Markus Campbell-Savours, MP for Penrith and Solway
Markus Campbell-Savours has been an MP since 2024. Currently: Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee; Modernisation Committee.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL] | 2025 | |
| Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee | 2024 to now | Now |
| Modernisation 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.
Markus Campbell-Savours has 3 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Brunei between 24 May 2026 and 29 May 2026 | 22 Jun 2026 |
| Miscellaneous | Shareholdings in GB Bank Limited which fall below the registrable thresholds in Category 7. | 6 Nov 2024 |
| Miscellaneous | Directorship of a company not trading - Sole director of MCS Electrical Project Ltd. This is an unpaid role. | 5 Aug 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.
Markus Campbell-Savours asked 41 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.
65 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
Markus Campbell-Savours represents Penrith and Solway. 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
Markus Campbell-Savours won with 41% of the votes, and Mark Jenkinson (Conservative) came second with 30%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Markus Campbell-Savours | Labour | 19,986 | 40.6% |
| Mark Jenkinson | Conservative | 14,729 | 29.9% |
| Matthew Moody | Reform UK | 7,624 | 15.5% |
| Julia Aglionby | Liberal Democrat | 4,742 | 9.6% |
| Susan Denham-Smith | Green Party | 1,730 | 3.5% |
| Chris Johnston | Independent | 195 | 0.4% |
| Shaun Long | Social Democratic Party | 156 | 0.3% |
| Roy Ivinson | Independent | 119 | 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 Markus Campbell-Savours took part in 234 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Markus Campbell-Savours voted the same way as their party in 215 of the 228 votes where parties gave instructions (94%), and went the other way in 13.
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 |
| 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
Times they voted against their party (13)
| Date | Vote | They voted | Most of their party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Feb | Financial help for industry and exports: a proposed change | Against | For |
| 23 Feb | Financial help for industry and exports: a proposed change | Against | For |
| 21 Jan | National Insurance on employer pension payments: a proposed change | Against | For |
| 21 Jan | National Insurance on employer pension payments: a proposed change | Against | For |
| 20 Jan | Sentencing: changes from the House of Lords | For | Against |
| 12 Jan | Tax changes (the Finance Bill): a vote on one part | For | Against |
| 7 Jan | Opposition debate: Rural communities | Against | For |
| 7 Jan | Opposition debate: Jury trials | Against | For |
| 8 Dec | Workers' rights: a proposed change | For | Against |
| 8 Dec | Workers' rights: a proposed change | For | Against |
| 3 Dec | Pensions: a proposed change | Against | For |
| 3 Dec | Pensions: a proposed change | Against | For |
| 2 Dec | Budget: Inheritance tax (limiting agricultural and business property reliefs etc) | Against | For |
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 77% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 68% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 75% | 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
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