Apsana Begum

MP since 12 Dec 2019

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Apsana Begum is the Labour MP for Poplar and Limehouse, and has been an MP continually since 12 December 2019.

1139

Votes Cast

£255,110

Expenses 2024-25

12,560

Majority

43.0%

Vote Share

Expenses (2024-25)

£255,110

Staffing£226,642
Office£28,102
Travel£367

Year-on-Year

2024-25£255,110
2023-24£276,367
2022-23£231,412
2021-22£234,786
2020-21£192,759
2019-20£25,397

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 43,051 voters

Labour
18,535 votes43.0%
Green Party
5,975 votes13.9%
Conservative
4,738 votes11.0%
Independent
4,554 votes10.6%
Liberal Democrat
4,189 votes9.7%
Reform UK
3,403 votes7.9%
Workers Party of Britain
1,463 votes3.4%
Social Democratic Party
194 votes0.5%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

228

Written Questions

2

Oral Questions

73

Debates Spoken In

91

Speeches

404

Divisions Voted

Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.

Voting Record

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1 AYE2 NO

Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage

3 votes · 14 Jul 2026

2 NO

Immigration and Asylum Bill

2 votes · 13 Jul 2026

2 NO

Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee

2 votes · 1 Jul 2026

3 NO

Armed Forces Bill Report Stage

3 votes · 22 Jun 2026

2 NO

Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages

2 votes · 16 Jun 2026

2 NO

Railways Bill Remaining Stages

2 votes · 10 Jun 2026

2 NO

Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee

2 votes · 9 Jun 2026

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Financial Interests(3)

Visits outside the UK

the European Parliamentary Forum on Reproductive Rights) Address of donor: European Parliamentary Forum on Reproductive Rights Sq

£897
Name of donor
UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (sponsored by the European Parliamentary Forum on Reproductive Rights)
Address of donor
European Parliamentary Forum on Reproductive Rights Sq. de Meeûs 18, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation)
Flights (£896.86), visa (£92.32), accommodation (£543.95), other travel (£70.08), per diem, food and drinks (£341.71), value £1,944.92
Destination of visit
Sri Lanka
Dates of visit
24 May 2025 to 2 June 2025
Purpose of visit
Study tour on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and International Development

Registered 19 June 2025; updated 25 June 2025

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

10 January 2023

A company created to deliver campaigns and support my work as an MP.

Name of company or organisation
Apsana Begum Ltd
Nature of business
A company created to deliver campaigns and support my work as an MP.
Interest held
from 10 January 2023

Registered 27 February 2023

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

Date interest arose
10 January 2023

Registered 27 February 2023

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Apsana in Parliament

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential implications for its policies of the UN Commission of In

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office25 Jun 2026

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the sustainability of independent gyms in Poplar and Limehouse constituency.

Treasury19 Jun 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has conducted any assessments of potential racial, disabilities, or other equalities biases in the use of Facial Age Estim

Home Office16 Jun 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences were handled over the course of the 2026 local elections by the national police unit established for protecting people standing

Home Office15 Jun 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to question 6647 asked on 3 June 2026 (Israel: Military Alliances), whether the December 2020 agreement has been (a) reviewed, (b) modified or (c) a

Ministry of Defence15 Jun 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to Hansard for the 9 June 2026, Middle East column 177, whether her Department issued guidance on the th

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office12 Jun 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will take steps to bring forward legislation to create a sanctions regime specific to Israel.

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office12 Jun 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the agreement signed in December 2020 by the Chief of the Defence Staff and his Israeli counterpart formalising military collaboration between the UK

Ministry of Defence3 Jun 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has considered the potential impact of earned settlement proposals on rates of child poverty.

Home Office21 May 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has plans to revise Home Office guidance prohibiting the use of force against a) children and b) pregnant people in immigr

Home Office21 May 2026
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