Rebecca Long Bailey MP: votes, interests and costs
Rebecca Long Bailey represents Salford in the House of Commons for Labour and has done since 7 May 2015.
Offices and committees
The Members API lists no current government, opposition or committee post for Rebecca Long Bailey; earlier posts are below.
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Education | Department for Education | 6 April 2020 | 25 June 2020 |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy | Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy | 9 February 2017 | 6 April 2020 |
| Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury | HM Treasury | 27 June 2016 | 9 February 2017 |
| Shadow Minister (Treasury) | HM Treasury | 18 September 2015 | 27 June 2016 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Zoological Society of London (Leases) Bill | 21 February 2024 | 28 February 2024 |
| Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill | 3 May 2023 | 23 May 2023 |
| Social Housing (Regulation) Bill [HL] | 23 November 2022 | 29 November 2022 |
| Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill | 2 March 2022 | 22 March 2022 |
| Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [HL] | 1 December 2021 | 9 December 2021 |
| Science and Technology Committee (Commons) | 22 February 2021 | 30 May 2024 |
Other posts
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Member, Labour Party National Executive Committee | 27 September 2015 | 6 November 2019 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 2f045f316295.
Register of interests
Rebecca Long Bailey has 5 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, the earliest registered on 8 November 2024 and the latest on 28 January 2026. By category: Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP (5). Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Key Cities (Network) - £1,667.00
- 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: Estimated amount for services in kind comprising the administration and coordination to re-establish the Key Cities APPG of which I was previously the Co-Chair
- Value of the benefit: £1,667.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-01-05
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-01-05
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2026-02-10
- Name of the donor: Key Cities (Network)
Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union - £19,440.00
- 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: Administration and coordination of the BFAWU Parliamentary Group, which I chair, provided by Solidarity Consulting Ltd
- Value of the benefit: £19,440.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2025-10-30
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2025-10-30
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2026-10-29
- Name of the donor: Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union
National Union of Journalists - £19,606.00
- 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: The administration and coordination of the NUJ Parliamentary Group of which I am the Co-Chair, provided by Solidarity Consulting Ltd between 22 October 2025 to 21 October 2026
- Value of the benefit: £19,606.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2025-10-22
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2025-10-22
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2026-10-21
- Name of the donor: National Union of Journalists
Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union - £18,516.00
- 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: Administration and coordination of the BFAWU Parliamentary Group, which I chair, provided by Solidarity Consulting Ltd
- Value of the benefit: £18,516.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2024-10-29
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2024-10-29
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2025-10-28
- Name of the donor: Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union
National Union of Journalists (NUJ) - £18,672.00
- 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: the administration and coordination of the NUJ Parliamentary Group of which I am the Co-Chair, provided by Solidarity Consulting Ltd between 22 October 2024 to 21 October 2025
- Value of the benefit: £18,672.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2024-04-01
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2024-10-22
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2025-03-31
- Name of the donor: National Union of Journalists (NUJ)
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 28 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
IPSA, the body that sets and pays MPs' business costs, records staffing spending of £208,241 for Rebecca Long Bailey in 2024-25 against a budget of £250,820. The figure for 2023-24 was £217,323. IPSA lists office spending of £23,964 in the same year. 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 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £208,241.44 | £217,323.02 | £199,975.53 |
| Office costs: spent | £23,963.96 | £24,442.25 | £21,414.81 |
| Accommodation: spent | £21,256.37 | £20,659.79 | £18,050.63 |
| Winding-up: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £6,174.08 | £4,707.11 | £3,897.90 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £33,020, staffing £250,820, accommodation £29,290 (Standard non-London area budget; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Salford BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Chief of Staff (permanent full time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Caseworker ×2 (permanent part time), Constituency Assistant (permanent part time), Constituency Support Manager (permanent full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
The Commons Votes API records 509 votes by Rebecca Long Bailey in divisions since 4 July 2024. Of these, 55 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The latest 30 votes on bills and motions are below, from 2 September 2026 to 21 October 2026. On 21 October 2026 Rebecca Long Bailey voted 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
Rebecca Long Bailey has tabled 151 written questions since 4 July 2024, according to the Written Questions API. The latest 10 were addressed to Department for Education, Treasury, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.
Private Education: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her planned timetable is for consultation on and implementation of the provisions of Clause 43 of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026.
Revenue and Customs: Disciplinary Proceedings
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HMRC has taken steps to ensure that managers who are the subject of a formal complaint of bullying, harassment or discrimination do not retain supervisory or safeguarding authority over the employee who made …
Revenue and Customs: Disciplinary Proceedings
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what independent safeguarding arrangements were established for employees of the former Valuation Office Agency following its merger into HMRC on 1 April 2026 for employees who report harassment, bullying, or discri …
Revenue and Customs: Disciplinary Proceedings
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether steps have been taken to ensure that managers within the former Valuation Office Agency, following its merger into HMRC on 1 April 2026, who are the subject of a formal complaint of bullying, harassment or d …
Revenue and Customs: Disciplinary Proceedings
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what authority and responsibility did the HR function within HMRC hold for former Valuation Office Agency employees following the merger into HMRC on 1 April 2026, in relation to safeguarding arrangements where the …
Revenue and Customs: Disciplinary Proceedings
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what authority and responsibility does the HR function within HMRC hold for determining and implementing safeguarding arrangements for employees who have raised a formal complaint of bullying, harassment or discrimi …
Revenue and Customs: Disciplinary Proceedings
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what independent safeguarding arrangements exist within HM Revenue and Customs for employees who report harassment, bullying, or discrimination during an active internal investigation into the reported conduct.
Social Media
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to promote healthier social media consumption for adult consumers.
Social Media
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to promote greater user content viewing control on social media platforms for adult consumers.
Artificial Intelligence: Internet
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of regulating the use of online retention algorithms directed at adult consumers.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 eee96d563005. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Rebecca Long Bailey.
2024 general election
The House of Commons Library records a majority of 15,101 for Rebecca Long Bailey in Salford in July 2024, from 21,132 votes on a turnout of 47.5%. Result as published: Lab hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Salford 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.