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Leigh Ingham

MP for Stafford

Labour (Co-op)

About This MP

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Leigh Ingham is the Labour and Co-operative MP for Stafford, elected in July 2024. She serves on several education and modernisation-related committees, including the Modernisation Committee (from December 2025) and the Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill committees, and has previously been involved with the Speaker's Conference. Her background includes involvement with apprenticeships and technical education, and she has sat on committees such as the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee and the IPSA committee.

Voting Patterns

She shows very high party loyalty (100%) but a notably low voting attendance (12%, well below the party average of 33%), with no recorded rebel votes. Her voting record indicates strong support for workers’ rights and trade union powers, a tendency to back renter protections, and mixed positions on tax and climate measures, while leaning against stricter prison sentencing and certain civil rights issues.

Notable Positions

Supports trade unions powers and workers’ rights
Backs renter protections
Generally opposes harsher prison sentencing
Generally opposed to transgender rights
Exhibits a mixed stance on climate change measures and VAT changes

Financial Interests

Declared four financial interests: miscellaneous entries, donations and other support for MP activities (including loans), and visits outside the UK.

Generated 21 February 2026

100%

Party Loyalty

12%

Attendance

0

Rebel Votes

—

Total Votes

Political Position

LEFTRIGHT

Centre-left(33)

Based on 114 votes

Career & Roles

7 positions

Current

Committee

Modernisation Committee

Since Dec 2025

Committee

Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill

Since Jun 2025

Committee

Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill

Since Jun 2025

Committee

Speaker's Conference (2024)

Since Dec 2024

Previous

Committee

Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [HL]

Mar 2025 - Mar 2025

Committee

Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

Nov 2024 - Jan 2026

Committee

Northern Ireland Affairs Committee

Oct 2024 - Nov 2025

Voting Stances

Based on parliamentary votes

Universal Credit

has voted a mixture of ways on universal credit

Trade union powers

has generally voted for trade union powers

Workers rights protections

has generally voted for workers rights protections

VAT changes

Generally against

has generally voted against vat changes

Prison sentencing

Generally against

has generally voted against prison sentencing

Bus services regulation

Generally against

has generally voted against bus services regulation

Renter protections

has generally voted for renter protections

Transgender rights

Generally against

has generally voted against transgender rights

Financial Interests

4 declarations · £2,908 total

Recent Votes

Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2026-27

11 Feb 2026279 Aye90 No

Local Government Finance Report (England) 2026-27

11 Feb 2026277 Aye143 No

Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026

11 Feb 2026362 Aye107 No

Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026

4 Feb 2026392 Aye116 No

Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading

3 Feb 2026458 Aye