Gill Furniss

MP since 5 May 2016

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Gill Furniss is the Labour MP for Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough, and has been an MP continually since 5 May 2016.

1617

Votes Cast

£322,640

Expenses 2024-25

11,600

Majority

51.6%

Vote Share

Expenses (2024-25)

£322,640

Staffing£249,625
Accommodation£28,594
Office£26,528
Travel£9,494
Other£8,400

Year-on-Year

2024-25£322,640
2023-24£290,401
2022-23£268,162
2021-22£244,258
2020-21£222,849
2019-20£190,770
2018-19£193,731
2017-18£186,805
2016-17£157,373

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 31,612 voters

Labour
16,301 votes51.6%
Green Party
4,701 votes14.9%
Conservative
4,069 votes12.9%
Independent
2,537 votes8.0%
Liberal Democrat
1,694 votes5.4%
Workers Party of Britain
1,437 votes4.5%
Social Democratic Party
873 votes2.8%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

70

Written Questions

19

Oral Questions

44

Debates Spoken In

93

Speeches

427

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

English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill

6 votes · 21 Apr 2026

4 AYE

Crime and Policing Bill

4 votes · 20 Apr 2026

7 AYE

Pension Schemes Bill

7 votes · 15 Apr 2026

4 AYE

Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill

4 votes · 15 Apr 2026

3 AYE

Crime and Policing Bill

3 votes · 14 Apr 2026

Financial Interests(3)

Visits outside the UK

Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs

£5,388
Name of donor
Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Address of donor
2, Ketagalan Blvd., Zhongzheng District, Taipei City 100202, Taiwan
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation)
Flights (£5388.12), hotel (£825), local transportation (£282) and meals (£250), value £6,745.12
Destination of visit
Taiwan
Dates of visit
24 May 2025 to 30 May 2025
Purpose of visit
A Labour Friends of Taiwan delegation to meet with politicians, academics, and trade union officials along with some visits to historical sites.

Registered 18 June 2025

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

Date interest arose
24 January 2025

Registered 2 September 2025

Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses

Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses

Name
Emily Grace Ahmed
Relationship
Daughter
Role
Executive Office Manager
Working pattern
Full time

Registered 3 June 2016; updated 7 June 2018, 14 December 2020 and 14 February 2024

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Gill in Parliament

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps he is taking to ensure that older demographics in particular are safeguarded from the impacts of digital exclusion

Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade 3 Sept 2026

Children: Reading

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the findings of the National Literacy Trust’s report on ‘Children and young people’s r

AnsweredDepartment for Education7 Jul 2026

Cardiovascular Diseases: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for publication of the cardiovascular disease Modern Service Framework.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care30 Jun 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of providing multi-year funding for Active Travel England grants.

Department for Transport23 Jun 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the proportion of short stages in towns and cities in England that are currently walked and cycled.

Department for Transport23 Jun 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support the mental health of women going through (a) menopause, (b) perimenopause and (c) hormonal treatment relate

Department of Health and Social Care8 Jun 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has identified links between menopause and a heightened risk of suicide; and what support his Department provides to sa

Department of Health and Social Care8 Jun 2026

Heart Valve Disease: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of treatment delays on outcomes for patients with heart valve disease.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care3 Jun 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support Integrated Care Boards to implement NICE guideline NG73 on endometriosis in primary care, inclu

Department of Health and Social Care3 Jun 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of single points of access for non-urgent gynaecology referrals, specialist ul

Department of Health and Social Care3 Jun 2026
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