | 28 | 2,638 |
| Fiscal Policy | 8 | 2,603 |
| Culture Community | 9 | 1,135 |
| Immigration | 10 | 1,119 |
| Social Care | 5 | 1,097 |
| Labour Market | 2 | 912 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Jun 2025 | Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106Vote on New Clause 106, which sought to require women to have an in-person medical consultation before receiving abortion medication, as a s… | Rebelled | No |
| 17 Jun 2025 | Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1Vote on a package of government new clauses to the Crime and Policing Bill at Report Stage, covering measures including: criminalising organ… | Rebelled | Aye |
| 13 Jun 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14Vote on whether to strengthen the advertising ban in the Assisted Dying Bill by requiring that any advertising restrictions also cover situa… | Rebelled | No |
C · Speeches
| Date | Contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 21 Apr 2026 | Topical QuestionsFollowing the Minister’s answer to Question 1 on illicit finances, we still do not have publicly accessible registers of beneficial ownership in the overseas territories, nearly 10… DefenceEconomy JobsImmigration | 72 |
| 20 Apr 2026 | Security VettingFurther to the question asked by my right hon. Friend the Member for Hertsmere (Sir Oliver Dowden), is it not pretty poor form that the Prime Minister shovels the blame for this pa… Mp PerformanceDefence | 61 |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Middle EastI think the Prime Minister should acknowledge—I am sure that he does—that over the past 30 years our armed forces have been hollowed out by Governments of all parties as they have … DefenceEnergyCost Of Living | 104 |
| 02 Mar 2026 | Middle EastThe Prime Minister’s reaction at the end of last week appeared to many to be both anaemic and disappointing, and at variance with the other Five Eyes nations. Will he read the anal… DefenceEnergy | 93 |
| 09 Feb 2026 | Jimmy Lai: Prison SentenceNow is the time not to lambast the Chinese Government for the wider issues between us, but to focus 100% on securing clemency for Jimmy Lai. Surely the granting of clemency and a o… DefenceCulture Community | 52 |
| 02 Feb 2026 | China and JapanIn spite of the somewhat thin economic gruel with which the Prime Minister has returned, he was absolutely right to visit China. If I may return to the issue of human rights, parti… DefenceEconomy JobsTechnology | 86 |
| 26 Jan 2026 | Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillThe Minister, who is normally a reasonable fellow, always makes the point that the last Conservative Government started the negotiations. Does he now understand that, first, we wer… DefenceFiscal Policy | 57 |
| 26 Jan 2026 | Police Reform White PaperIt must be right to look at this White Paper with an open mind, and I commend the Home Secretary’s willingness to listen. I will make two points for her to consider. First, in Roya… CrimeLocal GovernmentEconomy Jobs | 121 |
| 20 Jan 2026 | Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillFollowing the excellent point made by my hon. Friend the Member for North Dorset (Simon Hoare), does the Minister realise that the President of the United States, following his per… DefenceFiscal Policy | 72 |
| 20 Jan 2026 | Official Development AssistanceAs the Minister will know, part of the official development assistance budget goes to investment in businesses creating employment in the poorest parts of the world, such as Britis… Fiscal PolicyHealthEconomy Jobs | 74 |
| 14 Jan 2026 | West Midlands PoliceI thank the Home Secretary—who, like me, is a local west midlands Member of Parliament—for her well-judged statement, but is not one of the villains of this piece the police and cr… CrimeLocal GovernmentCulture Community | 103 |
| 13 Jan 2026 | IranI thank the Foreign Secretary for her statement to the House. She is surely right that there are things that we can do to help the desperately brave people on the streets who want … DefenceImmigrationCrime | 154 |
| 05 Jan 2026 | VenezuelaOf course quite a lot depends on what now happens, but Mr Maduro stole the elections in Venezuela in plain sight, is a narco-terrorist and has destroyed the lives of tens of thousa… DefenceEconomy JobsOther | 76 |
| 05 Jan 2026 | Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Armed Forces Recruitment and RetentionHave there not already been numerous investigations and inquiries, and while old wounds are being reopened, is it not the case that little new evidence is emerging? The Minister, w… Defence | 66 |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Africa: New ApproachI absolve the Minister entirely from responsibility for this statement, as he is not the Africa Minister, but is the so-called new approach for Africa not rather like the old strat… Economy JobsDefenceImmigration | 131 |
D · Written questions
| Department | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | 42 | 20.4% |
| Department of Health and Social Care | 34 | 16.5% |
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 20 | 9.7% |
| Department for Education | 19 | 9.2% |
| Department for Transport | 15 | 7.3% |
| Home Office | 13 | 6.3% |
| Department for Business and Trade | 13 | 6.3% |
| Treasury | 9 | 4.4% |
| Date | Department | Question | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Apr 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 help reduce the number of women dying during pregnancy or in the weeks after giving birth in the Midlands. | Pending |
| 20 Apr 2026 | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the organic food sector in the Midlands | Pending |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to urge the newly formed Government of Myanmar to release (a) Aung San Suu Kyi and (b) all other political prisoners. | Pending |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the (a) human rights and (b) humanitarian situation in Myanmar following the inauguration of General Min Aung Hlaing. | Pending |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of sanctions on Myanmar. | Pending |
