Rushanara Ali, MP for Bethnal Green and Stepney
Rushanara Ali has been an MP since 2010. Currently: Work and Pensions Committee.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government) (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government) | 2024 to 2025 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Investment and Small Business) (Department for Business and Trade) | 2023 to 2024 | |
| Shadow Minister (Education) (Department for Education) | 2013 to 2014 | |
| Shadow Minister (International Development) (Department for International Development) | 2010 to 2013 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Work and Pensions Committee | 2025 to now | Now |
| Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) Bill | 2025 | |
| Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission | 2024 to 2025 | |
| Treasury Sub-Committee on Financial Services Regulations | 2022 to 2023 | |
| Cultural Objects (Protection From Seizure) Bill | 2021 | |
| Panel of Chairs | 2020 to 2023 | |
| Treasury Committee | 2020 to 2023 | |
| Treasury Sub-Committee | 2017 to 2019 |
Show the other 4
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Treasury Committee | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee | 2016 to 2017 | |
| Energy and Climate Change Committee | 2015 to 2016 | |
| Treasury Committee | 2014 to 2015 |
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.
Rushanara Ali has 5 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Qatar between 05 December 2025 and 08 December 2025 | 18 Dec 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | A Governor (and a Member of the Council of Management until 27/09/24) of The Ditchley Foundation, an organisation that helps sustain peace, freedom and the rule of law; and works towards the renewal of democratic societies, states and alliances. This is an unpaid role. | 6 Jul 2022 |
| Land and property (within or outside the UK) | Residential in London | 29 Apr 2021 |
| Miscellaneous | A Trustee of the Sisters Trust, a registered charity that makes donations to organisations committed to challenging racial and sexual inequality. This is an unpaid role. | 18 Jun 2020 |
| Land and property (within or outside the UK) | Residential in London | 16 Sep 2014 |
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.
Rushanara Ali asked 12 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
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.
36 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
Rushanara Ali represents Bethnal Green and Stepney. 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
Rushanara Ali won with 34% of the votes, and Ajmal Masroor (Independent) came second with 30%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rushanara Ali | Labour | 15,896 | 34.1% |
| Ajmal Masroor | Independent | 14,207 | 30.5% |
| Phoebe Gill | Green Party | 6,391 | 13.7% |
| Rabina Khan | Liberal Democrat | 4,777 | 10.2% |
| Peter Sceats | Reform UK | 1,964 | 4.2% |
| Oscar Reaney | Conservative | 1,920 | 4.1% |
| Vanessa Hudson | Animal Welfare Party | 348 | 0.7% |
| Sham Uddin | Independent | 325 | 0.7% |
| Md Somon Ahmed | Independent | 315 | 0.7% |
| Reggie Adams | Independent | 271 | 0.6% |
| Jon Mabbutt | Social Democratic Party | 233 | 0.5% |
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 Rushanara Ali took part in 247 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Rushanara Ali voted the same way as their party in 245 of the 245 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 |
| 10 Sep | Social housing: an attempt to block it | Against | Same as party |
| 7 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 7 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: the final vote | For | 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% |
| 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