Rt Hon David Lammy, MP for Tottenham
David Lammy has been an MP since 2000.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Deputy Prime Minister (Cabinet Office) | 2025 to 2026 | |
| Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Ministry of Justice) | 2025 to 2026 | |
| Foreign Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) | 2024 to 2025 | |
| Minister of State (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills) (Higher Education and Intellectual Property) (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills) | 2009 to 2010 | |
| Minister of State (Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills) (Higher Education & Intellectual Property) (Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills) | 2008 to 2009 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills) (Skills) (Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills) | 2007 to 2008 | |
| Minister of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) (Culture) (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) | 2005 to 2007 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Constitutional Affairs) (Department for Constitutional Affairs) | 2003 to 2005 |
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| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health) (Department of Health) | 2002 to 2003 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) | 2021 to 2024 | |
| Shadow Lord Chancellor and Shadow Secretary of State for Justice (Ministry of Justice) | 2020 to 2021 | |
| Shadow Minister (Higher Education and Intellectual Property) (HM Official Opposition) | 2010 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Ecclesiastical Committee | 2020 to 2024 | |
| European Scrutiny Committee | 2020 to 2022 | |
| Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Ecclesiastical Committee | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Ecclesiastical Committee | 2015 to 2017 | |
| Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art | 2015 to 2017 | |
| Draft Defamation Bill (Joint Committee) | 2011 | |
| Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art | 2010 to 2015 |
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| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Ecclesiastical Committee | 2010 to 2015 | |
| Public Administration Committee | 2001 | |
| Procedure Committee | 2001 |
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.
David Lammy has 7 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Hannah Clements - £5,000.00 | 4 Sep 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | David Buchler - £2,000.00 | 5 Aug 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Richard Greer - £5,000.00 | 4 Aug 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Tottenham Hotspur Limited - £1,598.00 | 8 Jun 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | The Football Association Premier League - £856.00 | 15 Apr 2026 |
| Miscellaneous | Barrister (non-practising). | – |
| Land and property (within or outside the UK) | Residential in Tottenham | – |
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.
David Lammy 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.
27 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
David Lammy represents Tottenham. 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
David Lammy won with 57% of the votes, and David Craig (Green Party) came second with 19%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Lammy | Labour | 23,066 | 57.5% |
| David Craig | Green Party | 7,632 | 19.0% |
| Nandita Lal | Independent | 2,348 | 5.8% |
| Attic Rahman | Conservative | 2,320 | 5.8% |
| Hari Prabu | Liberal Democrat | 1,928 | 4.8% |
| Roger Gravett | Reform UK | 1,602 | 4.0% |
| Jennifer Obaseki | Workers Party of Britain | 659 | 1.6% |
| Andrew Miles | Rejoin EU | 306 | 0.8% |
| Amelia Allao | Christian Peoples Alliance | 224 | 0.6% |
| Pamela Holmes | Communist League Election Campaign | 63 | 0.2% |
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 David Lammy took part in 69 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
David Lammy voted the same way as their party in 67 of the 67 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 |
| 14 Jul | Accountability of public officials: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 14 Jul | Accountability of public officials: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 14 Jul | Accountability of public officials: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 2 Jun | Armed forces rules: 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% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 99% |
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