Rt Hon Anneliese Dodds, MP for Oxford East
Anneliese Dodds has been an MP since 2017.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities) (Department for Education) | 2024 to 2025 | |
| Minister of State (Development) (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) | 2024 to 2025 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities (Government Equalities Office) | 2021 to 2024 | |
| Chair of Labour Policy Review (HM Official Opposition) | 2021 to 2024 | |
| Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (HM Treasury) | 2020 to 2021 | |
| Shadow Minister (Treasury) (HM Treasury) | 2017 to 2020 |
Other posts
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Party Chair, Labour Party | 2021 to 2024 |
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.
Anneliese Dodds has 9 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Employment and earnings | Speaking engagement - The Oxford Study Abroad Programme (OSAP) | 17 Jul 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 19 July 2026 - £1,165.00 | 17 Jul 2026 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Chad between 24 May 2026 and 30 May 2026 | 23 Jun 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 31 March 2026 - £562.77 | 29 Apr 2026 |
| Land and property (within or outside the UK) | Property in La Manche | 16 Mar 2026 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Brazil between 11 November 2025 and 17 November 2025 | 1 Dec 2025 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Germany between 14 October 2025 and 16 October 2025 | 16 Oct 2025 |
| Employment and earnings | Royalties with Authors Licensing and Collecting Society - Authors Licensing and Collecting Society | – |
| Employment and earnings | Royalties on a textbook | – |
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.
Anneliese Dodds asked 308 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.
53 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
Anneliese Dodds represents Oxford East. 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
Anneliese Dodds won with 50% of the votes, and Sushila Dhall (Green Party) came second with 13%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anneliese Dodds | Labour | 19,541 | 49.7% |
| Sushila Dhall | Green Party | 5,076 | 12.9% |
| Louise Brown | Conservative | 4,739 | 12.0% |
| Theodore Jupp | Liberal Democrat | 3,437 | 8.7% |
| David Henwood | Independent Oxford Alliance | 2,381 | 6.1% |
| Amir Ali | Independent | 1,761 | 4.5% |
| Zaid Marham | Workers Party of Britain | 615 | 1.6% |
| Jabu Nala-Hartley | Independent | 600 | 1.5% |
| Andrew Smith | Rejoin EU | 425 | 1.1% |
| Katherine Longthorp | Party of Women | 337 | 0.9% |
| Benjamin Adams | Social Democratic Party | 232 | 0.6% |
| Brandon French | Workers Revolutionary Party | 197 | 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 Anneliese Dodds took part in 209 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Anneliese Dodds voted the same way as their party in 207 of the 207 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 |
| 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 |
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