MP for Stafford
“A party-loyal Labour MP who rarely rebels but misses most votes, while actively shaping trade, economic security and modernisation policy through committee work.”
Leigh Ingham is the Labour (Co-op) MP for Stafford, elected in 2024. She serves on the Business and Trade Committee and its Sub-Committee on Economic Security, Arms and Export Controls, is a member of the Modernisation Committee, and has been involved with education policy through the Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bills and related Speaker's Conference work.
Her voting pattern shows 100% party loyalty but very low attendance (14%), with no rebel votes. On policy topics, she generally backs workers’ rights protections and trade union powers, supports bus services regulation and renter protections, and has supported protest rights; she tends to vote against changes to mental health services, transgender rights and prison sentencing, with mixed positions on Universal Credit and VAT.
Declared financial interests include two miscellaneous entries, two entries for visits outside the UK, and one entry for donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP.
Generated 21 February 2026
How this MP participates in parliamentary votes. These numbers describe activity, not effectiveness.
How often this MP votes
Labour (Co-op) average: 34%
The percentage of parliamentary votes (divisions) this MP participated in. MPs may miss votes for legitimate reasons including ministerial duties, constituency work, or illness.
How often this MP votes with their party
Labour (Co-op) average: 99%
Estimated from voting record, not self-declared. This is a simplified model — real politics is more complex than a single axis.
9 positions
Business and Trade Committee
Since Apr 2026
Business and Trade Sub-Committee on Economic Security, Arms and Export Controls
Since Apr 2026
Modernisation Committee
Since Dec 2025
Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill
Since Jun 2025
Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill
Since Jun 2025
Speaker's Conference (2024)
Since Dec 2024
Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [HL]
Mar 2025 - Mar 2025
Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
Nov 2024 - Jan 2026
Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
Oct 2024 - Nov 2025
Figures include only interests with declared monetary values from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Some categories (e.g. hospitality, overseas visits) may not have monetary values recorded, so the total may not reflect all declared interests.
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
NOSteel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill
King's Speech Motion for an Address
AYEKing's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p)
NOKing's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l)
NOKing's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o)
NOKing's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)
NODraft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
AYEDraft Asylum Seekers (Reception Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
AYEPension Schemes Bill: Government Motion relating to Lords Reason 88X
AYECollective Defined Contribution Pension Schemes Bill
Privilege
NOChildren's School and Wellbeing Bill: Motion relating to Lords Amendments 38V to 38X
AYENorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over (Motion)
AYENorthern Ireland Troubles Bill
Pension Schemes Bill: Motion relating to Lords Reason 88Q
AYECollective Defined Contribution Pension Schemes Bill
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Motion relating to Lords Amendments 85, 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 etc
AYEEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Motion relating to Lords Amendments 94B and 94C
AYEEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
The percentage of votes where this MP voted the same way as the majority of their party. High loyalty is typical; most MPs vote with their party on most issues.
Rebel votes
Times this MP voted differently from the majority of their party. This can reflect independent judgement, but context matters — some rebel votes are on procedural matters, others on major policy.
