Dr Rupa Huq, MP for Ealing Central and Acton
Rupa Huq has been an MP since 2015. Currently: Speaker's Conference (2024); Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee; Panel of Chairs.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Home Office) (Crime and Prevention) (Home Office) | 2016 to 2017 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Speaker's Conference (2024) | 2024 to now | Now |
| Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee | 2024 to now | Now |
| Panel of Chairs | 2024 to now | Now |
| Panel of Chairs | 2023 to 2024 | |
| Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill | 2023 | |
| Public Order Bill | 2022 | |
| Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee | 2022 to 2024 | |
| Culture, Media and Sport Sub-committee on Online Harms and Disinformation | 2022 to 2024 |
Show the other 5
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Panel of Chairs | 2020 to 2022 | |
| Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union | 2020 to 2021 | |
| Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Justice Committee | 2015 to 2016 | |
| Regulatory Reform | 2015 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.
Rupa Huq has 4 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 01 September 2026 - £420.00 | 11 Sep 2026 |
| Employment and earnings | Article written for The Telegraph - Telegraph Media Group | 9 Sep 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | LTA Operations Ltd - £600.00 | 29 Jul 2026 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Qatar between 05 December 2025 and 09 December 2025 | 19 Dec 2025 |
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.
Rupa Huq asked 31 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.
46 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
Rupa Huq represents Ealing Central and Acton. 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
Rupa Huq won with 47% of the votes, and James Windsor-Clive (Conservative) came second with 17%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rupa Huq | Labour | 22,340 | 46.8% |
| James Windsor-Clive | Conservative | 8,345 | 17.5% |
| Alastair Mitton | Liberal Democrat | 6,056 | 12.7% |
| Kate Crossland | Green Party | 5,444 | 11.4% |
| Felix Orrell | Reform UK | 3,105 | 6.5% |
| Nada Jarche | Workers Party of Britain | 1,766 | 3.7% |
| Stephen Balogh | Social Democratic Party | 410 | 0.9% |
| Julie Carter | Independent | 303 | 0.6% |
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 Rupa Huq took part in 214 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Rupa Huq voted the same way as their party in 212 of the 212 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