MP for Colchester
Pam Cox is the Labour (Co‑op) MP for Colchester, elected in 2024. She currently serves on the Justice Committee and, from February 2026, the Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill. She has previously sat on committees including the Armed Forces Commissioner Bill and the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education Bill.
She has 100% party loyalty but a low attendance rate of 15% (party average 33%), and no rebel votes. Her votes show strong support for workers’ rights, trade union powers and renter protections, while she has voted against expanding transgender rights and against stronger mental health services funding; on Universal Credit, climate change measures, prison sentencing, VAT changes and bus regulation her votes have been mixed or generally against.
Declares two financial interests: land and property (within or outside the UK) and miscellaneous.
Generated 21 February 2026
4 positions
Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill
Since Feb 2026
Justice Committee
Since Oct 2024
Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [HL]
Mar 2025 - Mar 2025
Armed Forces Commissioner Bill
Dec 2024 - Dec 2024
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 voted a mixture of ways on vat changes
has generally 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