MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge
Dr Marie Tidball is a Labour and Co-operative MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge, elected in July 2024. She sits on the Education Committee and has served on committees for the Terminally Ill Adults End of Life Bill and the Employment Rights Bill, reflecting involvement in education, health and workers’ rights issues.
She shows full party loyalty (100%) but very low voting attendance (14%), well below the party average of 33%. She has one recorded rebel vote against her party. Her overall political position is centre-left (40/100). In key policy areas, she generally supports welfare and workers’ rights—voting for Universal Credit, trade union powers and workers’ rights protections—and for renter protections, while voting against more punitive approaches to prison sentencing and bus service regulation. She has mixed positions on transgender rights and climate change measures, and has tended to vote against expanding mental health services.
Declared financial interests include one entry for gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources.
Generated 21 February 2026
3 positions
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Jan 2025 - Mar 2025
Employment Rights Bill
Nov 2024 - Jan 2025
Education Committee
Oct 2024 - Oct 2025
Based on parliamentary votes
has voted a mixture of ways on universal credit
has generally voted for trade union powers
has generally voted for workers rights protections
has generally voted against vat changes
has almost always voted against prison sentencing
has generally voted against bus services regulation
has generally voted for renter protections
has generally voted against transgender rights
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