Information between 15th January 2026 - 14th February 2026
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20 Jan 2026 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - View Vote Context Sam Rushworth voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 331 Labour Aye votes vs 2 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 344 Noes - 182 |
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20 Jan 2026 - Sentencing Bill - View Vote Context Sam Rushworth voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 312 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 319 Noes - 127 |
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20 Jan 2026 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - View Vote Context Sam Rushworth voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 331 Labour Aye votes vs 2 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 347 Noes - 184 |
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20 Jan 2026 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - View Vote Context Sam Rushworth voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 333 Labour Aye votes vs 3 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 347 Noes - 185 |
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21 Jan 2026 - Northern Ireland Troubles: Legacy and Reconciliation - View Vote Context Sam Rushworth voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 299 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 373 Noes - 106 |
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21 Jan 2026 - National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Sam Rushworth voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 318 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 191 Noes - 326 |
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21 Jan 2026 - National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Sam Rushworth voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 307 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 316 Noes - 194 |
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21 Jan 2026 - National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Sam Rushworth voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 310 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 195 Noes - 317 |
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3 Feb 2026 - Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill - View Vote Context Sam Rushworth voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 358 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 458 Noes - 104 |
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11 Feb 2026 - Local Government Finance - View Vote Context Sam Rushworth voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 272 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 277 Noes - 143 |
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11 Feb 2026 - Local Government Finance - View Vote Context Sam Rushworth voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 272 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 279 Noes - 90 |
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11 Feb 2026 - Climate Change - View Vote Context Sam Rushworth voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 290 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 362 Noes - 107 |
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Sam Rushworth speeches from: Standards in Public Life
Sam Rushworth contributed 1 speech (133 words) Monday 9th February 2026 - Commons Chamber Cabinet Office |
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Sam Rushworth speeches from: Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill
Sam Rushworth contributed 6 speeches (1,467 words) 2nd reading Tuesday 3rd February 2026 - Commons Chamber Department for Work and Pensions |
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Sam Rushworth speeches from: International Day of Education
Sam Rushworth contributed 2 speeches (1,037 words) Thursday 22nd January 2026 - Westminster Hall Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office |
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Sam Rushworth speeches from: Mobile Phones and Social Media: Use by Children
Sam Rushworth contributed 1 speech (67 words) Tuesday 20th January 2026 - Commons Chamber Department for Science, Innovation & Technology |
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Sam Rushworth speeches from: County Durham: Cultural Opportunities
Sam Rushworth contributed 2 speeches (132 words) Tuesday 20th January 2026 - Westminster Hall |
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Sam Rushworth speeches from: New Towns
Sam Rushworth contributed 1 speech (853 words) Thursday 15th January 2026 - Commons Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government |
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Unitaid
Asked by: Sam Rushworth (Labour - Bishop Auckland) Wednesday 21st January 2026 Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of Unitaid; and what steps she is taking to fulfil funding commitments to Unitaid. Answered by Chris Elmore - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) I refer the Hon. Member to the answer of 20 October 2025 given to question 80764. |
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Wednesday 11th February Sam Rushworth signed this EDM on Monday 23rd February 2026 British couple detained in Iran 64 signatures (Most recent: 25 Feb 2026)Tabled by: Tony Vaughan (Labour - Folkestone and Hythe) That this House expresses deep concern regarding the ongoing detention of two British citizens, Craig and Lindsay Foreman, who have now been held in Iran for over a year without formal charges or sentencing; notes with dismay the escalating violence reported at Evin Prison and the significant risk this poses … |
