Michelle Scrogham MP: votes, interests and costs
The Member of Parliament for Barrow and Furness is Michelle Scrogham (Labour).
Offices and committees
UK Parliament records Michelle Scrogham as a current member of this committee.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Defence Committee | 21 October 2024 | Current |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Bill | 13 May 2025 | 14 May 2025 |
| Armed Forces Commissioner Bill | 4 December 2024 | 12 December 2024 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 464f500a80af.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests lists 3 entries for Michelle Scrogham: Land and property (within or outside the UK) (1), Shareholdings (1), Employment and earnings (1). The most recent was registered on 25 July 2024. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Property in Ulverston
- Location of the land or property: Ulverston
- A description of the property: Retail premises and residential flat
- Details about the ownership arrangements: Co-owned with family members
- The number of properties this interest relates to: 1
- Country in which the land or property is located: United Kingdom
- The type of property: Other
Shares in Pure
- Registrable threshold for this shareholding interest: (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
- Name of the company or partnership: Pure
- Nature of the company or partnership's business: Retail fashion business
Partner in retail fashion business - Pure
- Type of work or service being provided: Partner in retail fashion business
- Name of the payer: Pure
- Brief description of the payer's business: Retail fashion
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 28 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
In 2024-25 Michelle Scrogham's office spent £89,110 on staff, from a staffing budget of £185,538, according to IPSA. Office costs came to £19,545 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 | £89,109.94 |
| Office costs: spent | £19,545.41 |
| Accommodation: spent | £16,034.35 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £11,782.14 |
| 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: Barrow and Furness CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Office Manager/Senior Parl Assistant (permanent full time), Caseworker (permanent full time), Senior Caseworker (permanent full time), Caseworker (permanent part time), Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Constituency Communications Manager (permanent part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
How Michelle Scrogham voted in the House of Commons: 439 recorded votes since 4 July 2024, as published by the Commons Votes API. Of these, 46 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
Since 4 July 2024, 55 written questions have been tabled by Michelle Scrogham, the parliamentary record shows. Departments in the latest 10: Department of Health and Social Care; Treasury; Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Home Office; and others.
Food: Nutrition
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when her Department plans to publish consultations on (a) healthier food sales targets and (b) mandatory reporting requirements for the food and drinks industry.
Drugs: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking towards establishing a long-term plan around the application of VAT on donated medicines through compassionate access schemes.
Sustainable Farming Incentive
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that farmers have certainty when planning participation in future SFI schemes.
Motor Vehicles: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to assess the potential impact of operating costs arising from the review of statutory vehicle recovery fees, including those associated with electric vehicle recovery and sto …
Motor Vehicles: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consultations she is undertaking with the vehicle recovery sector to support their long term-resilience and their role in policing and road safety.
Motor Vehicles: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on the review of statutory vehicle recovery fees; and what the anticipated timetable is for any decisions arising from that work.
Renewable Energy
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of whether the receipts and expenditure method used to determine the rateable value of renewable energy generation assets, including hydroelectric schemes, supports the Govern …
Tax Avoidance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Loan Charge cases remain open with HMRC for the latest date for which figures are available.
Community Development: Pilot Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what criteria will be used to select areas for the Community Power Pilots.
Pride in Place Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what measures will be used to assess the effectiveness of the Community Right to Buy Fund in sustaining community assets at risk of closure; and whether the Department will publi …
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 f072776858af. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Michelle Scrogham.
2024 general election
At the 4 July 2024 general election Barrow and Furness returned Michelle Scrogham with a majority of 5,324: 18,537 votes, 43.9% of those cast, against 13,213 for Simon Fell. Result as published: Lab gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Barrow and Furness 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.