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Emma Lewell

Labour South Shields

Voting record

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Voted for
2
Voted against
3
Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

See Emma Lewell’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Every Commons division on file for Emma Lewell — amendments, motions and opposition-day votes as well as bills. Took part in 1,686 of 2,376 (71%).

2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading Ayes 411, Noes 102 Aye
24 Jun 2026 Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 Ayes 332, Noes 94 Aye
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill: Third Reading Ayes 278, Noes 149 Aye
20 May 2026 King's Speech Motion for an Address Ayes 307, Noes 171 Aye
28 Apr 2026 Privilege Ayes 223, Noes 335 Aye
27 Apr 2026 Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion Ayes 279, Noes 176 Aye
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading Ayes 292, Noes 161 Aye
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Covers 9 Mar 2016 to 11 Sep 2026 — Parliament’s votes data doesn’t go back further. “No vote recorded” is Parliament’s own list of members with nothing recorded for that division: it can mean absent, deliberately abstaining, paired, or excused, and the data doesn’t say which. Click a division title for Parliament’s own page for it.

Government & opposition roles

Emma Lewell doesn’t currently hold a government or shadow front-bench post, but has in the past. See Government for who else currently holds one.

Previously held
Shadow Minister (Education) (Children and Families) — Department for Education (2016-10-09 to 2019-03-14) Shadow
Shadow Minister (Communities and Local Government) — Department for Communities and Local Government (2016-01-06 to 2016-06-29) Shadow

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Emma Lewell →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: The Great Run Company /Film Nova
Address of donor: Tyne Bridge House, Bottle Bank, Gateshead, NE8 2AR
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Hospitality and VIP access to event for the Member of Parliament and one guest, value £400
Date received: 7 September 2025
Date accepted: 7 September 2025
Donor status: company, registration 03300783
(Registered 10 September 2025)

8. Miscellaneous

Honorary member of the Catholic Union.
(Registered 15 September 2015)

A patron of the Social Care Worker of the Year Awards.
Date interest arose: 1 July 2016
(Registered 18 July 2016)

A patron of the Every Child Leaving Care Matters organisation.
Date interest arose: 1 January 2016
(Registered 18 July 2016)

Deputy Convenor of the Catholic Legislators Network.
Date interest arose: 12 July 2017
(Registered 19 July 2017)

Chair of the Labour Friends of Kosovo group
Date interest arose: 23 July 2024
Date interest ended: 2 September 2026
(Registered 2 August 2024; updated 2 September 2026)

Unpaid Board Member, Sea Change Cafe, South Shields (Sea Change Cafe is a Community Interest Company)
Date interest arose: 23 March 2023
(Registered 2 August 2024)

Member of the Advisory Council, Sea Power Laboratory at the Council on Geostrategy. This is an unpaid role
Date interest arose: 22 October 2024
(Registered 22 October 2024)

Patron of NAIRO - National Association of Independent Reviewing Officers. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 15 May 2019
Date interest ended: 9 September 2025
(Registered 22 October 2024; updated 10 September 2025)

Patron of Forward Assist - a military veterans charity
Date interest arose: 1 January 2018
(Registered 22 October 2024)

Defence & foreign affairs

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for Emma Lewell yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Emma Lewell has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£330,698.99 paid out to or for Emma Lewell across 237 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Emma Lewell’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category
Staffing — £231,909.32 (2 claims)
Office Costs — £42,383.14 (144 claims)
Accommodation — £36,173.75 (71 claims)
MP Travel — £12,297.21 (6 claims)
Staff Travel — £5,734.66 (8 claims)
Miscellaneous — £2,200.91 (6 claims)
Most recent claims
Stationery & printing — £156.74, 2026-05-06 — Stationery for office and MP public engagement events [200013614-20]
Equipment - purchase — £563.98, 2026-05-06 — Office furniture
Waste disposal, confidential waste & rubbish collection — £102.00, 2026-04-23 — Bulky waste removal by South Tyneside Council (Old visitor office chairs) [200013614-250]
Stationery & printing — £155.43, 2026-04-23 — Stationery for office and MP public engagement events [200013614-252]
Equipment - purchase — £239.99, 2026-04-23 — Office furniture
Hotel - London — £641.26, 2026-03-25 — [***] [***] [***] [200013613-14738]
Hotel - London — £627.00, 2026-03-23 — [***] [***] [***] [200013613-3783]
Hotel - London — £209.00, 2026-03-11 — [***] [***] [***] [200013613-798]

Every claim on file for Emma Lewell →

Early Day Motions

Emma Lewell has tabled 1 Early Day Motion on file (as primary sponsor), drawing 3 sponsor signatures in total across them. This only counts motions Emma Lewell personally tabled — not motions Emma Lewell may have added their name to as a supporter, which this data source doesn’t track per MP. See Early Day Motions for what this does and doesn’t cover.

Most recent tabled
Food Club Survey report — tabled 2026-09-01, 3 sponsors

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Emma Lewell is a listed officer of 3 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

All-Party Parliamentary Group on School Food — Officer
Declared funding: Association for Public Service Excellence (£3,001-4,500).
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women in Defence — Officer
No declared funding on file.
Child of the North All-Party Parliamentary Group — Chair & Registered Contact
Declared funding: Health Equity North (£30,001-31,500).
Who funds these groups

Biggest declared funder across these groups: Health Equity North — about £30,750.50 across 1 group (Child of the North All-Party Parliamentary Group).

Health Equity North — about £30,750.50, 1 group
Association for Public Service Excellence — about £3,750.50, 1 group

Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Emma Lewell personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Emma Lewell is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.

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