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Michelle Welsh

Labour Sherwood Forest

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.

See Michelle Welsh’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Whip meter Estimate 85%

How often Michelle Welsh 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 Aye at 3rd reading
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading

Government & opposition roles

No government or shadow front-bench post on file for Michelle Welsh — 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 Michelle Welsh →. 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: Mariposa International (SG) Ltd
Address of donor: 20-22 Wenlock Road, London N1 7GU
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets with hospitality to the Mariposa Ball, value £460
Date received: 25 April 2026
Date accepted: 25 April 2026
Donor status: company, registration 08241785
(Registered 4 June 2026)

8. Miscellaneous

School Governor at Arnold View Primary School. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 3 August 2024)

Education

Written questions to government

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

Business costs (IPSA)

£202,421.55 paid out to or for Michelle Welsh across 120 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 Michelle Welsh’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 — £126,433.84 (3 claims)
Office Costs — £39,471.73 (97 claims)
Accommodation — £25,564.64 (12 claims)
MP Travel — £5,940.89 (4 claims)
Staff Travel — £4,806.04 (3 claims)
Dependant Travel — £204.41 (1 claim)
Most recent claims
Postage & couriers — £1,325.87, 2026-03-31 — VIKING [200013613-2844]
Website hosting and design — £129.60, 2026-03-29 — WIX.COM [***] [200013613-8928]
Stationery & printing — £446.70, 2026-03-27 — VIKING [200013613-13255]
Advertising and contact cards — £225.04, 2026-03-27 — AGA PRINT LTD [200013613-13256]
Equipment - purchase — £302.33, 2026-03-26 — Other office equipment
Stationery & printing — £2,632.58, 2026-03-23 — VIKING [200013613-162]
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £123.90, 2026-03-23 — Landline & internet package
Advertising and contact cards — £74.97, 2026-03-10 — AMAZON [***] [200013613-7680]

Every claim on file for Michelle Welsh →

Early Day Motions

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

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Michelle Welsh 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 on Baby Loss — Vice Chair
Declared funding: Sands (£10,501-12,000).
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Maternity — Chair & Registered Contact
No declared funding on file.
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Missing Children and Adults — Chair & Registered Contact
No declared funding on file.
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome (PMOS/PCOS) — Chair & Registered Contact
Declared funding: Healthcomms Consulting Ltd (part of the PLMR Group) (£24,001-25,500).
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Single-Parent Families — Officer
No declared funding on file.
Who funds these groups

Biggest declared funder across these groups: Healthcomms Consulting Ltd (part of the PLMR Group) — about £24,750.50 across 1 group (All-Party Parliamentary Group on Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome (PMOS/PCOS)).

Healthcomms Consulting Ltd (part of the PLMR Group) — about £24,750.50, 1 group
Sands — about £11,250.50, 1 group

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