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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4 AYE

Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill

4 votes · 9 Mar 2026

3 NO

Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee

3 votes · 23 Feb 2026

2 NO

Opposition Day

2 votes · 28 Jan 2026

3 NO

Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill

3 votes · 27 Jan 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

Palestine: West Bank

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will meet with human rights organisations to discuss evidence of the forced displacement of Palestinians in the

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office14 Apr 2026

Homelessness: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing local authorities with the (a) tools, (

AnsweredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government13 Apr 2026

Homelessness: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent engagement his Department has had with organisations supporting women experiencing rough sleeping and homelessn

AnsweredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government13 Apr 2026

Homelessness: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will meet with representatives from Solace Women's Aid and the Single Homeless Project to discuss the National Plan t

AnsweredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government13 Apr 2026

Homelessness: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to engage with organisations (a) supporting women experiencing rough sleeping and homelessnes

AnsweredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government13 Apr 2026

Sleeping Rough: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of local authorities that have completed the Women’s Rough Sleep

AnsweredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government13 Apr 2026

Homelessness: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Women’s Rough Sleeping Census, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that homelessness servic

AnsweredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government13 Apr 2026

Housing: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure local authorities are applying statutory guidance on housing support for survivors of dom

AnsweredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government13 Apr 2026

Israel: Lebanon

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to Human Rights Watch's report entitled Lebanon: Israel Unlawfully Using White Phosphorus, published on

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office26 Mar 2026

Demonstrations and Police Raids

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to meet with Quakers to discuss (a) repeated policing operations at their meeting houses and (b) the implications for religious

AnsweredHome Office9 Mar 2026
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