Tamworth / data
Sarah Edwards · Labour Party · sitting since 19 Oct 2023 · every division, speech and committee appearance.
Since election
918days
from 19 Oct 2023
Divisions
332
of 504 possible
Attendance
66%
172 absent / paired
Whip alignment
100%
vs party majority
Speeches
266
90 debates
Written Qs
76
76 answered
Committees
2
memberships
Expenses
£244k paid
FY 2024–2025 · 133 claims
Interests
1
1 category
A · Overview
Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted — engagement only, not direction.
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 81 | |
| Taxation | 80 | |
| Employment | 38 | |
| Education | 28 | |
| Crime & Policing | 26 | |
| Constitution and Democracy | 25 | |
| Welfare and Benefits | 23 | |
| Pensions | 22 |
Speech topics
Words spoken, by topic. Source: Hansard.
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Economy Jobs | 20 | 9,398 |
| Social Care | 11 | 4,141 |
| Education | 5 | 2,910 |
| Energy | 3 | 2,739 |
| Utilities | 1 | 2,739 |
| Transport | 3 | 2,734 |
| Culture Community | 3 | 2,598 |
| Fiscal Policy | 9 | 2,132 |
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.
No notable votes recorded for this MP yet.
C · Speeches
| Date | Contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 21 Apr 2026 | Gulf ConflictMy constituents in Tamworth are already paying the price for the blockade of the strait of Hormuz, with fuel costs soaring. My logistics sector is also facing the brunt of those fu… DefenceEnergyCost Of Living | 83 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Gulf Conflict7. What steps her Department is taking with international counterparts to restore freedom of navigation through the strait of Hormuz. DefenceEnergyCost Of Living | 20 |
| 25 Mar 2026 | EngagementsQ12. On 16 July 2005, Private Leon Spicer and Private Phillip Hewett, both from Tamworth, and Second Lieutenant Richard Shearer from Nuneaton, were tragically killed in Iraq. More … EnergyCost Of LivingLocal Government | 114 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Business and Trade Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1796)I want to pick up on your point, Ms Black, about USO reform, particularly because I think it is an interesting term to use, given that we are seeing it move in the wrong direction—… | 121 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Business and Trade Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1796)Has some of that been lifted since this Committee session was announced? Has there been a bit of an alleviation? | 20 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Business and Trade Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1796)Oh, another diagram, okay. They are very clearly given to—the management and the shop floor, is it? | 17 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Business and Trade Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1796)When do you think that will be? | 7 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Business and Trade Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1796)Mr Křetínský, I believe you are a billionaire. I have never met a billionaire. I was just wondering what made you buy Royal Mail. We have some figures in front of us—you said you a… | 130 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Business and Trade Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1796)How is that going to translate into the way in which you decide whether to issue a fine? Obviously, this is adding to a structure that you currently have, so you are broadening the… | 62 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Business and Trade Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1796)In the interests of brevity, Ofcom fined Royal Mail £21 million in October 2025—six months ago now—and asked you to urgently create an improvement plan. Where is it? Can we see it?… | 37 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Business and Trade Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1796)I do not necessarily think we want a race to the bottom, though; we want a good service for the entirety of the country. There is also an additional reliability target that effecti… | 99 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Business and Trade Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1796)The evidence we have heard suggests that the challenge is that that has not been happening. I was trying to establish whether it had been looked at as to whether, as an investor, t… | 235 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Business and Trade Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1796)They are given to everybody to look at and to use to prioritise. That clearly details that parcels are more important than letters. We have information that sometimes people can ha… | 208 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Business and Trade Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1796)Thank you very much for the wide-ranging information you have given so far. I want to return to the issue of letters and parcels. You have brought a lovely diagram of a pyramid wit… | 35 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Sudden Unexplained Death in ChildhoodI thank my hon. Friend for bringing forward such an important debate. Constituents of mine have asked me to attend not just to thank him, but to support his calls for a co-ordinate… HealthSocial Care | 77 |
D · Written questions
Top departments
| Department | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 15 | 19.7% |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 10 | 13.2% |
| Home Office | 9 | 11.8% |
| Department of Health and Social Care | 7 | 9.2% |
| Treasury | 7 | 9.2% |
| Department for Transport | 7 | 9.2% |
| Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | 6 | 7.9% |
| Department for Education | 4 | 5.3% |
Most recent
| Date | Department | Question | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Mar 2026 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HMRC is taking to ensure retirees and others with pensions and savings get clear help in avoiding mistakes with tax codes. | Answered |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Department for Culture, Media and Sport | To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential financial impact on outdoor visitor attractions, including zoos like Chester Zoo and theme parks like Drayton Manor, from the presenta… | Answered |
| 03 Mar 2026 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to support competition in the payments market to reduce fees for small businesses. | Answered |
| 03 Mar 2026 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what she is doing to reduce the cost of accepting payments for small businesses. | Answered |
| 03 Mar 2026 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to help support greater transparency in the fees associated with accepting card payments. | Answered |
| 23 Feb 2026 | Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what plans his Department has to introduce regulation for Third Party Intermediaries in the retail energy market. | Answered |
| 23 Feb 2026 | Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of Ofgem's work to enforce supplier license responsibilities to vet TPIs they partner with. | Answered |
