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.

1150

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)

257

Written Questions

2

Oral Questions

80

Debates Spoken In

100

Speeches

415

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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6 AYE

Pension Schemes Bill

6 votes · 15 Apr 2026

4 AYE

Crime and Policing Bill

4 votes · 14 Apr 2026

2 NO

Opposition Day Motion

2 votes · 24 Mar 2026

NODefence
You
5 AYE

National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill

5 votes · 23 Mar 2026

2 NO

Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage

2 votes · 11 Mar 2026

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

Legal Ombudsman

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 17 March 2025 to Question 36526 on Legal Ombudsman, what steps her Department is taking to (a) identify and (b) resolve complaint c

AnsweredMinistry of Justice17 Jul 2025

Migrants: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the Destitute Domestic Violence Concession to include all migrant survivors o

AnsweredHome Office17 Jul 2025

Migrants: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to introduce a firewall to prevent data sharing between public services and immigration enforcement to help encourage migrants

AnsweredHome Office17 Jul 2025

Gender Based Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what dates the Violence Against Women and Girls strategy advisory panel has met since its establishment.

AnsweredHome Office17 Jul 2025

Gender Based Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to publish the minutes or summaries of any meetings of the Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy Advisory Panel.

AnsweredHome Office17 Jul 2025

Gender Based Violence: Victim Support Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the level of funding available to specialist by and for violence against women and gir

AnsweredHome Office17 Jul 2025

Gender Based Violence: Victim Support Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the level of funding available for specialist by and for violence against women and gi

AnsweredHome Office17 Jul 2025

Social Media: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle people who commit fraud by developing fake romantic relationships on (a) Tiktok and (b) other

AnsweredHome Office17 Jul 2025

Palestine Action: Acquittals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information her Department holds on the number of Palestine Action members who have been acquitted by a jury for activity relating to protests against a

AnsweredMinistry of Justice30 Jun 2025

Palestine Action: Acquittals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Written Statement of 23 June 2025 on Security, HCWS729, whether any Palestine Action members have been acquitted by a jury for those ac

AnsweredMinistry of Justice30 Jun 2025
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