Sarah Russell — Hear, Hear

Voting record

7

Voted for

0

Voted against

2

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 Sarah Russell’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Bill votes All votes Live bills

Whip meter Estimate 88%

How often Sarah Russell 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 didn't vote at 2nd reading

Railways Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading

Courts and Tribunals Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading

Railways Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading

Northern Ireland Troubles Bill — voted Aye at 2nd 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 Sarah Russell — 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 Sarah Russell →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

1. Employment and earnings

Role, work or services: Consultant Solicitor
Payer: Fox Whitfield (Specialist employment law firm), Unit 10, Wealden Forest Park, Herne Common, Herne Bay, Kent CT6 7QL
(Registered 2 August 2024)

Crime & justice

8. Miscellaneous

Member of the Executive Committee of the Fabian Society. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 16 July 2024
(Registered 31 July 2024)

Written questions to government

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

Business costs (IPSA)

£197,917.68 paid out to or for Sarah Russell across 171 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 Sarah Russell’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 — £126,417.19 (19 claims)

Office Costs — £29,616.04 (113 claims)

Accommodation — £29,223.05 (29 claims)

MP Travel — £8,012.26 (3 claims)

Staff Travel — £3,978.30 (6 claims)

Dependant Travel — £670.84 (1 claim)

Most recent claims

Training - staff — £150.82, 2026-04-09 — REAL CLEAR [200013614-29]

Training - staff — £150.82, 2026-04-09 — REAL CLEAR [200013614-27]

Training - staff — £150.82, 2026-04-09 — REAL CLEAR [200013614-31]

Training - staff — £150.82, 2026-04-09 — REAL CLEAR [200013614-30]

Training - staff — £150.82, 2026-04-09 — REAL CLEAR [200013614-28]

Training - staff — £150.82, 2026-04-09 — REAL CLEAR [200013614-24]

Training - staff — £150.82, 2026-04-09 — REAL CLEAR [200013614-26]

Training - MP — £150.80, 2026-04-09 — REAL CLEAR [200013614-25]

Every claim on file for Sarah Russell →

Early Day Motions

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

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Sarah Russell 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 Gardening and Horticulture Group — Chair & Registered Contact

Declared funding: Whitehouse Communications Ltd (£7,501-9,000).

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Children — Officer

Declared funding: National Children's Bureau (£19,501-21,000).

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Flexible and Family Friendly Working — Chair & Registered Contact

Declared funding: Norton Rose Fulbright (£5,000).

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Access to Justice — Chair & Registered Contact

No declared funding on file.

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Legal and Constitutional Affairs — Officer

Declared funding: The Law Society (£1,501-3,000); Bar Council (£1,501-3,000).

Who funds these groups

Biggest declared funder across these groups: National Children's Bureau — about £20,250.50 across 1 group (All-Party Parliamentary Group for Children).

National Children's Bureau — about £20,250.50, 1 group

Whitehouse Communications Ltd — about £8,250.50, 1 group

Norton Rose Fulbright — about £5,000.00, 1 group

Bar Council — about £2,250.50, 1 group

The Law Society — 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 Sarah Russell personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Sarah Russell 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.