Gill Furniss MP: votes, interests and costs
The Member of Parliament for Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough is Gill Furniss (Labour), MP there since 5 May 2016.
Offices and committees
Gill Furniss sits on 4 committees, according to the Parliament Members API.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Committee on Standards | 24 March 2025 | Current |
| Committee of Privileges | 24 March 2025 | Current |
| Panel of Chairs | 27 November 2024 | Current |
| Procedure Committee | 4 November 2024 | Current |
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) | Department for Work and Pensions | 5 September 2023 | 30 May 2024 |
| Shadow Minister (Transport) | Department for Transport | 17 January 2022 | 5 September 2023 |
| Opposition Whip (Commons) | Whips Office (Commons) | 10 July 2020 | 17 January 2022 |
| Shadow Minister (Equalities Office) (Women and Equalities) | Government Equalities Office | 10 April 2020 | 10 July 2020 |
| Shadow Minister (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) (Steel, Postal Affairs and Consumer Protection) | Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy | 13 October 2016 | 10 April 2020 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Administration Committee | 28 October 2024 | 31 March 2025 |
| High Streets (Designation, Review and Improvement Plan) Bill | 6 March 2024 | 13 March 2024 |
| Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill | 15 March 2023 | 23 March 2023 |
| Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Bill | 30 November 2022 | 6 December 2022 |
| Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Disabled Persons) Bill | 2 February 2022 | 9 February 2022 |
| Charities Bill [HL] | 19 January 2022 | 25 January 2022 |
| Charities Bill [HL] Second Reading Committee | 12 January 2022 | 18 January 2022 |
| Elections Bill | 15 September 2021 | 26 October 2021 |
| Women and Equalities Committee | 13 June 2016 | 5 December 2016 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 46ce1b6344b3.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests lists 2 entries for Gill Furniss: Miscellaneous (1), Family members employed (1). The most recent was registered on 2 September 2025. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Co-Chair of the British Irish Parliamentary Assembly.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2025-01-24
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Emily Grace Ahmed employed
- Job title or role: Executive Office Manager
- Pattern of working hours: Full time
- Name of the person employed: Emily Grace Ahmed
- Who the family member is directly related to: Related to member directly
- Nature of relationship: Daughter
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 27 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
In 2024-25 Gill Furniss's office spent £249,625 on staff, from a staffing budget of £250,820, according to IPSA. The figure for 2023-24 was £235,794. IPSA lists office spending of £26,528 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 | £249,624.89 | £235,794.02 | £218,091.65 |
| Office costs: spent | £26,527.74 | £22,544.85 | £21,729.01 |
| Accommodation: spent | £28,594.15 | £26,840.00 | £22,923.21 |
| Winding-up: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £9,493.63 | £5,222.50 | £5,417.65 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £8,400.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £33,020, staffing £250,820, accommodation £29,290 (Standard non-London area budget; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Executive Office Manager (permanent full time), Constituency Assistant (permanent part time), Constituency Support Officer ×2 (permanent part time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Policy Assistant (permanent full time), Researcher (fixed term part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
Gill Furniss is recorded voting in 446 divisions since 4 July 2024, according to the Commons Votes API. Of these, 32 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The 30 most recent on bills and motions are listed here. On 21 October 2026 Gill Furniss voted No on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
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
Gill Furniss has tabled 73 written questions since 4 July 2024, according to the Written Questions API. The latest 10 were addressed to Department for Transport, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Department for Education and 1 other departments.
Bus Services: Fares
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) extending the forthcoming national £2 bus fare cap to tram services and (b) providing funding to local transport authorities and tram …
Trams: Fares
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if there are plans to extend the £2 bus fare cap to tram networks such as Sheffield's Supertram.
Digital Technology: Older People
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure that older demographics in particular are safeguarded from the impacts of digital exclusion.
Children: Reading
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the findings of the National Literacy Trust’s report on ‘Children and young people’s reading in 2026’ relating to children’s reading enjoymen …
Cardiovascular Diseases: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for publication of the cardiovascular disease Modern Service Framework.
Active Travel
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the proportion of short stages in towns and cities in England that are currently walked and cycled.
Active Travel: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of providing multi-year funding for Active Travel England grants.
Mental Health Services: Menopause
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support the mental health of women going through (a) menopause, (b) perimenopause and (c) hormonal treatment related to menopause.
Mental Health Services: Menopause
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has identified links between menopause and a heightened risk of suicide; and what support his Department provides to safeguard the mental health of women reaching menopause.
Endometriosis: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of single points of access for non-urgent gynaecology referrals, specialist ultrasound and community diagnostic routes on reducing di …
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 394e327dd34c. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Gill Furniss.
2024 general election
At the 4 July 2024 general election Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough returned Gill Furniss with a majority of 11,600: 16,301 votes, 51.6% of those cast, against 4,701 for Christine Kubo. Result as published: Lab hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough figures
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