Marsha De Cordova, MP for Battersea
Marsha De Cordova has been an MP since 2017. Currently: Ecclesiastical 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 Women and Equalities (Government Equalities Office) | 2020 to 2021 | |
| Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) (Disabled People) (Department for Work and Pensions) | 2017 to 2020 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Ecclesiastical Committee | 2024 to now | Now |
| School Attendance (Duties of Local Authorities and Proprietors of Schools) Bill | 2024 | |
| Work and Pensions Committee | 2023 to 2024 | |
| Draft Mental Health Bill (Joint Committee) | 2022 to 2024 | |
| Petitions Committee | 2022 to 2024 | |
| Work and Pensions Committee | 2017 |
Other posts
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Second Church Estates Commissioner | 2024 to now | Now |
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.
Marsha De Cordova has 3 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Kenya between 02 June 2026 and 07 June 2026 | 13 Jul 2026 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Qatar between 05 December 2025 and 08 December 2025 | 30 Dec 2025 |
| Employment and earnings | Being a member of a grants application panel | – |
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.
Marsha De Cordova asked 106 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.
33 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
Marsha De Cordova represents Battersea. 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
Marsha De Cordova won with 49% of the votes, and Tom Pridham (Conservative) came second with 23%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marsha De Cordova | Labour | 22,983 | 48.8% |
| Tom Pridham | Conservative | 10,944 | 23.2% |
| Francis Chubb | Liberal Democrat | 4,826 | 10.3% |
| Joe Taylor | Green Party | 4,239 | 9.0% |
| Barry Edwards | Reform UK | 2,825 | 6.0% |
| Daniel Smith | Workers Party of Britain | 499 | 1.1% |
| Georgina Burford-Connole | Rejoin EU | 401 | 0.9% |
| Jake Thomas | Independent | 216 | 0.5% |
| Ed Dampier | Social Democratic Party | 149 | 0.3% |
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 Marsha De Cordova took part in 91 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Marsha De Cordova voted the same way as their party in 89 of the 89 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 |
| 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