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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1150 votes — page 7 of 46
4 AYEEmployment Rights Bill
4 votes · 8 Dec 2025
Employment Rights Bill
4 votes · 8 Dec 2025
2 NOPension Schemes Bill
2 votes · 3 Dec 2025
Pension Schemes Bill
2 votes · 3 Dec 2025
1 AYE2 NOEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage
3 votes · 24 Nov 2025
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage
3 votes · 24 Nov 2025
2 NOBiodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill
2 votes · 17 Nov 2025
Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill
2 votes · 17 Nov 2025
2 AYEPlanning and Infrastructure Bill
2 votes · 13 Nov 2025
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
2 votes · 13 Nov 2025
2 NOOpposition Day
2 votes · 12 Nov 2025
Opposition Day
2 votes · 12 Nov 2025
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
Overseas Students
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the proportion of students who are international students in each of the past five years.
Teachers: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to provide additional funding to colleges for staff pay.
Higher Education: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many higher education institutions have sought to withdraw staff from the Teachers’ Pension Scheme in each of the past four quarters.
Teachers: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of the average pay gap between further education college lecturers and school teachers.
Prisons: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of recent prison education funding changes on rehabilitation outcomes.
Social Rented Housing: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to help ensure registered providers of social housing meet their obligations under the Equality Act
Electronic Government: Proof of Identity
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the GOV.UK One Login system and app in verifying the identification of compan
Electronic Government: Proof of Identity
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many complaints her Department has received from company directors unable to verify their identity using the One Log in system
Electronic Government: Proof of Identity
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many issues have been reported by users on the Gov.UK One Login system and app for which the latest data is available.
Electronic Government: Proof of Identity
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many issues have been reported by the Government Digital Service on the Gov.UK One Login system and app for which the latest d
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