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Wednesday 11th February Sam Rushworth signed this EDM on Thursday 12th February 2026 117th anniversary of the West Stanley Pit Disaster 14 signatures (Most recent: 24 Feb 2026)Tabled by: Luke Akehurst (Labour - North Durham) That this House commemorates the 117th anniversary of the West Stanley Pit Disaster of 1909 on 16 February 2026; remembers the 168 men and boys who died in the explosion and its aftermath, and the extraordinary bravery of those who risked their own lives to rescue others; acknowledges the scale … |
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15 Jan 2026, 2:48 p.m. - House of Commons "their elbow. >> Sam Rushworth. >> Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. " John Slinger MP (Rugby, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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20 Jan 2026, 1:20 p.m. - House of Commons " Sam Rushworth thank you. >> The backbenchers. >> Who was pushing the government in this direction, I actually feel that the Secretary of State has taken the right approach in making " Sam Rushworth MP (Bishop Auckland, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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3 Feb 2026, 5:32 p.m. - House of Commons " Sam Rushworth. >> Thank you. >> Madam Deputy Speaker. The last. >> Time that we had the debate on this issue, I took many " Sam Rushworth MP (Bishop Auckland, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Feb 2026, 4:57 p.m. - House of Commons " Sam Rushworth thank. " Sam Rushworth MP (Bishop Auckland, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill
282 speeches (45,598 words) 2nd reading Tuesday 3rd February 2026 - Commons Chamber Department for Work and Pensions Mentions: 1: Luke Evans (Con - Hinckley and Bosworth) Member for Bishop Auckland (Sam Rushworth) will pay for this, as will the publican who goes out to work - Link to Speech 2: Stephen Timms (Lab - East Ham) South Derbyshire (Samantha Niblett), for Nottingham East (Nadia Whittome), for Bishop Auckland (Sam Rushworth - Link to Speech |
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International Day of Education
35 speeches (11,229 words) Thursday 22nd January 2026 - Westminster Hall Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Mentions: 1: Caroline Voaden (LD - South Devon) Member for Bishop Auckland (Sam Rushworth) shows how education can transform not only lives, but communities - Link to Speech 2: Bambos Charalambous (Lab - Southgate and Wood Green) Friend the Member for Bishop Auckland (Sam Rushworth), who talked about the young man who lived at a - Link to Speech |
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County Durham: Cultural Opportunities
20 speeches (3,679 words) Tuesday 20th January 2026 - Westminster Hall Mentions: 1: Nicholas Dakin (Lab - Scunthorpe) Friend the Member for Bishop Auckland (Sam Rushworth) knows well his area’s cultural might—from the Faith - Link to Speech |
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New Towns
67 speeches (24,417 words) Thursday 15th January 2026 - Commons Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Nusrat Ghani (Con - Sussex Weald) I call Sam Rushworth. - Link to Speech 2: Gideon Amos (LD - Taunton and Wellington) Member for Bishop Auckland (Sam Rushworth) pointed out—that is good for the planet, as is good public - Link to Speech |
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Tuesday 27th January 2026 2 p.m. International Development Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Future of UK aid and development assistance At 2:00pm: Oral evidence Sapphire Alexander - Founder at Caribbean Feminist (Trinidad and Tobago) Chido Govera - Founder at Future of Hope Foundation (Zimbabwe) Finian Ali - Youth Coordinator at Scaling Up Nutrition Network (Nigeria) At 3:00pm: Oral evidence Bel Trew - Chief International Correspondent at The Independent Luke Tryl - Executive Director, UK at More in Common Jennifer Hudson - Director at Development Engagement Lab View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 10th February 2026 1:30 p.m. International Development Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The UK and Jamaica: Preparing for and Responding to Climate Crises At 2:00pm: Oral evidence Dr Andrew Brown - Chief Executive at Croydon BME Forum Dr Theresa Rodriguez-Moodie - Chief Executive Officer at Jamaica Environment Trust Ms UnaMay Gordon - Senior Associate at International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), and Former Principal Director, Climate Change at Government of Jamaica At 3:00pm: Oral evidence Chris Elmore MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Multilateral, Human Rights, Latin America and the Caribbean at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Ms Alicia Herbert OBE - British High Commissioner to Jamaica at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Tim Hemmings - Special Envoy for Small Island Developing States at Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 24th February 2026 1:30 p.m. International Development Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The situation in Sudan At 2:00pm: Oral evidence Dave Philips - Deputy Director of International Projects at Samaritan’s Purse At 2:45pm: Oral evidence Kholood Khair - Founder at Confluence Advisory Rosalind Marsden - Former Diplomat Alex de Waal - Executive Director at World Peace Foundation View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 3rd March 2026 1:30 p.m. International Development Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The UK’s International Climate Finance At 2:00pm: Oral evidence Elizabeth Wathuti - Founder and Executive Director at Green Generation Initiative Zahid Shashoto - Head of Programme at Uttaran Dishon Murage - Technical Advisor at Oceans Alive Foundation At 3:00pm: Oral evidence Professor Avinash Persaud - Special Advisor on Climate Change at Inter-American Development Bank Ms May Thazin Aung - Senior researcher at International Institute for Environmental Development View calendar - Add to calendar |