Debbie Abrahams, MP for Oldham East and Saddleworth
Debbie Abrahams has been an MP since 2011. Currently: Liaison Committee (Commons); Work and Pensions Committee.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Department for Work and Pensions) | 2016 to 2018 | |
| Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) (Department for Work and Pensions) | 2015 to 2016 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 2024 to now | Now |
| Work and Pensions Committee | 2024 to now | Now |
| Finance Bill | 2024 | |
| Energy Bill [HL] | 2023 | |
| Ballot Secrecy Bill [HL] | 2023 | |
| Child Support (Enforcement) Bill | 2023 | |
| Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [HL] | 2022 | |
| Draft Online Safety Bill (Joint Committee) | 2021 to 2024 |
Show the other 3
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Work and Pensions Committee | 2020 to 2024 | |
| Work and Pensions Committee | 2015 | |
| Work and Pensions Committee | 2011 to 2015 |
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.
No interests are currently registered for Debbie Abrahams.
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.
Debbie Abrahams asked 15 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.
60 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
Debbie Abrahams represents Oldham East and Saddleworth. 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
Debbie Abrahams won with 35% of the votes, and Jacob Barden (Reform UK) came second with 19%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debbie Abrahams | Labour | 14,091 | 35.2% |
| Jacob Barden | Reform UK | 7,734 | 19.3% |
| Tom Fish | Conservative | 6,838 | 17.1% |
| Shanaz Saddique | Workers Party of Britain | 4,647 | 11.6% |
| Sam Al-Hamdani | Liberal Democrat | 3,386 | 8.5% |
| Fesl Reza Khan | Green Party | 1,490 | 3.7% |
| Paul Errock | Independent | 1,362 | 3.4% |
| Nick Buckley | Independent | 517 | 1.3% |
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 Debbie Abrahams took part in 187 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Debbie Abrahams voted the same way as their party in 187 of the 187 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: 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% |
| 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