George Galloway

Workers Party of Britain Former MP · left 30 May 2024

Represented Rochdale · in Parliament since 29 February 2024

Parliamentary participation snapshot

Voting participation
48.7%
37 of 76 divisions
Committee attendance
–
no published attendance
Debate contributions
29
in the 7 year window
Written questions
13
in the 7 year window
Committee memberships
0
current

Biography

George Galloway is no longer a Member, but was most recently the Workers Party of Britain MP for Rochdale, and left the Commons on 30 May 2024.

Parliamentary service

ConstituencyFromToNotes
Rochdale29 February 202430 May 2024Elected 1 time
Bradford West29 March 201230 March 2015Elected 1 time
Bethnal Green and Bow5 May 20056 May 2010Elected 1 time
Glasgow Kelvin1 May 19975 May 2005Elected 2 times
Glasgow, Hillhead11 June 19871 May 1997Elected 2 times

Party affiliations

PartyFromTo
Workers Party of Britain29 February 202430 May 2024
Respect Party30 July 200430 March 2015
Independent Labour24 October 200330 July 2004
Labour11 June 198724 October 2003

Election history

ElectionConstituencyDateResult
Poplar and Limehouse
Batley and Spen
West Bromwich East
Manchester, Gorton
Bradford West
Poplar and Limehouse

Voting participation

Participation rate
48.7%
Eligible divisions
76
Divisions voted
37

617th of 650 current MPs · all MPs average 71.4%

Participation by year

George Galloway voting participation by yearPercentage of eligible Commons divisions voted in, per calendar year0%25%50%75%100%2024202520262024: 48.7%48.7%
YearEligible divisionsVotedParticipation
20247637 48.7%

By Parliament

ParliamentEligible divisionsVotedParticipation
58th7637 48.7%

Participation counts aye, no or teller votes in Commons divisions held while the MP sat. Absence has many legitimate causes (pairing, illness, parental leave, ministerial or Speaker duties).

Parliamentary activity

Debate contributions
29
Written questions
13
Oral questions
6
Early day motions
15
Bills sponsored
0
Petitions presented
0
Committee meetings attended
0

joint 600th of 650 current MPs (5 tied) · all MPs average 489

Written questions per year
George Galloway: Written questions per yearNumber of Written questions recorded per calendar year051015202024: 1313202420252026
Oral questions per year
George Galloway: Oral questions per yearNumber of Oral questions recorded per calendar year0358102024: 66202420252026
Early day motions per year
George Galloway: Early day motions per yearNumber of Early day motions recorded per calendar year051015202024: 1515202420252026

Annual breakdown

YearDebate contributionsDebates participatedWritten questionsOral questionsEDMsBills sponsoredPetitions
2024 29 17 13 6 15 0 0

Committee memberships

Not currently a member of any committee.

No data for this measure.

Hansard activity

Contributions
29
spoken contributions
Debates participated in
17
distinct debates

joint 636th of 650 current MPs (2 tied) · all MPs average 552

Contributions per year
George Galloway: debate contributions per yearSpoken contributions recorded in Hansard per calendar year0132538502024: 2929202420252026
Debates participated in per year
George Galloway: debates participated in per yearDistinct debates the MP contributed to, per calendar year051015202024: 1717202420252026

Counts come from the Hansard record for the Commons and Westminster Hall within the dataset window. Individual contributions and topic analysis are not yet part of the dataset; search Hansard for the full record.

Parliamentary timeline

Generated from seat, party, role and committee records.

  1. 1987

    • – Became MP for Glasgow, Hillhead
    • – Joined Labour
  2. 1997

    • – Became MP for Glasgow Kelvin
  3. 2003

    • – Joined Independent Labour
  4. 2004

    • – Joined Respect Party
  5. 2005

    • – Became MP for Bethnal Green and Bow
  6. 2012

    • – Became MP for Bradford West
  7. 2024

    • – Became MP for Rochdale
    • – Joined Workers Party of Britain
    • – Left the House of Commons (Dissolution)

Statistics cover 7 November 2019 to 7 November 2026. Source: UK Parliament Members, Committees, Commons Votes, Hansard, Questions and Bills APIs, via the UK Politics Decoded dataset. View this MP’s raw JSON.