MP for Barnsley South
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
Stephanie Peacock is the Labour (Co-op) MP for Barnsley South, first elected in 2017. She currently serves as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, a role she has held since July 2024. In Parliament, she has previously served as a Shadow Minister for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and for Defence, and sat on committees including Northern Ireland Affairs and Women and Equalities.
She shows very high party loyalty (99%) and above-average voting attendance (59%, with a party average of 33%). She has recorded nine rebel votes against her party and sits on the centre-left of the spectrum (40/100). On policy, she has generally supported Universal Credit and NHS funding, while generally voting against immigration controls and against the asylum system, and she has generally opposed the Rwanda deportation scheme. Votes on VAT changes, bus services regulation, transgender rights and trade union powers are mixed, and she generally votes against harsher prison sentencing.
Generated 21 February 2026
14 positions
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
Since Jul 2024
Football Governance Bill [HL]
May 2025 - Jun 2025
Football Governance Bill
May 2024 - May 2024
Media Bill
Nov 2023 - Dec 2023
Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill
May 2023 - May 2023
Online Safety (Re-committed Clauses and Schedules) Bill
Dec 2022 - Dec 2022
Shadow Minister (Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
Jul 2022 - May 2024
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 generally voted against transgender rights
has voted a mixture of ways on trade union powers
has generally voted against rwanda deportation scheme
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UK's withdrawal from the European Union: Sarah Wollaston's amendment (h)
14 Mar 2019
Margaret Beckett's motion M (Confirmatory public vote)
27 Mar 2019
Peter Kyle's motion E (Confirmatory public vote)
1 Apr 2019
Second Reading: European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill
22 Oct 2019
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1
13 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