Leigh Ingham MP: votes, interests and costs
Leigh Ingham (Labour) is the MP for Stafford, elected on 4 July 2024.
Offices and committees
UK Parliament records Leigh Ingham as a current member of these 6 committees.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Immigration and Asylum Bill | 9 September 2026 | Current |
| Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority | 23 June 2026 | Current |
| Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee | 13 April 2026 | Current |
| Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Sub-Committee on Economic Security, Arms and Export Controls | 13 April 2026 | Current |
| Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill | 26 June 2025 | Current |
| Speaker's Conference (2024) | 18 December 2024 | Current |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Modernisation Committee | 8 December 2025 | 23 June 2026 |
| Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill | 26 June 2025 | 2 July 2025 |
| Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [HL] | 5 March 2025 | 20 March 2025 |
| Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority | 20 November 2024 | 12 January 2026 |
| Northern Ireland Affairs Committee | 28 October 2024 | 17 November 2025 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 20a59351c32f.
Register of interests
Leigh Ingham has 3 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, the earliest registered on 25 July 2024 and the latest on 23 April 2026. By category: Miscellaneous (2), Visits outside the UK (1). Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
International visit to Taiwan between 28 March 2026 and 03 April 2026
- Purpose of the visit: As member of the British/Taiwanese APPG to meet the President, cabinet ministers and opposition members of parliament.
- Date Member left the UK: 2026-03-28
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2026-04-03
- Associated All Parliamentary Group (APPG), where relevant: The British-Taiwanese APPG
Elected member of the Executive of the British Group of the Inter Parliamentary Union (BGIPU). This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2026-01-27
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Governor of Burton Manor School, Stafford. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2024-07-08
- Date on which the interest ended: 2025-09-11
- 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)
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority publishes Leigh Ingham's 2024-25 staffing spend as £185,524 (budget £185,538). Office costs came to £23,166 of a £30,426 budget. 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 | £185,524.48 |
| Office costs: spent | £23,165.96 |
| Accommodation: spent | £17,852.08 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £14,327.20 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £21,667 (Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area from 5 July 2024).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Stafford CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Office Manager (permanent full time), Office Manager (casual), Senior Caseworker (permanent full time), Constituency Communications Manager (permanent full time), Parliamentary Assistant (casual), Researcher (permanent full time), Senior Casework Team Leader/Manager (fixed term part time), Constituency Support Officer (permanent full time), Intern ×3 (fixed term part time), Administrative Officer/Comms Officer (fixed term part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
The Commons Votes API records 396 votes by Leigh Ingham in divisions since 4 July 2024. Of these, 41 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The latest 30 votes on bills and motions are below, from 9 June 2026 to 15 October 2026. The most recent, on 15 October 2026, was a No on "Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment".
| Date | Division and vote recorded |
|---|---|
| 15 October 2026 | Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment: No |
| 11 September 2026 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading: Aye |
| 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 140 No; Report Stage: New Clause 145 No; Report Stage: New Clause 6 No |
| 2 September 2026 | Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading Aye; Report Stage: New Clause 88 No; 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 No |
| 17 June 2026 to 6 July 2026 | National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 Aye; Allocation of Time motion Aye |
| 1 July 2026 | Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 No; New Clause 4 No; New Clause 2 No |
| 17 June 2026 | National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 No; Amendment 13 No; Amendment 8 No; Amendment 3 No |
| 16 June 2026 | Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 No; New Clause 14 No; New Clause 13 No |
| 9 June 2026 | Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 No; New Clause 12 No; Amendment 20 No |
Source: Commons Votes API, read 15 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 80 written questions from Leigh Ingham since 4 July 2024. Departments in the latest 10: Department of Health and Social Care; Cabinet Office; Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Ministry of Justice; and others.
Women's Health Hubs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many of the Integrated Care Boards with a women's health hub are delivering all eight core services specified by NHS England; and if his Department will publish the location and service offer o …
Public Sector: Procurement
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether a Procurement Innovation Champion has been appointed as set out in the Autumn Budget 2024.
Packaging: Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Extended Producer Responsibility packaging fees on home improvement manufacturers who sell through builders' merchants and canno …
Flood Control: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what powers her Department has to hold local authorities accountable for their performance in maintaining flood defences.
Victim Support Schemes: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure the provision of adequate levels of funding for victim support services.
Energy: Debts
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department's policies of Ofgem's decision to recover the costs of the Energy Debt Relief Scheme through consumer bills.
Young Futures Hubs
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure towns not included in the first wave of Young Futures Hub locations, including in Staffordshire, are not left behind in the delivery of the National Youth Strat …
Middle East: Armed Conflict
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, a) what assessments he has made of the implications of the ongoing regional instability in the Middle East for UK foreign policy priorities; and b) what steps his Department …
Gaza: Humanitarian Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps she has taken to support the resumption of sustained humanitarian aid access into Gaza; and what assessment she has made of the adequacy of aid flows relati …
Veterinary Medicine: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the safety of the veterinary medicines Librela and Solensia.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 87f75f6d5d8a. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Leigh Ingham.
2024 general election
Leigh Ingham won Stafford at the general election of 4 July 2024 with 18,531 votes (40.3%), a majority of 4,595 over Theo Clarke (Conservative). Result as published: Lab gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Stafford figures
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