MP for Congleton
Sarah Russell is a Labour (Co‑op) MP for Congleton, elected in 2024. She currently serves on the Justice Committee and on several Bills committees, including the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill, the Licensing Hours Extensions Bill, and the Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill.
She has full party loyalty (100%) but a low attendance rate (14%), with no rebel votes recorded. In voting on key topics, she generally supports welfare and workers’ rights — for Universal Credit, trade union powers and workers’ protections — and climate change measures. She has often opposed measures such as bus services regulation, renter protections and transgender rights, and her votes on VAT changes and prison sentencing are mixed, while she has consistently opposed expanding mental health services.
Declared financial interests include two entries for employment and earnings and one miscellaneous entry.
Generated 21 February 2026
4 positions
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill
Since Jan 2026
Licensing Hours Extensions Bill
Since Jun 2025
Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill
Since May 2025
Justice 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 almost always voted against 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