| 28 Jan 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department provides to (a) schools and (b) Multi-Academy Trusts on appropriate staffing levels; and what assessment she has made of trends in the level of overstaffing in (i) ma… | Answered |
| 28 Jan 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria her Department uses to determine when to intervene in a Multi-Academy Trust experiencing financial difficulty; and what steps she is taking to hold trust leadership and trustees acc… | Answered |
| 28 Jan 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether Multi-Academy Trust boards are permitted to redact minutes of board meetings that relate to the use of public funds; what guidance her Department issues on transparency and redaction of t… | Answered |
| 28 Jan 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of local authority top-slicing of High Needs Block funding on the resources available to schools and academy trusts to deliver prov… | Answered |
| 18 Dec 2025 | Northern Ireland Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Defence Industrial Strategy 2025 on Northern Ireland. | Answered |
| 11 Nov 2025 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether reviews have been conducted by (a) the Animals in Science Regulation Unit and (b) other relevant bodies to ensure that the facilities at MBR Acres in Wyton, Huntingdon, provide… | Answered |
| 03 Nov 2025 | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of establishing an independent regulator or ombudsman to support pet-owning households not currently covered by an e… | Answered |
| 29 Oct 2025 | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government will consider the potential merits of (a) exemptions and (b) reduced thresholds for small and medium sized housebuilders under biodiversity net ga… | Answered |
E · Committees
| Committee | Role | House | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business and Trade Sub-Committee on Economic Security, Arms and Export ControlsSelect | Member | Commons | 05 Mar 2025 | present |
| Business and Trade 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 | 24 | 20,106 | 8.2% |
| Office Costs | 93 | 30,233 | 12.4% |
| Staffing | 2 | 184,299 | 75.6% |
| MP Travel | 0 | 2,655 | 1.1% |
| Staff Travel | 0 | 6,437 | 2.6% |
Top itemised cost types
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent | Accommodation | 9 | 15,762 |
| Equipment - purchase | Office Costs | 15 | 4,120 |
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 29 | 3,994 |
| Hotel - London | Accommodation | 10 | 3,092 |
| Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs | Office Costs | 3 | 2,681 |
| Pooled staffing services | Staffing | 1 | 2,300 |
| Utilities | Office Costs | 15 | 1,709 |
| Website hosting and design | Office Costs | 1 | 1,229 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 9 | 1,165 |
| Council tax | Accommodation | 1 | 1,017 |
| Bought-in services | Staffing | 1 | 400 |
| Utilities | Accommodation | 4 | 236 |
Most recent
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 Aug 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Allocation of 60282678:4-6 to 60275777 | -95 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Rent | 2024-25 [***] rent pro-rata | -1,838 | Paid |
| 27 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Rent | Rent | 2,200 | Paid |
| 27 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment | 583 | Paid |
| 26 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Utilities | Electricity | 52 | Paid |
| 26 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Postage & couriers | Postage for stationery required in the constituency office. | 25 | Paid |
| 25 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Insurance - buildings | HOWDEN UK BROKERS LIMI [200011725-8215] | 142 | Paid |
| 24 Mar 2025 | Staffing Bought-in services | Comms & Media | 400 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 113 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 110 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Postage & couriers | Banner March 2025 | 85 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 75 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 70 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 41 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 26 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline | 22 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 10 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Hospitality | Coffee and milk for resident meetings | 8 | 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 |
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.
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources1 entry
04 Nov 2025
Name of donor: Edwin DeSilva
Address of donor: Suite 8 Bourne Gate, 25 Bourne Valley Road, Poole, Dorset BH12 1DY Role Active
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Invitation to the SME Housebuilders innovation conference with hospitality and an overnight hotel stay, value £495
Date received: 2 October 2025
Date accepted: 2 October 2025
Donor status: company, registration 15584308
(Registered 28 October 2025)
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 16 wards, 20 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amington | Andy Wells | Labour Party | 894 | 02 May 2024 |
| Belgrave | Nova Arkney | Labour Party | 720 | 02 May 2024 |
| Bolehall | Ken Norchi | Labour Party | 944 | 02 May 2024 |
| Bourne Vale | Brian Yeates | Conservative and Unionist Party | — | 02 May 2019 |
| Castle | Natalie Statham | Labour Party | 898 | 02 May 2024 |
| Fazeley | Alex Farrell | Conservative and Unionist Party | 526 | 04 May 2023 |
| Fazeley | John David Thomas Hill | Conservative and Unionist Party | 519 | 04 May 2023 |
| Glascote | Helen Hadley | Labour Party | 574 | 02 May 2024 |
| Little Aston Stonnall | Joseph Powell | Conservative and Unionist Party | 701 | 04 May 2023 |
| Little Aston Stonnall | Philip John Whitehouse | Conservative and Unionist Party | 705 | 04 May 2023 |
| Mease Valley | Phil Bennion | Liberal Democrats | 318 | 04 May 2023 |
| Mercian | Pat Pallett | Labour Party | 750 | 02 May 2024 |
| Shenstone | David Salter | Conservative and Unionist Party | 443 | 04 May 2023 |
| Spital | Marion Couchman | Labour Party | 795 | 02 May 2024 |
| Stonydelph | Margaret Clarke | Labour Party | 643 | 02 May 2024 |
| Trinity | Martin Summers | Conservative and Unionist Party | 733 | 02 May 2024 |
| Whittington Streethay | Andrew Rushton | Liberal Democrats | 727 | 04 May 2023 |
| Whittington Streethay | Claire Estelle Booker | Labour Party | 733 | 04 May 2023 |
| Whittington Streethay | Richard Holland | Conservative and Unionist Party | 741 | 04 May 2023 |
| Wilnecote | Dave Foster | Labour Party | 969 | 02 May 2024 |
I · Demographics
| Indicator | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Population (2021 Census) | 102,956 | Electorate 75,055 (2024) |
| Median age | 41 | years |
| Degree-educated | 25.3% | level 4 or above |
| Ethnicity (White) | 94.5% | 2021 Census ethnic group |
| Owner-occupied | 69.8% | households |
| Private-rented | 13.8% | households |
| Social-rented | 16.2% | households |
| Employment rate | 59.3% | 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.