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Ms Marie Rimmer, MP for St Helens South and Whiston

Marie Rimmer has been an MP since 2015.

Roles and committees

Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.

In opposition

PostWhen
Opposition Whip (Commons) (Whips Office (Commons))2020 to 2021
Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) (Disabled People) (Department for Work and Pensions)2017

Committees

PostWhen
Local Government (Pay Accountability) Bill2024
Public Accounts Committee2024
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill2024
Powers of Attorney Bill2023
British Sign Language Bill2022
Building Safety Bill2021
Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Bill2021
Justice Committee2020
Show the other 2
PostWhen
Justice Committee2018 to 2019
Justice Committee2015 to 2017

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 Marie Rimmer.

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.

Marie Rimmer asked 17 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Ministry of Justice8
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office4
Department for Transport3
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology1
Home Office1

Latest questions

15 Sep 2026 · to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Not answered yet
15 Jun 2026 · to the Department for Transport
Answered 23 Jun 2026
15 Jun 2026 · to the Department for Transport
Answered 23 Jun 2026
15 Jun 2026 · to the Department for Transport
Answered 23 Jun 2026
4 Mar 2026 · to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Answered 13 Mar 2026

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.

PAID IN 2025-26
£28,297
Office costs · claims for running an office£10,784
Staffing · claims relating to staff£2,000
Accommodation · claims for somewhere to stay£15,513

87 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.

Costs depend on many things, such as where an MP’s area is, what premises and staff they need, and whether they joined or left part-way through the year. This page does not say whether any amount is right or wrong. It covers the claims in IPSA’s individual business costs file, so it is not the full cost of an MP’s office.

Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data

Election result and area

Marie Rimmer represents St Helens South and Whiston. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Marie Rimmer

Labour

MAJORITY
11,945

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
53%

of people who could vote did

Marie Rimmer won with 50% of the votes, and Raymond Peters (Reform UK) came second with 18%.

Votes for each party

Labour50% · 18,919
Reform UK18% · 6,974
Independent11% · 4,244
Conservative8% · 3,057
Green Party7% · 2,642
Liberal Democrat6% · 2,199
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Marie RimmerLabour18,91949.7%
Raymond PetersReform UK6,97418.3%
James TaskerIndependent4,24411.2%
Emma EllisonConservative3,0578.0%
Terence PriceGreen Party2,6426.9%
Brian SpencerLiberal Democrat2,1995.8%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£767 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
4.1%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

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How they vote

In the last 12 months Marie Rimmer took part in 159 Commons votes.

More detail on how they vote

Marie Rimmer voted the same way as their party in 155 of the 157 votes where parties gave instructions (99%), and went the other way in 2.

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

DateVoteThey votedCompared with party
11 SepEnd of life for terminally ill adults: the first main voteAgainstFree vote
11 SepA vote to end a debateAgainstFree vote
10 SepSocial housing: an attempt to block itAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party

See every vote on Parliament’s site

Times they voted against their party (2)

Has this changed over time?

80%90%100%Oct 25Sep 26
This MPParty average
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MonthThis MPParty average
Oct 25100%100%
Nov 25100%100%
Dec 25100%100%
Jan 26100%100%
Feb 2680%100%
Mar 26100%100%
Jun 26100%100%
Jul 26100%99%
Sep 26100%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