Portrait of Leigh Ingham

Leigh Ingham

Labour Sitting MP

MP for Stafford · in Parliament since 4 July 2024

Parliamentary office

House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA

Tel: 020 7219 7757

Email: leigh.ingham.mp@parliament.uk

Constituency office

Constituency office

Tel: 01785 59 49 49

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Parliamentary participation snapshot

Voting participation
63.6%
401 of 631 divisions
Committee attendance
100.0%
46 meetings attended
Debate contributions
232
in the 7 year window
Written questions
80
in the 7 year window
Committee memberships
5
current

Biography

Leigh Ingham is the Labour MP for Stafford, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

Parliamentary service

ConstituencyFromToNotes
Stafford4 July 2024PresentElected 1 time

Party affiliations

PartyFromTo
Labour4 July 2024Present

Voting participation

Participation rate
63.6%
Eligible divisions
631
Divisions voted
401

joint 508th of 650 current MPs (3 tied) · all MPs average 71.4% · Labour average 75.4%

Participation by year

Leigh Ingham voting participation by yearPercentage of eligible Commons divisions voted in, per calendar year0%25%50%75%100%2024202520262024: 71.2%71.2%2025: 69.3%69.3%2026: 53.4%53.4%
YearEligible divisionsVotedParticipation
2026236126 53.4%
2025322223 69.3%
20247352 71.2%

By Parliament

ParliamentEligible divisionsVotedParticipation
59th631401 63.6%

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
232
Written questions
80
Oral questions
13
Early day motions
0
Bills sponsored
0
Petitions presented
0
Committee meetings attended
46

joint 468th of 650 current MPs (2 tied) · all MPs average 489 · Labour average 363

Written questions per year
Leigh Ingham: Written questions per yearNumber of Written questions recorded per calendar year02550751002024: 5520242025: 595920252026: 16162026
Oral questions per year
Leigh Ingham: Oral questions per yearNumber of Oral questions recorded per calendar year0358102024: 2220242025: 7720252026: 442026

Annual breakdown

YearDebate contributionsDebates participatedWritten questionsOral questionsEDMsBills sponsoredPetitions
2026 100 75 16 4 0 0 0
2025 121 91 59 7 0 0 0
2024 11 9 5 2 0 0 0

Committee memberships

Current committees

CommitteeRoleSinceMeetings attendedAttendance
Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee Member 13 April 2026 16 of 16 100.0%
Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Sub-Committee on Economic Security, Arms and Export Controls Member 13 April 2026 3 of 3 100.0%
Immigration and Asylum Bill Member 9 September 2026 – no published attendance
Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority Member 23 June 2026 6 of 6 100.0%
Speaker's Conference (2024) Member 18 December 2024 11 of 11 100.0%

joint 1st of 515 current MPs (488 tied) · all MPs average 99.6% · Labour average 99.5%

Committee membership history

3 bill committees served on

Hansard activity

Contributions
232
spoken contributions
Debates participated in
175
distinct debates

joint 421st of 650 current MPs (3 tied) · all MPs average 552 · Labour average 425

Contributions per year
Leigh Ingham: debate contributions per yearSpoken contributions recorded in Hansard per calendar year0501001502002024: 111120242025: 12112120252026: 1001002026
Debates participated in per year
Leigh Ingham: debates participated in per yearDistinct debates the MP contributed to, per calendar year02550751002024: 9920242025: 919120252026: 75752026

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. 2024

    • – Became MP for Stafford
    • – Joined Labour
    • – Joined Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
    • – Joined Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
    • – Joined Speaker's Conference (2024)
  2. 2025

    • – Joined Modernisation Committee
  3. 2026

    • – Joined Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee
    • – Joined Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Sub-Committee on Economic Security, Arms and Export Controls
    • – Joined Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
    • – Joined Immigration and Asylum Bill

Constituency: Stafford

Stafford constituency boundary
Area
416.2 km²
Latest election
2024 General Election (4 July 2024)
Result
Lab Gain · majority 4,595
Electorate
70,608 · turnout 65.2%
Postcode areas
CW3, ST15, ST16, ST17, ST18, ST20, ST21, ST5, TF10, TF9

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.