Sarah Russell
Labour Congleton
Voting record
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 →
Every Commons division on file for Sarah Russell — amendments, motions and opposition-day votes as well as bills. Took part in 486 of 590 (82%).
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 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.
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)
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.
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.
Biggest declared funder across these groups: National Children's Bureau — about £20,250.50 across 1 group (All-Party Parliamentary Group for Children).
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.
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