Gill Furniss, MP for Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
Gill Furniss has been an MP since 2016. Currently: Committee on Standards; Committee of Privileges; 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 (Work and Pensions) (Department for Work and Pensions) | 2023 to 2024 | |
| Shadow Minister (Transport) (Department for Transport) | 2022 to 2023 | |
| Opposition Whip (Commons) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2020 to 2022 | |
| Shadow Minister (Equalities Office) (Women and Equalities) (Government Equalities Office) | 2020 | |
| Shadow Minister (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) (Steel, Postal Affairs and Consumer Protection) (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) | 2016 to 2020 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Committee on Standards | 2025 to now | Now |
| Committee of Privileges | 2025 to now | Now |
| Panel of Chairs | 2024 to now | Now |
| Procedure Committee | 2024 to now | Now |
| Administration Committee | 2024 to 2025 | |
| High Streets (Designation, Review and Improvement Plan) Bill | 2024 | |
| Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill | 2023 | |
| Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Bill | 2022 |
Show the other 5
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Disabled Persons) Bill | 2022 | |
| Charities Bill [HL] | 2022 | |
| Charities Bill [HL] Second Reading Committee | 2022 | |
| Elections Bill | 2021 | |
| Women and Equalities Committee | 2016 |
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.
Gill Furniss has 2 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Miscellaneous | Co-Chair of the British Irish Parliamentary Assembly. | 2 Sep 2025 |
| Family members employed | Emily Grace Ahmed employed | 3 Jun 2016 |
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.
Gill Furniss asked 42 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.
43 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
Gill Furniss represents Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough. 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
Gill Furniss won with 52% of the votes, and Christine Kubo (Green Party) came second with 15%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gill Furniss | Labour | 16,301 | 51.6% |
| Christine Kubo | Green Party | 4,701 | 14.9% |
| Aaron Jacob | Conservative | 4,069 | 12.9% |
| Maxine Bowler | Independent | 2,537 | 8.0% |
| Will Sapwell | Liberal Democrat | 1,694 | 5.4% |
| Mark Tyler | Workers Party of Britain | 1,437 | 4.5% |
| Jeremy Turner | Social Democratic Party | 873 | 2.8% |
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 Gill Furniss took part in 206 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Gill Furniss voted the same way as their party in 206 of the 206 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Sep | Social housing: an attempt to block it | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 7 Sep | Health: 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