| 10 Apr 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, is she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the absence of Pupil Premium equivalent funding to support the attainment of disadvantaged students during their last two years of compul… | Answered |
| 10 Apr 2026 | Cabinet Office | To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 30 March to Question 123135 on Foreign Investment in UK: West Midlands, if he will set out inward investment into the West Midlands for each of the last 10 years. | Answered |
| 24 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 improve access to community dental services for care home residents in the West Midlands. | Answered |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Department for Business and Trade | To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to encourage foreign direct investment in the West Midlands. | Answered |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of ambulance response times in the West Midlands Ambulance Service. | Answered |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to ensure resilience against future memory chip shortages. | Answered |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support schools to recruit qualified physics teachers in the West Midlands. | Answered |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support vulnerable low energy users who find switching energy suppliers difficult. | Answered |
| 13 Mar 2026 | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to support tech start-up companies to scale up in the Midlands. | Answered |
| 13 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 work with NHS Birmingham and Solihull ICB to help reduce the number of patients that are waiting an extended period for podiatry services. | 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 | Claims | Paid (£) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office Costs | 87 | 26,927 | 9.9% |
| Accommodation | 24 | 5,653 | 2.1% |
| Staffing | 3 | 230,540 | 84.8% |
| MP Travel | 0 | 2,862 | 1.1% |
| Staff Travel | 0 | 5,881 | 2.2% |
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equipment - purchase | Office Costs | 6 | 4,735 |
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 46 | 3,690 |
| Pooled staffing services | Office Costs | 1 | 3,548 |
| Website hosting and design | Office Costs | 6 | 3,483 |
| Bought-in services | Staffing | 2 | 2,909 |
| Bought-in services | Office Costs | 2 | 2,332 |
| Service charge & ground Rent | Accommodation | 3 | 2,098 |
| Council tax | Accommodation | 2 | 1,897 |
| Pooled staffing services | Staffing | 1 | 1,715 |
| Utilities | Office Costs | 7 | 1,149 |
| Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Office Costs | 5 | 930 |
| Utilities | Accommodation | 13 | 819 |
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 May 2025 | Accommodation Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline & internet package | 0 | Repaid |
| 08 May 2025 | Accommodation Council tax | Council Tax Rebate 60294373:1 | 0 | Repaid |
| 11 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | XMA March 2025 | 410 | Paid |
| 11 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | XMA March 2025 | 410 | Paid |
| 11 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | XMA March 2025 | 410 | Paid |
| 11 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | XMA March 2025 | 334 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Utilities | Electricity | 344 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline | 128 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Utilities | Water | 75 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 150 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Mobile telephone - contract & usage | Vodafone bill for calls and data. Claiming half of total bill to cover parliamentary usage. [200011804-166] | 20 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 17 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 6 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 2 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 1 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 0 | Paid |
| 19 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Utilities | Electricity | 0 | Repaid |
| 19 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Utilities | Electricity | 0 | Repaid |
| 13 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Website hosting and design | Website upgrade and migration to Drupal 10 for improved performance and security. | 320 | Paid |
| 13 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Utilities | Water | 75 | 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.
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 8 wards, 10 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sutton Four Oaks | Maureen Cornish | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,658 | 05 May 2022 |
| Sutton Mere Green | Meirion Jenkins | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,717 | 05 May 2022 |
| Sutton Reddicap | Richard Frederick Jex Parkin | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,172 | 05 May 2022 |
| Sutton Roughley | Ewan Mackey | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,620 | 05 May 2022 |
| Sutton Trinity | David Christopher Pears | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,154 | 05 May 2022 |
| Sutton Vesey | Kath Scott | Labour Party | 2,748 | 05 May 2022 |
| Sutton Vesey | Rob Pocock | Labour Party | 3,335 | 05 May 2022 |
| Sutton Walmley Minworth | David Stuart Barrie | Conservative and Unionist Party | 2,223 | 05 May 2022 |
| Sutton Walmley Minworth | Ken Wood | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,862 | 05 May 2022 |
| Sutton Wylde Green | Alex Yip | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,489 | 05 May 2022 |
I · Demographics
| Indicator | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Population (2021 Census) | 103,399 | Electorate 74,080 (2024) |
| Median age | 45 | years |
| Degree-educated | 40.5% | level 4 or above |
| Ethnicity (White) | 81.0% | 2021 Census ethnic group |
| Owner-occupied | 77.8% | households |
| Private-rented | 13.3% | households |
| Social-rented | 8.8% | households |
| Employment rate | 56.9% | 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.