Dr Sam Rushworth, MP for Bishop Auckland
Sam Rushworth has been an MP since 2024. Currently: International Development Committee.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Representation of the People Bill | 2026 | |
| Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill [HL] | 2024 | |
| International Development Committee | 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.
Sam Rushworth has 4 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | The Coalition for Global Prosperity (CGP) - £4,200.00 | 21 Apr 2026 |
| Shareholdings | Shares in African Dreams Ltd | 1 Aug 2024 |
| Shareholdings | Shares in Our World Research and Consultancy Ltd | 1 Aug 2024 |
| Miscellaneous | Trustee of Bishop Auckland Community Partnership (Four Clocks Centre). This is an unpaid role. | 30 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.
Sam Rushworth asked 14 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.
100 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
Sam Rushworth represents Bishop Auckland. 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
Sam Rushworth won with 42% of the votes, and Jane MacBean (Conservative) came second with 26%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Rushworth | Labour | 17,036 | 42.1% |
| Jane MacBean | Conservative | 10,364 | 25.6% |
| Rhys Burriss | Reform UK | 9,466 | 23.4% |
| Sarah Hannan | Green Party | 1,857 | 4.6% |
| Helen Cross | Liberal Democrat | 1,373 | 3.4% |
| Rachel Maughan | Transform Party | 331 | 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 Sam Rushworth took part in 186 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Sam Rushworth voted the same way as their party in 184 of the 184 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 |
| 7 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 7 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: the final 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