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Sarah Russell

Labour - Congleton

3,387 (6.8%) majority - 2024 General Election

First elected: 4th July 2024


Sarah Russell is not a member of any APPGs
Sarah Russell has no previous appointments


Division Voting information

During the current Parliament, Sarah Russell has voted in 20 divisions, and never against the majority of their Party.
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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
Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op))
(3 debate interactions)
Lucy Powell (Labour (Co-op))
Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
(2 debate interactions)
Chris Bryant (Labour)
Minister of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
(2 debate interactions)
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Department Debates
Department for Business and Trade
(4 debate contributions)
Cabinet Office
(2 debate contributions)
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Legislation Debates
Employment Rights Bill 2024-26
(466 words contributed)
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Latest EDMs signed by Sarah Russell

11th September 2024
Sarah Russell signed this EDM as a sponsor on Thursday 12th September 2024

Pension credit threshold

Tabled by: Mike Amesbury (Independent - Runcorn and Helsby)
That this House notes that the current threshold of pension support to open the gate way of winter fuel allowance is too low; further notes the need to change the cliff-edge nature of the pension credit threshold; and calls upon the Government to capture the gateway support for those citizens …
35 signatures
(Most recent: 30 Oct 2024)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 23
Independent: 7
Green Party: 3
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
Liberal Democrat: 1
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Commons initiatives

These initiatives were driven by Sarah Russell, 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 Russell has not been granted any Urgent Questions

Sarah Russell has not been granted any Adjournment Debates

Sarah Russell has not introduced any legislation before Parliament

Sarah Russell has not co-sponsored any Bills in the current parliamentary sitting


Latest 1 Written Question

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Written Questions can be tabled by MPs and Lords to request specific information information on the work, policy and activities of a Government Department
14th Oct 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Universal Credit minimum income threshold on trends in the level of childminder (a) recruitment and (b) retention, in the context of recent changes to free childcare allowances.

There is no plan to assess the potential impact of the Minimum Income Floor specifically for self-employed childminders on Universal Credit.

The department does not systematically collect data about the sector self-employed customers work in. Universal Credit treats all forms and sectors of self-employment in the same way, focusing on the level of the customer’s earnings rather than the sector. There is no link between the sector that a customer works in and the level of their Minimum Income Floor.

Stephen Timms
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)