Labour Party MP for South Derbyshire.
Samantha Niblett is the Labour MP for South Derbyshire, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.
Top eight by total divisions voted, this parliament. Volume measures engagement, not direction — see Notable Votes for free-vote moments and rebellions.
Source · The Public Whip · Hansard
Moments where the whip was free, or where Niblett broke ranks. Free votes are the truer signal of personal stance.
No rebellions or free votes recorded yet.
Source · Hansard
“Shadow-banning perpetuates gendered double standards and stifles innovation in women's health; Government should launch a public consultation on transparent platform rules and veri…”
“Committee member welcomes the inquiry and evidence of harms; criticises tech companies for treating children as 'users' to build a user base rather than protecting them; calls for …”
“Welcomes the Q4 sprint results at Derby and Burton trust but seeks assurance that improvements are sustainable rather than temporary.”
“Rural healthcare requires fairer funding formulas, stronger incentives to recruit healthcare professionals, and renewed commitment to community-based services; current disparities …”
Bluesky is the only social platform we ingest at the row level. The strip below is computed by classifying each post for substance (vs reposts, social mentions, scheduling) and then by tone (critical / measured / supportive) per target.
| When | Topic | Tone | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 May | Education | celebratory | “Great to chat to Matt Forde about lifelong sex education, the challenge to the PM’s leadership by some of my colleagues, how I haven’t always voted Labour, and …” |
| 12 May | Mp Performance | empathetic | “Some thoughts on the past few days- for which I am so incredibly sorry you’re having political ridiculousness with real world consequences inflicted on you. #…” |
| 12 May | Mp Performance | measured | “The first two years of govt are hardest as we bring in new legislation: Bill creation, commons for debate, bill committee for scrutiny, over to the Lords for sa…” |
Select, joint and other committees Niblett currently sits on. Committee work is where much of the line-by-line scrutiny of bills and departments happens, away from the chamber.
| Committee | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Science, Innovation and Technology Committee | Member | Select |
Source · UK Parliament Committees API
Committee seats are where backbenchers shape legislation and hold departments to account. Niblett sits on one.
| Department | Qs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Social Care | 64 | 20.1% |
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 45 | 14.1% |
| Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | 34 | 10.7% |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 27 | 8.5% |
| Department for Education | 25 | 7.8% |
| Department for Business and Trade | 23 | 7.2% |
| Home Office | 19 | 6.0% |
| Department for Work and Pensions | 19 | 6.0% |
Innovation and Technology, whether her Department reviewed the Crown Commercial Service's approximately £9 billion Memorandum of Understanding with Microsoft, signed in November 2024, in light of the CMA's findings that Microsoft's software licensing practices reduce competition in UK cloud markets and impose additional costs on public sector organisations.
Awaiting answer.
What assessment he has made of the potential impact of Microsoft's bundling of Copilot into software licensing contracts on (a) competition in the software market and (b) costs for small and medium-sized enterprises.
Awaiting answer.
Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of the Competition and Markets Authority's decision of 31 March 2026 to launch a Strategic Market Status investigation into Microsoft's business software ecosystem; and what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that the investigation proceeds without delay from its scheduled commencement in May 2026.
Awaiting answer.
Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of the CMA's finding, published 31 March 2026, that the rapid integration of artificial intelligence into Microsoft's business software ecosystem creates risks of distorting competition in a critical layer of UK digital infrastructure.
Awaiting answer.
DHP Family Ltd 19 July 2025 to 20 July 2025 |
Unpaid directorship for Labour: Women in Tech. A campaign group I founded to get Unpaid directorship for Labour: Women in Tech. A campaign group I founded to get more women into tech.
Date interest arose: 5 July 2023
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Source · Members API · Last amended 2 Sept 2025
| Category | £ | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Staffing | 160,632 | 76.1% |
| Office Costs | 26,439 | 12.5% |
| Accommodation | 18,550 | 8.8% |
| MP Travel | 4,731 | 2.2% |
| Staff Travel | 804 | 0.4% |
| Total · 113 claims | 211,156 | 100% |
Source · IPSA · FY 24_25
Nothing tabled for Niblett on the published Order Paper this week.
| Year | Constituency | Votes | Share | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | South Derbyshire | 17,734 | 38.8% | Won |
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samantha NiblettWON | Lab | 17,734 | 38.8 |
Showing the MP’s own row only. Full result table: see South Derbyshire →