MP for Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
Gill Furniss is a Labour (Co-op) MP for Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough, first elected in 2016. She currently serves on the Committee of Privileges, the Standards Committee, the Panel of Chairs and the Procedure Committee, and has previously held shadow ministerial roles in Work and Pensions and Transport.
She shows 100% party loyalty and 66% voting attendance (well above her party average). She has recorded 4 rebel votes and sits around the centre of the political spectrum (49/100). In her voting on key topics she generally supports Universal Credit and bus services regulation, and generally opposes immigration controls and the asylum system, with a mix of positions on VAT, transgender rights, trade union powers, NHS funding and the Rwanda deportation scheme.
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Generated 21 February 2026
18 positions
Committee on Standards
Since Mar 2025
Committee of Privileges
Since Mar 2025
Panel of Chairs
Since Nov 2024
Procedure Committee
Since Nov 2024
Administration Committee
Oct 2024 - Mar 2025
High Streets (Designation, Review and Improvement Plan) Bill
Mar 2024 - Mar 2024
Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions)
Sept 2023 - May 2024
Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill
Mar 2023 - Mar 2023
Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Bill
Nov 2022 - Dec 2022
Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Disabled Persons) Bill
Feb 2022 - Feb 2022
Based on parliamentary votes
has voted a mixture of ways on universal credit
has generally 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 generally voted against prison sentencing
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