Mary Creagh, MP for Coventry East
Mary Creagh has been an MP since 2005.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) | 2024 to 2026 | |
| Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2009 to 2010 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for International Development (Department for International Development) | 2014 to 2015 | |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Transport (Department for Transport) | 2013 to 2014 | |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) | 2010 to 2013 | |
| Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2010 | |
| Shadow Minister (Health) (Department of Health) | 2010 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Liaison Committee Sub-committee on the effectiveness and influence of the select committee system | 2019 | |
| National Policy Statements Sub-Committee 2017-19 | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Environmental Audit Committee | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Environmental Audit Committee | 2016 to 2017 | |
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 2016 to 2017 | |
| Environmental Audit Committee | 2015 to 2017 | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber Regional Select Committee | 2009 |
Show the other 2
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Finance and Services Committee | 2007 to 2010 | |
| Human Rights (Joint Committee) | 2005 to 2007 |
Countries of interest
Political Interests
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Mary Creagh has 2 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Coventry City Football Club Ltd - £500.00 | 19 Jan 2026 |
| Shareholdings | Shares in Westwood Strategies Limited | 31 Jul 2024 |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Mary Creagh has not asked any written questions in the last 12 months. Government ministers cannot ask them, so this can simply reflect an MP’s role.
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
79 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Mary Creagh represents Coventry East. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Labour
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Mary Creagh won with 49% of the votes, and Iddrisu Sufyan (Reform UK) came second with 18%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Creagh | Labour | 18,308 | 49.5% |
| Iddrisu Sufyan | Reform UK | 6,685 | 18.1% |
| Sarah Lesadd | Conservative | 6,240 | 16.9% |
| Stephen Gray | Green Party | 2,730 | 7.4% |
| Mike Massimi | Liberal Democrat | 1,227 | 3.3% |
| Paul Bedson | Workers Party of Britain | 1,027 | 2.8% |
| Dave Nellist | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 797 | 2.2% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Mary Creagh took part in 155 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Mary Creagh voted the same way as their party in 153 of the 153 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | Against | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | Against | Free vote |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 99% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this