Margaret Mullane MP: votes, interests and costs
Margaret Mullane (Labour) is the MP for Dagenham and Rainham, elected on 4 July 2024.
Offices and committees
UK Parliament records Margaret Mullane as a current member of this committee.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Home Affairs Committee | 21 October 2024 | Current |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill | 12 February 2025 | 18 March 2025 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 9deceb1adc01.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests lists 4 entries for Margaret Mullane: Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP (2), Miscellaneous (2). The most recent was registered on 13 July 2026. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
UCL Pearl - £21,723.33
- How the donation was received: (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Use of their site to run a Job Fair and held in association with the DWP. Tea, Coffee and water was on offer too
- Value of the benefit: £21,723.33
- Name of the donor: UCL Pearl
- Status of the donor: Other
- Description of donor status, where this could not be covered by defined options: University
Barking and Dagenham College - £750.00
- How the donation was received: (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: deposits waived for room hire for my constituency Surgery (£500.00 and £250.00)
- Value of the benefit: £750.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-01-23
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-01-23
- Name of the donor: Barking and Dagenham College
- Status of the donor: Other
Trustee of Dagenham United Charity. This is an unpaid role.
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Local Government Association Mentor. This is an unpaid role.
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 28 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority publishes Margaret Mullane's 2024-25 staffing spend as £139,040 (budget £198,653). Office costs came to £25,976 of a £33,037 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 | £139,039.79 |
| Office costs: spent | £25,976.48 |
| Accommodation: spent | £0.00 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £9.20 |
| 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: Dagenham and Rainham BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Senior Caseworker ×2 (permanent part time), Office Manager (permanent full time), Office Manager/Senior Parl Assistant (permanent full time), Caseworker ×2 (permanent part time), Parliamentary Assistant (permanent part time), Intern ×6 (fixed term part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
How Margaret Mullane voted in the House of Commons: 547 recorded votes since 4 July 2024, as published by the Commons Votes API. Of these, 57 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. Below, the latest 30 on bills and motions. The most recent, on 21 October 2026, was a No on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 28 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 76 written questions from Margaret Mullane since 4 July 2024. Departments in the latest 10: Department of Health and Social Care; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government; Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.
Wheelchairs: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has considered the potential merits of commissioning wheelchair services to prescribe specific paediatric wheelchairs to uders under 5.
Local Government: Debt
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the department has considered whether debt restructuring or cancellation will be offered to local authorities struggling with high levels of debt and interest rates.
Digital Outdoor Advertising: Planning
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle the impact of outdoor digital billboards on communities in the context of the revised National Planning Policy Framework.
Renewable Energy: Landfill
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his department has made of the potential impact the expiry of the Renewables Obligation for LFGTE on 31 March 2027 on local authority finances.
Renewable Energy: Landfill
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the expiry of the Renewables Obligation for LFGTE on the Methane Action Plan.
Renewable Energy: Landfill
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his department is taking to ensure transitional support for the landfill gas to energy sector will be in place when the Renewables Obligation for LFGTE expires on 31 March 2027.
Heat Networks: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what powers Ofgem has to intervene where heat network prices are considered excessive.
Heat Networks: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what protections are in place for consumers on heat networks wishing to challenge charges before the completion of the Ofgem authorisation process in January 2027.
Heat Networks: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what his Department's planned timetable is for the full implementation of the heat network regulatory framework.
Community Development: Religion
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions his department has had with faith groups and local authorities promoting faith covenants since the Prime Minister’s commitment in June 2024.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 de03fbd1ecf7. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Margaret Mullane.
2024 general election
At the 4 July 2024 general election Dagenham and Rainham returned Margaret Mullane with a majority of 7,173: 16,571 votes, 42.6% of those cast, against 9,398 for Kevin Godfrey. Result as published: Lab hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Dagenham and Rainham 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.