MP for Battersea
Second Church Estates Commissioner
Marsha De Cordova is the Labour (Co-op) MP for Battersea, first elected in 2017. She currently serves as the Second Church Estates Commissioner and sits on the Ecclesiastical Committee, with prior roles including Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities and work on the Work and Pensions Committee.
Her voting record shows strong party loyalty (99%) and above-average attendance (55%). She has 9 rebel votes against her party and sits on the centre-left of the spectrum (43/100). On key policy votes, she generally supported welfare measures such as Universal Credit and NHS funding and backed regulation of bus services, while opposing tighter immigration controls, the asylum system, transgender rights, and the Rwanda deportation scheme; her votes on VAT and prison sentencing were mixed.
Declares two interests: employment and earnings; visits outside the UK.
Generated 21 February 2026
9 positions
Ecclesiastical Committee
Since Nov 2024
Second Church Estates Commissioner
Since Oct 2024
School Attendance (Duties of Local Authorities and Proprietors of Schools) Bill
Apr 2024 - May 2024
Work and Pensions Committee
Dec 2023 - May 2024
Draft Mental Health Bill (Joint Committee)
Jul 2022 - May 2024
Petitions Committee
Mar 2022 - May 2024
Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities
Apr 2020 - Sept 2021
Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) (Disabled People)
Oct 2017 - Apr 2020
Based on parliamentary votes
has generally voted against universal credit
has generally voted against immigration controls
has generally voted against vat changes
has voted a mixture of ways on bus services regulation
has generally voted against asylum system
has almost always voted against transgender rights
has almost always voted against trade union powers
has voted a mixture of ways on nhs funding
Motion on National Policy Statement and New Runway Capacity
25 Jun 2018
Motion on Independent Complaints and Grievance Policy: Sir Kevin Barron's amendment
19 Jul 2018
IPSA - Richard Lloyd appointment
12 Dec 2018
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2
13 Jun 2025
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77
20 Jun 2025
Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2026-27
Local Government Finance Report (England) 2026-27
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading