Rachel Blake MP: votes, interests and costs
The Member of Parliament for Cities of London and Westminster is Rachel Blake (Labour (Co-op)).
Offices and committees
Rachel Blake sits on 3 committees, according to the Parliament Members API.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| House of Commons Commission | 2 September 2026 | Current |
| Restoration and Renewal Client Board | 2 September 2026 | Current |
| Members Estimate Committee | 4 September 2024 | Current |
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Economic Secretary (HM Treasury) | HM Treasury | 14 May 2026 | 21 July 2026 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Pension Schemes Bill | 15 July 2025 | 11 September 2025 |
| Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) | 3 March 2025 | 2 June 2025 |
| Statutory Instruments (Select Committee) | 3 March 2025 | 2 June 2025 |
| Finance Bill | 22 January 2025 | 30 January 2025 |
| Treasury Committee | 21 October 2024 | 27 October 2025 |
| Renters’ Rights Bill | 16 October 2024 | 5 November 2024 |
| House of Commons Commission | 4 September 2024 | 14 May 2026 |
| Restoration and Renewal Client Board | 4 September 2024 | 14 May 2026 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 d18f2a961166.
Register of interests
Rachel Blake has 1 entry in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, the earliest registered on 29 April 2026 and the latest on 29 April 2026. By category: Miscellaneous (1). Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Board Member of Radix Big Tent. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2026-04-29
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 26 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
In 2024-25 Rachel Blake's office spent £159,109 on staff, from a staffing budget of £198,653, according to IPSA. IPSA lists office spending of £13,813 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 | £159,109.45 |
| Office costs: spent | £13,813.11 |
| Accommodation: spent | £0.00 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
| 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: Cities of London and Westminster BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Senior Caseworker (permanent part time), Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Caseworker (casual), Senior Communications Advisor (permanent full time), Constituency Support Officer (permanent full time), Executive Office Manager (permanent full time), Caseworker (permanent full time), Chief of Staff (fixed term part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
Rachel Blake is recorded voting in 515 divisions since 4 July 2024, according to the Commons Votes API. Of these, 58 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 20 October 2026 Rachel Blake voted Aye on "Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading".
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
Rachel Blake has tabled 136 written questions since 4 July 2024, according to the Written Questions API. The latest 10 were addressed to Home Office, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Department for Education and 4 other departments.
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle threats and actions by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the UK against the national interest; and what assessment she has made of the poten …
Pet Travel Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress she has made on implementing the new pet passports scheme.
Languages: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consideration her Department has made of the potential merits of increasing the number of modern foreign languages offered at GCSE level.
Pregnancy: Temperature
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to work with UKHSA to issue specific guidance for (a) health professionals and (b) the public regarding the health risks to pregnant people during periods of extreme h …
Pregnancy: Temperature
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to update NHS antenatal and maternity guidance on the risks of extreme heat exposure for pregnant people and unborn children.
Pregnancy: Temperature
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment (a) his Department and (b) UK Health Security Agency has made of the risks of exposure to high ambient temperatures during pregnancy including (i) stillbirth, (ii) preterm birth and …
Vashi: Insolvency
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what conversations she has had with representatives from the Metropolitan Police about the Vashi diamonds case.
Israel: Palestine
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department plans to respond formally to the International Court of Justice's advisory opinion on Israel's occupation of the Occupied Palestinian Territories, publ …
Heat Networks: Flats
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure that leaseholders and tenants in buildings served by heat networks are protected from excessive service charges and poor service delivery.
Vashi: Insolvency
To ask the Solicitor General, what steps she is taking to ensure that appropriate oversight is given to the decision by the Serious Fraud Office to not open an investigation into the Vashi diamonds case.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 46c722b87643. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Rachel Blake.
2024 general election
Rachel Blake won Cities of London and Westminster at the general election of 4 July 2024 with 15,302 votes (39.0%), a majority of 2,708 over Tim Barnes (Conservative). Result as published: Lab gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Cities of London and Westminster 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.