MP for Stoke-on-Trent South
Dr Allison Gardner is the Labour (Co-op) MP for Stoke-on-Trent South, elected in 2024. She sits on the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee and on the Bus Services (No. 2) Bill committee, and joined the Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill committee in 2026. The prefix ‘Dr’ indicates she holds a doctoral qualification.
She shows very high party loyalty (99%) but low voting attendance (15%, well below the party average of 33%). Her record places her centre-left (36/100). On policy, she generally supports workers’ rights and trade union powers and renters’ protections, while opposing tighter prison sentencing and regulation of bus services, and she has tended to oppose transgender rights and increased funding for mental health services; her votes on climate measures and universal credit have been mixed, and she has supported VAT changes.
Declared financial interests include two miscellaneous entries.
Generated 21 February 2026
3 positions
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill
Since Jan 2026
Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]
Since Jun 2025
Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
Since Oct 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
