Adam Thompson, MP for Erewash
Adam Thompson has been an MP since 2024. Currently: Immigration and Asylum Bill; Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Immigration and Asylum Bill | 2026 to now | Now |
| Finance (No. 2) Bill | 2026 | |
| Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill | 2025 | |
| Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill | 2025 to now | Now |
| Victims and Courts Bill | 2025 | |
| Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL] | 2025 | |
| Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill | 2024 | |
| Science and Technology Committee (Commons) | 2024 to 2026 |
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.
Adam Thompson has 4 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Miscellaneous | Honorary Associate Professorship based within the Department of Foundation Engineering and Physical Sciences, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham. This is an unpaid role. | 1 Aug 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | Trustee of the Derby and Sandiacre Canal Trust | 20 Dec 2024 |
| Miscellaneous | Board member of Long Eaton Town Deal Board. This is an unpaid role. | 18 Jul 2024 |
| Miscellaneous | Unpaid Director of Erewash Partnership. | 18 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.
Adam Thompson 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.
101 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
Adam Thompson represents Erewash. 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
Adam Thompson won with 40% of the votes, and Maggie Throup (Conservative) came second with 26%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Thompson | Labour | 17,224 | 40.1% |
| Maggie Throup | Conservative | 11,365 | 26.4% |
| Liam Booth-Isherwood | Reform UK | 9,162 | 21.3% |
| Brent Poland | Green Party | 2,478 | 5.8% |
| James Archer | Liberal Democrat | 2,426 | 5.6% |
| John Kirby | Independent | 351 | 0.8% |
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 Adam Thompson took part in 250 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Adam Thompson voted the same way as their party in 250 of the 250 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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