Apsana Begum MP: votes, interests and costs
Apsana Begum represents Poplar and Limehouse in the House of Commons for Labour and has done since 12 December 2019.
Offices and committees
The Members API lists no current government, opposition or committee post for Apsana Begum; earlier posts are below.
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation Bill | 1 May 2024 | 8 May 2024 |
| Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill | 3 November 2021 | 18 November 2021 |
| Education Committee | 2 March 2020 | 30 April 2024 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 c35b48777f3b.
Register of interests
Apsana Begum has 2 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, the earliest registered on 27 February 2023 and the latest on 27 February 2023. By category: Shareholdings (1), Miscellaneous (1). Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Shares in Apsana Begum Ltd
- Registrable threshold for this shareholding interest: (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
- Date on which the holding was acquired, or achieved registrable value: 2023-01-10
- Name of the company or partnership: Apsana Begum Ltd
- Nature of the company or partnership's business: A company created to deliver campaigns and support my work as an MP.
Unpaid Director of Apsana Begum Ltd.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2023-01-10
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 26 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
IPSA, the body that sets and pays MPs' business costs, records staffing spending of £226,642 for Apsana Begum in 2024-25 against a budget of £268,550. The figure for 2023-24 was £252,001. IPSA lists office spending of £28,102 in the same year. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £226,641.70 | £252,001.08 | £210,590.16 |
| Office costs: spent | £28,101.52 | £24,014.74 | £20,453.41 |
| Accommodation: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
| Winding-up: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £366.58 | £351.27 | £368.39 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £36,550, staffing £268,550, accommodation £0 (Standard London area budget).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Poplar and Limehouse BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Senior Researcher (permanent part time), Caseworker (permanent full time), Caseworker ×2 (permanent part time), Office Manager ×2 (permanent part time), Communications Officer (permanent part time), Constituency Support Officer (permanent full time), Caseworker (fixed term full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
The Commons Votes API records 427 votes by Apsana Begum in divisions since 4 July 2024. Of these, 33 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The latest 30 votes on bills and motions are below, from 16 June 2026 to 21 October 2026. On 21 October 2026 Apsana Begum voted No on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
| Date | Division and vote recorded |
|---|---|
| 21 October 2026 | Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers: No |
| 19 October 2026 to 20 October 2026 | Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 No; Amendment 32 No; Amendment 51 No; New Clause 21 No; Amendment 47 No; Amendment 52 No; Amendment 23 No |
| 11 September 2026 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading: No |
| 10 September 2026 | Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading: No |
| 7 September 2026 to 8 September 2026 | Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 No; Report Stage: New Clause 143 No; Report Stage: New Clause 142 No; Report Stage: New Clause 145 No |
| 2 September 2026 | Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading Aye; Report Stage: New Clause 67 No; Report Stage: New Clause 65 No |
| 14 July 2026 | Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 No; Amendment 199 No; Amendment 3 Aye |
| 13 July 2026 | Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading No; Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No |
| 7 July 2026 | Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners: Aye |
| 1 July 2026 | Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 No; New Clause 4 No |
| 22 June 2026 | Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 No; New Clause 22 No; New Clause 11 No |
| 16 June 2026 | Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 No; New Clause 13 No |
Source: Commons Votes API, read 24 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
The Written Questions API lists 257 written questions from Apsana Begum since 4 July 2024. The latest 10 were addressed to Ministry of Justice, Department for Education, Home Office and 3 other departments.
Domestic Abuse: Courts
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made on the expansion of the provision of Specialist Domestic Abuse Courts.
Domestic Abuse: Courts
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made on delivering Domestic Abuse Courts for victim-survivors in England and Wales.
Multi-academy Trusts: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an estimate of how many multi-academy trusts currently offer executive salaries above £174,000.
Immigration Controls: Biometrics
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to question 10230 answered on 16 June 2026, whether the a) equalities impacts assessments and b) outcomes resulting from the National Physical Laboratory review of Home Office Facial Age Esti …
Re-employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to a) understand and b) reduce the impacts to workers of employers engaging in fire and rehire practices ahead of the Employment Rights Act rest …
Multi-academy Trusts: Decision Taking
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department will be publishing new guidance for commissioning decisions regarding academy trusts.
Drugs: USA
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has considered the potential merits of publishing an impact assessment for the US-UK Arrangement on Pharmaceuticals Pricing and Tariffs in which commercially sensitive materi …
Bangladesh: Human Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made representations to her Bangladeshi counterparts on the potential risk that ordinances which guarantee the mandate of Bangladesh's National Human Rights C …
Bangladesh: Detainees
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made representations to her Bangladeshi counterparts regarding accountability for enforced disappearances in Bangladesh.
Gaza: Israel
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many incidents of Israeli military action in Gaza have been assessed by her Department since September 2024; and how many of those incidents have been assessed as possibl …
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 e8e1ab4427de. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Apsana Begum.
2024 general election
At the 4 July 2024 general election Poplar and Limehouse returned Apsana Begum with a majority of 12,560: 18,535 votes, 43.1% of those cast, against 5,975 for Nathalie Bienfait. Result as published: Lab hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Poplar and Limehouse figures
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.