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Dr Sam Rushworth

Labour Bishop Auckland

Voting record

4
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 Dr Sam Rushworth’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Whip meter Estimate 80%

How often Dr Sam Rushworth voted the same way as most of the Labour party, across every recorded division. Parliament doesn’t publish whether a vote was officially whipped, so this is our best estimate from the public record — not a confirmed fact.

Recent votes
Representation of the People Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading
Immigration and Asylum Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading
Railways Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading
Courts and Tribunals Bill — voted didn't vote at 2nd reading
Railways Bill — voted didn't vote at 2nd reading
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted No at 3rd reading
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted No at 3rd reading

Government & opposition roles

No government or shadow front-bench post on file for Dr Sam Rushworth — most MPs never hold one, so this is the normal state for a backbencher, not a gap in the data.

Declared financial interests

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

2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

Name of donor: The Coalition for Global Prosperity (CGP)
Address of donor: 1 Horse Guards Avenue, Westminster, London SW1A 2HU
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: The donor is funding a researcher one day per week to support me in my parliamentary work as a member of the International Development Committee and UK delegate to the Parliamentary Assembly to the Council of Europe. This person is employed directly by the donor, but their work is directed by me, value £4,200
Date received: 18 March 2026 to 18 June 2026
Date accepted: 18 March 2026
Donor status: company, registration 10894509
(Registered 21 April 2026)

7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital

Name of company or organisation: African Dreams Ltd
(Registered 1 August 2024)

Name of company or organisation: Our World Research and Consultancy Ltd
(Registered 1 August 2024)

Employment & business
8. Miscellaneous

Trustee of Bishop Auckland Community Partnership (Four Clocks Centre). This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 30 July 2024)

Written questions to government

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

Business costs (IPSA)

£246,705.35 paid out to or for Dr Sam Rushworth across 295 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 Dr Sam Rushworth’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 — £150,827.13 (6 claims)
Office Costs — £49,351.97 (252 claims)
Accommodation — £35,089.94 (21 claims)
MP Travel — £6,109.79 (6 claims)
Staff Travel — £4,053.22 (8 claims)
Dependant Travel — £1,098.30 (1 claim)
Miscellaneous — £175.00 (1 claim)
Most recent claims
Stationery & printing — £203.82, 2026-03-26 — XMA March 2026
Stationery & printing — £165.90, 2026-03-26 — XMA March 2026
Stationery & printing — £203.82, 2026-03-26 — XMA March 2026
Stationery & printing — £203.82, 2026-03-26 — XMA March 2026
Software & applications — £69.80, 2026-03-23 — CANVA [***] [200013613-4484]
Software & applications — £100.00, 2026-03-22 — CANVA [***] [200013613-3607]
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £132.36, 2026-03-20 — Landline & internet package
Training - MP — £1,750.00, 2026-03-16 — Executive Coaching

Every claim on file for Dr Sam Rushworth →

Early Day Motions

No Early Day Motions on file as tabled by Dr Sam Rushworth — this only covers motions tabled within Hear, Hear’s current tracking window (see Early Day Motions), not necessarily Dr Sam Rushworth’s full record.

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Dr Sam Rushworth isn’t listed as an officer of any All-Party Parliamentary Group on file — true of most MPs. See APPGs for the full register.

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