Sarah Pochin
Reform UK - Runcorn and Helsby
6 (0.0%) majority - 01-May-2025 By-electionFirst elected: 1st May 2025
Division Voting information
Sarah Pochin voted No - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 2 Reform UK No votes vs 3 Reform UK Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 243 Noes - 279
Sarah Pochin voted No - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 2 Reform UK No votes vs 3 Reform UK Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 230 Noes - 256
Sarah Pochin voted No - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 2 Reform UK No votes vs 3 Reform UK Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 233 Noes - 254
Sarah Pochin voted Aye - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 2 Reform UK Aye votes vs 3 Reform UK No votes
Tally: Ayes - 314 Noes - 291
Sarah Pochin voted Aye - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 2 Reform UK Aye votes vs 3 Reform UK No votes
Tally: Ayes - 274 Noes - 224
Sarah Pochin voted Aye - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 2 Reform UK Aye votes vs 3 Reform UK No votes
Tally: Ayes - 275 Noes - 209
Sarah Pochin voted No - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 2 Reform UK No votes vs 3 Reform UK Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 223 Noes - 269
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.
Department Debates
(3 debate contributions)
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(1 debate contributions)
(1 debate contributions)
Legislation Debates
(1,105 words contributed)
(72 words contributed)
Runcorn and Helsby 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 97,299 signatures (0.23%)
of 137,841 signatures (0.22%)
of 392,268 signatures (0.20%)
of 248,250 signatures (0.20%)
of 167,514 signatures (0.20%)
of 392,268 signatures (0.20%)
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of 137,841 signatures (0.22%)
of 97,299 signatures (0.23%)
Latest EDMs signed by Sarah Pochin
Mauritius Treaty (No. 2)
Tabled by: Jim Allister (Traditional Unionist Voice - North Antrim)That this House believes the Mauritius Treaty should not pass because completing the decolonisation of Mauritius cannot be achieved without reference to the people of the Chagos islands (See: UN 742 VII, 1953) who have not been afforded a voice in the treaty negotiations; observes that the Mauritian government cannot …
(Most recent: 9 Jun 2025)
Signatures by party:
Democratic Unionist Party: 3
Traditional Unionist Voice: 1
Reform UK: 1
Independent: 1
Ulster Unionist Party: 1
Labour: 1
Conservative: 1
Mauritius Treaty
Tabled by: Kemi Badenoch (Conservative - North West Essex)That the Agreement, done at London and Port Louis on 22 May 2025, between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Republic of Mauritius concerning the Chagos Archipelago including Diego Garcia, should not be ratified.
(Most recent: 17 Jun 2025)
Signatures by party:
Conservative: 82
Reform UK: 5
Democratic Unionist Party: 3
Independent: 2
Traditional Unionist Voice: 1
Ulster Unionist Party: 1
Labour: 1
Commons initiatives
These initiatives were driven by Sarah Pochin, 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.
Sarah Pochin has not been granted any Urgent Questions
Sarah Pochin has not been granted any Adjournment Debates
Sarah Pochin has not introduced any legislation before Parliament
Sarah Pochin has not co-sponsored any Bills in the current parliamentary sitting
Latest 16 Written Questions
(View all written questions)When an individual claims asylum, the Home Office conducts mandatory identity, criminality and security checks. Biographic and biometric data are routinely checked against relevant Home Office systems and police criminality databases including domestic and international data.
Minister of State (Home Office)
When an individual claims asylum, the Home Office conducts mandatory identity, criminality and security checks. Biographic and biometric data are routinely checked against relevant Home Office systems and police criminality databases including domestic and international data.
Minister of State (Home Office)
When an individual claims asylum, the Home Office conducts mandatory identity, criminality and security checks. Biographic and biometric data are routinely checked against relevant Home Office systems and police criminality databases including domestic and international data.
Minister of State (Home Office)
Details of sickness absence and staff turnover are routinely published by the Home Office in the department’s annual report and accounts, but are not broken down by the individual tasks to which members of staff have been assigned over the previous year.
The training schedule for asylum decision-makers was revised in 2023, with the initial training period reduced from nine weeks to around three weeks, with further specialist training provided as the decision-maker progresses. As a general rule, asylum decision-makers will complete their initial training period prior to taking on casework.
Minister of State (Home Office)
Details of sickness absence and staff turnover are routinely published by the Home Office in the department’s annual report and accounts, but are not broken down by the individual tasks to which members of staff have been assigned over the previous year.
The training schedule for asylum decision-makers was revised in 2023, with the initial training period reduced from nine weeks to around three weeks, with further specialist training provided as the decision-maker progresses. As a general rule, asylum decision-makers will complete their initial training period prior to taking on casework.
