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Steve Witherden

Labour Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr

Voting record

6
Voted for
0
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.

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Every Commons division on file for Steve Witherden — amendments, motions and opposition-day votes as well as bills. Took part in 471 of 590 (80%).

11 Sep 2026 Closure motion Ayes 293, Noes 218 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
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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

No government or shadow front-bench post on file for Steve Witherden — 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 Steve Witherden →. 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: NASUWT
Address of donor: Hillscourt Education Centre, Rosehill, Rednal, Birmingham B45 8RS
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £301.06 reimbursement after I attended the NASUWT Conference in Birmingham (3rd-4th of April 2026). This payment was for travel (including the travel of my wife and two children) and my sustenance (expected reimbursement for my accommodation will be registered separately)
Date received: 16 June 2026
Date accepted: 16 June 2026
Donor status: trade union
(Registered 15 July 2026)

EducationEmployment & business
4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Ms C. A. Duerden
Address of donor: private
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£1,300). (Unite the Union subsequently covered £800 of the costs via payments on 16 December 2025 and 16 March 2026. I reimbursed the donor in full on 7 April 2026.), value £1,300
Destination of visit: Cuba
Dates of visit: 16 October 2025 to 21 October 2025
Purpose of visit: Attend Granma Rebelde cultural festival; Inter-parliamentarian visit to Revolution Square; Inter-parliamentarian visit to the Capitolio; Visit Association Quisicuaba, to view their outreach work
(Registered 28 April 2026)

8. Miscellaneous

Negotiating Secretary NASUWT Wrexham Association. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 1 August 2024)

Written questions to government

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

Business costs (IPSA)

£161,249.63 paid out to or for Steve Witherden across 110 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 Steve Witherden’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 — £101,429.62 (3 claims)
Accommodation — £27,734.79 (32 claims)
Office Costs — £24,484.65 (67 claims)
MP Travel — £6,727.72 (4 claims)
Dependant Travel — £687.65 (2 claims)
Staff Travel — £185.20 (2 claims)
Most recent claims
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £53.00, 2026-04-24 — Internet
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £53.00, 2026-03-24 — Internet
Utilities — £58.28, 2026-03-10 — Electricity
Software & applications — £51.98, 2026-03-07 — ADOBE [200013613-11626]
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £53.00, 2026-02-24 — Internet
Bought-in services — £250.00, 2026-02-18 — Comms & Media
Bought-in services — £1,476.00, 2026-02-15 — Administrative services
Stationery & printing — £149.69, 2026-02-09 — Banner March 2026

Every claim on file for Steve Witherden →

Early Day Motions

Steve Witherden has tabled 1 Early Day Motion on file (as primary sponsor), drawing 99 sponsor signatures in total across them. This only counts motions Steve Witherden personally tabled — not motions Steve Witherden 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
US sanctions on Cuba — tabled 2026-05-18, 99 sponsors

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Steve Witherden is a listed officer of 5 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Education — Chair & Registered Contact
Declared funding: Ranelagh Ltd (£19,501-21,000); British Educational Suppliers Association (£4,501-6,000); The Education Company (£1,501-3,000).
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Greece — Officer
No declared funding on file.
All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Wood Panel Industry — Vice Chair
Declared funding: Invicta Public Affairs Ltd (£9,001-10,500).
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Cuba — Chair & Registered Contact
No declared funding on file.
Children’s Parliament All-Party Parliamentary Group — Officer
No declared funding on file.
Who funds these groups

Biggest declared funder across these groups: Ranelagh Ltd — about £20,250.50 across 1 group (All-Party Parliamentary Group for Education).

Ranelagh Ltd — about £20,250.50, 1 group
Invicta Public Affairs Ltd — about £9,750.50, 1 group
British Educational Suppliers Association — about £5,250.50, 1 group
The Education Company — about £2,250.50, 1 group

Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Steve Witherden personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Steve Witherden 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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