About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Sam Rushworth) represents you, and all of the people who live in Bishop Auckland, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

MPs split their time between Parliament and their constituency. In Parliament, they debate and vote on new laws, review existing laws, and question the Government. In the constituency, their focus is on supporting local people and championing local issues. They have a small staff team who help with casework, maintain their diaries, and monitor their inbox.

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Proffil

Llafur MP ar gyfer Bishop Auckland

Aeth i mewn i'r Tŷ'r Cyffredin ar 5 Gorffennaf 2024 — Etholiad cyffredinol

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Themau o ddiddordeb

• Department for Transport
• Restoring Your Railway Fund: Weardale Line

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Dehenna Davison
• Helen Goodman
• Derek Foster
• James Boyden
• Hugh Dalton
• Aaron Curry
• Florence Dalton
• Benjamin Spoor
• Henry Havelock-Allan
• James Paulton

Ymddangosiadau diweddar

• Winter Fuel Payment 10 Sep 2024

  I have not written a speech—I have written down a few points—because, like many colleagues, I have spent the past week agonising over how to vote today. In the end, I decided to vote with my conscience, which meant that I voted with the Government. [Interruption.] Conservative Members laugh, but I will tell them why. Today I listened sincerely to contributions from Conservative Members,...

• Winter Fuel Payment 10 Sep 2024

  I absolutely do, and Members may recall that I came to this House last week and asked the Chancellor a question about my own constituents. I represent the snowiest and coldest constituency in England, and I have had deep concerns about those pensioners. However, I have studied the detail and listened to pensioners in my constituency. In the last week alone, it has turned out that several...

• Government Policy on Health 9 Sep 2024

  I think Opposition Members may be making the mistake of judging this Government by their own standards. I wish to ask the Secretary of State this: after my constituents and many others have suffered from the economic disaster that was caused in part by dodgy covid contracts and VIP fast lanes, what will this Government do differently?

Mwy o ymddangosiadau diweddar Sam Rushworth

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