Minister of State (Home Office)
Details of sickness absence and staff turnover are routinely published by the Home Office in the department’s annual report and accounts, but are not broken down by the individual tasks to which members of staff have been assigned over the previous year.
The training schedule for asylum decision-makers was revised in 2023, with the initial training period reduced from nine weeks to around three weeks, with further specialist training provided as the decision-maker progresses. As a general rule, asylum decision-makers will complete their initial training period prior to taking on casework.
Minister of State (Home Office)
I welcome the Hon Member to her new role, and I wish her well representing the great people of Runcorn and Helsby.
The Cabinet Office’s Guide to Parliamentary Work states that: “There is an advisory cost limit known as the disproportionate cost threshold which is the level above which departments can decide not to answer a written question. The current disproportionate cost threshold is £850.”
I regret that the information she has requested is not currently available from published statistics, and would require a manual trawl of case files to identify and collate, something that could only be done at disproportionate cost.
Minister of State (Home Office)
I welcome the Hon Member to her new role, and I wish her well representing the great people of Runcorn and Helsby.
The Cabinet Office’s Guide to Parliamentary Work states that: “There is an advisory cost limit known as the disproportionate cost threshold which is the level above which departments can decide not to answer a written question. The current disproportionate cost threshold is £850.”
I regret that the information she has requested is not currently available from published statistics, and would require a manual trawl of case files to identify and collate, something that could only be done at disproportionate cost.
Minister of State (Home Office)
I welcome the Hon Member to her new role, and I wish her well representing the great people of Runcorn and Helsby.
The Cabinet Office’s Guide to Parliamentary Work states that: “There is an advisory cost limit known as the disproportionate cost threshold which is the level above which departments can decide not to answer a written question. The current disproportionate cost threshold is £850.”
I regret that the information she has requested is not currently available from published statistics, and would require a manual trawl of case files to identify and collate, something that could only be done at disproportionate cost.
Minister of State (Home Office)
I welcome the Hon Member to her new role, and I wish her well representing the great people of Runcorn and Helsby.
The Cabinet Office’s Guide to Parliamentary Work states that: “There is an advisory cost limit known as the disproportionate cost threshold which is the level above which departments can decide not to answer a written question. The current disproportionate cost threshold is £850.”
I regret that the information she has requested is not currently available from published statistics, and would require a manual trawl of case files to identify and collate, something that could only be done at disproportionate cost.
Minister of State (Home Office)
I welcome the Hon Member to her new role, and I wish her well representing the great people of Runcorn and Helsby.
The Cabinet Office’s Guide to Parliamentary Work states that: “There is an advisory cost limit known as the disproportionate cost threshold which is the level above which departments can decide not to answer a written question. The current disproportionate cost threshold is £850.”
I regret that the information she has requested is not currently available from published statistics, and would require a manual trawl of case files to identify and collate, something that could only be done at disproportionate cost.
Minister of State (Home Office)
I welcome the Hon Member to her new role, and I wish her well representing the great people of Runcorn and Helsby.
The Cabinet Office’s Guide to Parliamentary Work states that: “There is an advisory cost limit known as the disproportionate cost threshold which is the level above which departments can decide not to answer a written question. The current disproportionate cost threshold is £850.”
I regret that the information she has requested is not currently available from published statistics, and would require a manual trawl of case files to identify and collate, something that could only be done at disproportionate cost.
Minister of State (Home Office)
I welcome the Hon Member to her new role, and I wish her well representing the great people of Runcorn and Helsby.
The Cabinet Office’s Guide to Parliamentary Work states that: “There is an advisory cost limit known as the disproportionate cost threshold which is the level above which departments can decide not to answer a written question. The current disproportionate cost threshold is £850.”
I regret that the information she has requested is not currently available from published statistics, and would require a manual trawl of case files to identify and collate, something that could only be done at disproportionate cost.
Minister of State (Home Office)
The requested data is not available at constituency level, but data on the number of supported asylum seekers in accommodation, including hotels, broken down by local authority, is routinely published within the Asy_D11 tab of our regular immigration system statistical release, the latest version of which can be found here: Immigration system statistics data tables - GOV.UK.
Minister of State (Home Office)
The Cabinet Office's Guide to Parliamentary Work states that: "There is an advisory cost limit known as the disproportionate cost threshold which is the level above which departments can decide not to answer a written question. The current disproportionate cost threshold is £850."
I regret that the information she has requested is not currently available from published statistics, and would require a manual trawl of case files to identify and collate, something that could only be done at disproportionate cost.
Minister of State (Home Office)