MP for Tottenham
Deputy Prime Minister
“Long-serving Labour MP with high party loyalty who has rebelled on Brexit votes and has risen to senior government roles.”
David Lammy is the Labour (Co-op) MP for Tottenham, first elected in 2000. He has held a sequence of senior government roles, including Foreign Secretary from 2024 to 2025, and since September 2025 has served as Deputy Prime Minister as well as Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice.
Lammy shows very high loyalty to his party (99%), with a voting attendance of 48% (above the party average of 34%) and 6 recorded rebel votes. In voting on key topics, he generally supported Universal Credit, NHS funding, transgender rights, bus services regulation and trade union powers. He voted in a mixture of ways on immigration controls, asylum system and VAT changes, and generally opposed prison sentencing and the Rwanda deportation scheme.
Declared financial interests include gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (two entries), land and property (within or outside the UK), and miscellaneous interests.
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.
23 positions
Deputy Prime Minister
Since Sept 2025
Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
Since Sept 2025
Foreign Secretary
Jul 2024 - Sept 2025
Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
Nov 2021 - May 2024
Shadow Lord Chancellor and Shadow Secretary of State for Justice
Apr 2020 - Nov 2021
Ecclesiastical Committee
Mar 2020 - May 2024
European Scrutiny Committee
Mar 2020 - Jun 2022
Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art
Dec 2017 - Nov 2019
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.
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6
NOArmed Forces Bill
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5
NOArmed Forces Bill
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2
NOArmed Forces 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)
NOPrivilege
NONorthern 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
Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
Government role · 5 Sept 2025
Deputy Prime Minister
Government role · 5 Sept 2025
Foreign Secretary
Government role · 5 Jul 2024
Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
Opposition role · 29 Nov 2021
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.
