MP for South Shields
Emma Lewell is the Labour and Co-operative MP for South Shields, first elected in 2013. She currently sits on the Panel of Chairs and the Defence Committee, and has served on a range of committees including the Defence Committee and the Committees on Arms Export Controls; she has previously held shadow minister roles in Education and in Communities and Local Government.
Her voting record shows very high party loyalty (98% of votes with the Labour Party, near the party average of 99%) and solid attendance (69% of votes attended, compared with a party average of 33%). She has 24 rebel votes. On key topics, she has generally voted for Universal Credit and NHS funding, and generally voted against stricter immigration controls and the Rwanda deportation scheme, while taking mixed positions on other issues such as bus regulation, VAT, transgender rights, and trade union powers.
She has 11 declared financial interests, including miscellaneous entries and one item of gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources.
Generated 21 February 2026
14 positions
Panel of Chairs
Since Nov 2024
Defence Committee
Since Oct 2024
Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill
Apr 2024 - Apr 2024
Licensing Hours Extensions Bill
Feb 2024 - May 2024
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
Jun 2022 - Oct 2022
National Insurance Contributions Bill
Jun 2021 - Jun 2021
Committees on Arms Export Controls
Jul 2020 - Jan 2024
Defence Sub-Committee
Mar 2020 - May 2024
Based on parliamentary votes
has voted a mixture of ways on universal credit
has almost always voted against immigration controls
has voted a mixture of ways on bus services regulation
has generally voted against vat changes
has generally voted against asylum system
has generally voted against transgender rights
has generally voted against trade union powers
has voted a mixture of ways on nhs funding
Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada
8 Feb 2017
UK's withdrawal from the European Union: Sarah Wollaston's amendment (h)
14 Mar 2019
Peter Kyle's motion E (Confirmatory public vote)
1 Apr 2019
Joanna Cherry's motion G (Parliamentary Supremacy)
1 Apr 2019
Margaret Beckett's motion M (Confirmatory public vote)
27 Mar 2019
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
