Sarah Edwards

MP since 19 Oct 2023

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Sarah Edwards is the Labour MP for Tamworth, and has been an MP continually since 19 October 2023.

479

Votes Cast

£237,152

Expenses 2024-25

1,382

Majority

35.0%

Vote Share

Expenses (2024-25)

£237,152

Staffing£184,299
Office£23,848
Accommodation£19,906
Travel£9,099

Year-on-Year

2024-25£237,152
2023-24£85,416

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 43,788 voters

Labour
15,338 votes35.0%
Conservative
13,956 votes31.9%
Reform UK
11,004 votes25.1%
Green Party
1,579 votes3.6%
Liberal Democrat
1,451 votes3.3%
UK Independence Party
290 votes0.7%
Workers Party of Britain
170 votes0.4%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

82

Written Questions

21

Oral Questions

67

Debates Spoken In

103

Speeches

381

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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2 AYE3 NO

Finance Bill Committee

5 votes · 11 Dec 2024

2 NO

Finance Bill Committee

2 votes · 10 Dec 2024

1 AYE1 NO

Finance Bill

2 votes · 27 Nov 2024

1 AYE1 NO

Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill

2 votes · 25 Nov 2024

2 AYE

Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill

2 votes · 19 Nov 2024

4 NO

House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee

4 votes · 12 Nov 2024

Financial Interests(1)

Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Edwin DeSilva

Invitation to the SME Housebuilders innovation conference with hospitality and an overnight hotel stay

2 October 2025

£495
Name of donor
Edwin DeSilva
Address of donor
Suite 8 Bourne Gate, 25 Bourne Valley Road, Poole, Dorset BH12 1DY Role Active
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
Invitation to the SME Housebuilders innovation conference with hospitality and an overnight hotel stay, value £495
Date received
2 October 2025
Date accepted
2 October 2025
Donor status
company, registration 15584308

Registered 28 October 2025

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Sarah in Parliament

Construction: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to introduce a statutory compulsory licensing scheme for builders.

AnsweredDepartment for Business and Trade29 Aug 2025

Electric Vehicles: Grants

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the eligibility criteria for the Electric Car Grant to include used electric vehicles.

AnsweredDepartment for Transport29 Aug 2025

Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will publish the animal welfare strategy before 6 November 2025.

AnsweredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs29 Aug 2025

Electric Vehicles: Grants

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of excluding used battery electric vehicles from eligibility for the new Electric Car Grant

AnsweredDepartment for Transport29 Aug 2025

Bus Services: Visual Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will issue guidance to local authorities on ensuring that bus stop bypasses are accessible to blind and partially sighted people.

AnsweredDepartment for Transport21 Jul 2025

Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of vehicles involved in criminal activity have had non-compliant licence plates in the last 12 months.

AnsweredHome Office21 Jul 2025

Energy Ombudsman: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the qualifications held by Energy Ombudsman caseworkers.

AnsweredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero21 Jul 2025

Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to separate the number of procedures for the (a) LD50 (lethal dose 50%) and (b) LC50 (lethal concentration 50%) test

AnsweredHome Office11 Jul 2025

Vehicle Number Plates: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of vehicles involved in criminal activity have had non-compliant licence plates in the last 12 months.

AnsweredHome Office11 Jul 2025

Energy Ombudsman: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will publish the training materials for case handlers of the Energy Ombudsman.

AnsweredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero11 Jul 2025
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