David Burton-Sampson, MP for Southend West and Leigh
David Burton-Sampson has been an MP since 2024.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Mental Health Bill [HL] | 2025 | |
| Crime and Policing Bill | 2025 | |
| Women and Equalities Committee | 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.
David Burton-Sampson has 3 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | UK Finance - £474.00 | 24 Nov 2025 |
| Shareholdings | Shares in DBS Rainbow Consultancy Ltd | 11 Jul 2024 |
| Shareholdings | Shares in DBS Financial Solutions Ltd | 11 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.
David Burton-Sampson asked 4 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.
112 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
David Burton-Sampson represents Southend West and Leigh. 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
David Burton-Sampson won with 36% of the votes, and Anna Firth (Conservative) came second with 31%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Burton-Sampson | Labour | 16,739 | 35.6% |
| Anna Firth | Conservative | 14,790 | 31.5% |
| Peter Little | Reform UK | 8,273 | 17.6% |
| Tilly Hogrebe | Green Party | 3,262 | 6.9% |
| Stephen Cummins | Liberal Democrat | 3,174 | 6.8% |
| James Miller | Confelicity | 262 | 0.6% |
| Tom Darwood | Independent | 172 | 0.4% |
| Jason Pilley | Psychedelic Movement | 99 | 0.2% |
| Lara Hurley | Heritage Party | 99 | 0.2% |
| Robert Francis | Independent | 98 | 0.2% |
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 David Burton-Sampson took part in 233 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
David Burton-Sampson voted the same way as their party in 231 of the 231 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 |
| 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% |
| 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