Emma Foody, MP for Cramlington and Killingworth
Emma Foody has been an MP since 2024. Currently: Vice Chamberlain (HM Household) (Whip, House of Commons); Committee of Selection; Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Vice Chamberlain (HM Household) (Whip, House of Commons) (HM Household) | 2026 to now | Now |
| Assistant Whip (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2026 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Committee of Selection | 2026 to now | Now |
| Health Bill | 2026 | |
| Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill | 2025 | |
| Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill | 2025 to now | Now |
| Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Bill | 2025 | |
| Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill | 2025 |
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.
Emma Foody has 2 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Miscellaneous | Director -Bridget Phillipson Campaigns Ltd. This is an unpaid role. | 17 Sep 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | School Governor, Fordley Junior School, North Tyneside. This is an unpaid role. | 29 Jul 2024 |
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.
Emma Foody asked 11 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.
84 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
Emma Foody represents Cramlington and Killingworth. 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
Emma Foody won with 49% of the votes, and Gordon Fletcher (Reform UK) came second with 21%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emma Foody | Labour | 22,274 | 49.1% |
| Gordon Fletcher | Reform UK | 9,454 | 20.8% |
| Ian Levy | Conservative | 8,592 | 18.9% |
| Ian Jones | Green Party | 2,144 | 4.7% |
| Thom Campion | Liberal Democrat | 1,898 | 4.2% |
| Scott Lee | Independent | 573 | 1.3% |
| Dawn Furness | Independent | 322 | 0.7% |
| Mathew Wilkinson | Social Democratic Party | 137 | 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 Emma Foody took part in 206 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Emma Foody voted the same way as their party in 204 of the 204 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 | For | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | For | Free vote |
| 7 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 7 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 4 Sep | Motion to sit in private | Against | Same as party |
| 13 Jul | Immigration and asylum: the first main 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