Ben Coleman MP: votes, interests and costs
The Member of Parliament for Chelsea and Fulham is Ben Coleman (Labour).
Offices and committees
Ben Coleman sits on one committee, according to the Parliament Members API.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Health and Social Care Committee | 21 October 2024 | Current |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 96105bc167f8.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests lists 1 entry for Ben Coleman: Miscellaneous (1). The most recent was registered on 31 July 2024. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Trustee of Sands End Arts & Community Centre, a charity that maintains and manages a public arts and community centre in Fulham, London. This is an unpaid role.
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 27 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
In 2024-25 Ben Coleman's office spent £155,004 on staff, from a staffing budget of £198,653, according to IPSA. IPSA lists office spending of £31,634 in the same year. Budgets for that year run from the MP's election on 4 July 2024, as IPSA's reason column states. 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 |
|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £155,003.58 |
| Office costs: spent | £31,633.95 |
| Accommodation: spent | £0.00 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £33,037, staffing £198,653, accommodation £0 (Standard London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard London area budget from 5 July 2024).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Chelsea and Fulham BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Chief of Staff (permanent full time), Office Manager (fixed term full time), Senior Caseworker (casual), Caseworker (casual), Caseworker (permanent full time), Senior Caseworker (permanent full time), Caseworker (permanent part time), Parliamentary Assistant (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
How Ben Coleman voted in the House of Commons: 424 recorded votes since 4 July 2024, as published by the Commons Votes API. Of these, 48 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. Below, the latest 30 on bills and motions. On 15 October 2026 Ben Coleman voted No on "Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 27 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Since 4 July 2024, 196 written questions have been tabled by Ben Coleman, the parliamentary record shows. The latest 10 were addressed to Department of Health and Social Care, Department for Work and Pensions.
NHS England
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it remains the Government's policy that all (a) specialised services and (b) highly specialised services currently commissioned centrally by NHS England will continue to be commissioned nat …
NHS: Databases
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what payment schedule is set out in the Federated Data Platform contract with Palantir; what contractual milestones, deliverables or performance criteria trigger payments; and what proportion of th …
NHS: Databases
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what arrangements are in place to ensure continuity of service and the transfer of knowledge, systems and operational capability to an alternative supplier if the Palantir contract is terminated or …
NHS: Databases
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has estimated the cost of not extending the current contract with Palantir, including any termination, exit or break clause payments that would become payable if the contract …
NHS: Databases
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact on NHS trusts’ access to existing analytical tools, insights and operational capabilities delivered through the Federated Data Platfo …
Social Security Benefits: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that decision makers progress Mandatory Reconsideration cases in a timely manner; and whether the Department collects data on the number of cases outstanding beyond spe …
Social Security Benefits: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Mandatory Reconsideration requests were outstanding for more than (a) one month, (b) three months and (c) six months at the latest date for which data is available.
Social Security Benefits: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken to complete a Mandatory Reconsideration was in the most recent year for which figures are available.
Social Security Benefits: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has been made of the impact of Mandatory Reconsideration delays on claimants' financial wellbeing and mental health.
Social Security Benefits: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the merits of introducing a statutory time limit for Mandatory Reconsiderations consistent with response time requirements that apply to other public administrative proces …
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 b16591e51b6d. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Ben Coleman.
2024 general election
At the 4 July 2024 general election Chelsea and Fulham returned Ben Coleman with a majority of 152: 18,556 votes, 39.4% of those cast, against 18,404 for Greg Hands. Result as published: Lab gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Chelsea and Fulham 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.