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
Year-on-Year
Election Result(2024 General Election)
Turnout: 43,051 voters
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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3 NOHealth Bill
3 votes · 8 Sept 2026
Health Bill
3 votes · 8 Sept 2026
1 AYE2 NORepresentation of the People Bill
3 votes · 2 Sept 2026
Representation of the People Bill
3 votes · 2 Sept 2026
1 AYE2 NOPublic Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage
3 votes · 14 Jul 2026
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage
3 votes · 14 Jul 2026
2 NOImmigration and Asylum Bill
2 votes · 13 Jul 2026
Immigration and Asylum Bill
2 votes · 13 Jul 2026
2 NOTaxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee
2 votes · 1 Jul 2026
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee
2 votes · 1 Jul 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
Visits outside the UK
the European Parliamentary Forum on Reproductive Rights) Address of donor: European Parliamentary Forum on Reproductive Rights Sq
- 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.
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(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
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Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
- Date interest arose
- 10 January 2023
Registered 27 February 2023
Activity Pulse
Questions asked and motions sponsored by Apsana in Parliament
Law Reporting
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of making court transcripts available to (a) defendants and (b) plaintiffs both (i) dur
Judges: Conflict of Interests
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many judges have recused in England and Wales in 2023-24.
Pensioners: Poplar and Limehouse
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to the eligibility criteria for the Winter Fuel Payment on trends in the level of p
Social Security Benefits
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to conduct a public inquiry into (a) deaths and (b) serious harm linked to the social security system.
Work Capability Assessment: Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential link between the fitness for work test and (a) suicides, (b) other deaths and (c) harm.
Children: Poplar and Limehouse
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of extending access to benefits for families with children who have no recourse to public fund
Poverty: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the impact of the two-child benefit cap on trends in the level of child poverty in (a) the UK and (b) Poplar and Li
Social Security Benefits: Reform
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the impact of welfare reforms since 2010 on (a) poverty, (b) child poverty, (c) disabled people, (d) women, (e) peo
Iraq: Women's Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the amendments proposed to the Personal S
Iraq: Women's Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Iraqi counterparts on the amendments proposed to the Personal Status Law No. 188 o
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