Pam Cox MP: votes, interests and costs
The Member of Parliament for Colchester is Pam Cox (Labour).
Offices and committees
Pam Cox sits on 2 committees, according to the Parliament Members API.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill | 9 February 2026 | Current |
| Justice Committee | 21 October 2024 | Current |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [HL] | 5 March 2025 | 20 March 2025 |
| Armed Forces Commissioner Bill | 4 December 2024 | 12 December 2024 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 d6ecfca47573.
Register of interests
Pam Cox has 3 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, the earliest registered on 30 July 2024 and the latest on 15 June 2026. By category: Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (1), Miscellaneous (1), Land and property (within or outside the UK) (1). Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Nathan Spencer - £1,390.00
- Whether the benefit was via an All Parliamentary Group (APPG): APPG East of England
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Registration for UKREiiF event in Leeds, 20-21 May 2026 (£1095.00), accommodation at UKREiiF in Leeds, 20 May 2026 (£295.00)
- Value of the benefit: £1,390.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-05-20
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-05-20
- Name of the donor: Nathan Spencer
- Status of the donor: Company
I served as an unpaid Colchester City Councillor from July 2024. (I opted not to take up the associated financial allowance following my election.)
- Date on which the interest ended: 2025-09-08
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Property in Colchester
- Location of the land or property: Colchester
- A description of the property: House
- Details about the ownership arrangements: co-owned with a family member
- The number of properties this interest relates to: 1
- Country in which the land or property is located: United Kingdom
- The type of property: Residential
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 27 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
In 2024-25 Pam Cox's office spent £129,408 on staff, from a staffing budget of £185,538, according to IPSA. IPSA lists office spending of £15,717 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 | £129,407.98 |
| Office costs: spent | £15,716.78 |
| Accommodation: spent | £8,468.98 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £5,145.84 |
| 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: Colchester BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Office Manager (fixed term full time), Senior Caseworker (permanent part time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Constituency Assistant (casual), Administrative Officer/Comms Officer (casual), Executive Assistant (permanent full time), Caseworker ×3 (casual), Executive Office Manager (permanent full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
Pam Cox is recorded voting in 536 divisions since 4 July 2024, according to the Commons Votes API. Of these, 56 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 Pam Cox voted No on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
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, 14 written questions have been tabled by Pam Cox, the parliamentary record shows. The latest 10 were addressed to Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Department for Transport, Ministry of Justice.
Mortgages: Domestic Abuse
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will update the Homelessness Code of Guidance to ensure that domestic abuse survivors who have joint mortgages with abusers are not refused the main housing duty because th …
Railway Stations: Colchester
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to deliver step-free access at Colchester railway stations.
Railway Stations: Essex
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans her Department has to help improve accessibility at railway stations across Essex.
Prisons and Young Offender Institutions: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisons and Young Offender Institutions have (a) an ID and Banking Administrator and (b) an Employment Lead currently in post.
Prisons: Higher Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners are participating in higher education courses.
Offenders: Electronic Tagging
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what was the rate of compliance for people fitted with an alcohol monitoring device after their release from prison, in each year since 2021.
Prisons and Young Offender Institutions: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisons and Young Offender Institutions currently have (a) an Incentivised Substance Free Living Unit operating, (b) a Drug Recovery Wing operating, and (c) a Drug Strategy Lead in post.
Prisoners: Foreign Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign national offenders were in prison in England and Wales, by offence group as of 30 September 2025.
Prisoners: Repatriation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Prison Transfer Agreements are currently in place.
Prisoners' Release
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners have been released with a resettlement passport in each month since their introduction.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 ea484646c8dd. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Pam Cox.
2024 general election
The House of Commons Library records a majority of 8,250 for Pam Cox in Colchester in July 2024, from 18,804 votes on a turnout of 57.1%. Result as published: Lab gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Colchester 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.