Matt Turmaine
Labour - Watford
4,723 (10.6%) majority - 2024 General ElectionFirst elected: 4th July 2024
Division Voting information
Matt Turmaine voted No - against a party majority - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 50 Labour No votes vs 59 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 138 Noes - 136
Debates during the 2024 Parliament
Speeches made during Parliamentary debates are recorded in Hansard. For ease of browsing we have grouped debates into individual, departmental and legislative categories.
Sparring Partners
(3 debate interactions)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
(3 debate interactions)
Department Debates
(4 debate contributions)
(3 debate contributions)
(3 debate contributions)
(2 debate contributions)
Legislation Debates
(1,579 words contributed)
(90 words contributed)
(69 words contributed)
(56 words contributed)
Watford Petitions
e-Petitions are administered by Parliament and allow members of the public to express support for a particular issue.
If an e-petition reaches 10,000 signatures the Government will issue a written response.
If an e-petition reaches 100,000 signatures the petition becomes eligible for a Parliamentary debate (usually Monday 4.30pm in Westminster Hall).
of 45,278 signatures (0.47%)
of 86,423 signatures (0.36%)
of 63,797 signatures (0.28%)
of 47,687 signatures (0.23%)
of 82,323 signatures (0.21%)
of 256,768 signatures (0.16%)
of 153,922 signatures (0.20%)
of 86,423 signatures (0.36%)
of 240,028 signatures (0.11%)
of 143,170 signatures (0.18%)
Latest EDMs signed by Matt Turmaine
Commons initiatives
These initiatives were driven by Matt Turmaine, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.
MPs who are act as Ministers or Shadow Ministers are generally restricted from performing Commons initiatives other than Urgent Questions.
Matt Turmaine has not been granted any Urgent Questions
Matt Turmaine has not been granted any Adjournment Debates
Matt Turmaine has not introduced any legislation before Parliament
Matt Turmaine has not co-sponsored any Bills in the current parliamentary sitting
Latest 3 Written Questions
(View all written questions)In January, the government introduced the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill as part of the biggest fraud crackdown in a generation. The measures in the Bill will give us more tools to combat fraud, recover public money and allow the government to investigate fraud.
The Public Sector Fraud Authority is also developing artificial intelligence tools to tackle fraud - and is expected to surpass the PSFA’s £250m 2024-25 audited benefits target from these services.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
We welcome the news that US-Israeli citizen Edan Alexander will be released. We thank Qatar and Egypt for their support in bringing Edan out. We call on all parties to use this opportunity to re-engage with negotiations to ensure a lasting ceasefire is implemented, with the release of all hostages, and for Israel to allow the resumption of aid delivery for Palestinians in Gaza immediately. The Foreign Secretary issued a statement with his French and German opposite numbers last month urging all parties to return to a ceasefire and lift the block on aid.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
We are actively considering the introduction of further controls around crossbows and broadhead arrows. This follows a call for evidence on strengthening controls on crossbows on public safety grounds which ran from 14 February to 9 April 2024.
It tested ideas for whether there should be some form of licensing regime that would provide further controls on the use, ownership and supply of crossbows as well as whether there should be a prohibition on broadhead arrows. The responses have been reviewed and we will publish the Government’s response to the call for evidence, which will include what action we intend to take alongside a summary of the responses received, shortly.
Minister of State (Home Office)