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Margaret Greenwood

Labour Former MP · left 30 May 2024

Represented Wirral West · in Parliament since 7 May 2015

Parliamentary participation snapshot

Voting participation
73.0%
780 of 1,068 divisions
Committee attendance
–
no published attendance
Debate contributions
394
in the 7 year window
Written questions
284
in the 7 year window
Committee memberships
0
current

Biography

Margaret Greenwood is no longer a Member, but was most recently the Labour MP for Wirral West, and left the Commons on 30 May 2024.

Parliamentary service

ConstituencyFromToNotes
Wirral West7 May 201530 May 2024Elected 3 times

Party affiliations

PartyFromTo
Labour7 May 201530 May 2024

Previous ministerial & opposition roles

RoleTypeFromTo
Shadow Minister (Education) (Schools)Opposition10 April 202015 October 2020
Shadow Secretary of State for Work and PensionsOpposition11 March 20186 April 2020
Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions)Opposition9 October 201611 March 2018

Voting participation

Participation rate
73.0%
Eligible divisions
1,068
Divisions voted
780

339th of 650 current MPs · all MPs average 71.4% · Labour average 75.4%

Participation by year

Margaret Greenwood voting participation by yearPercentage of eligible Commons divisions voted in, per calendar year0%25%50%75%100%201920202021202220232024202520262019: 100.0%100.0%2020: 76.8%76.8%2021: 83.5%83.5%2022: 63.8%63.8%2023: 73.4%73.4%2024: 64.6%64.6%
YearEligible divisionsVotedParticipation
202412782 64.6%
2023256188 73.4%
2022251160 63.8%
2021242202 83.5%
2020190146 76.8%
201922 100.0%

By Parliament

ParliamentEligible divisionsVotedParticipation
58th1,068780 73.0%

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
394
Written questions
284
Oral questions
14
Early day motions
17
Bills sponsored
0
Petitions presented
1
Committee meetings attended
0

joint 284th of 650 current MPs (2 tied) · all MPs average 489 · Labour average 363

Written questions per year
Margaret Greenwood: Written questions per yearNumber of Written questions recorded per calendar year05010015020020192020: 11511520202021: 505020212022: 373720222023: 545420232024: 2828202420252026
Oral questions per year
Margaret Greenwood: Oral questions per yearNumber of Oral questions recorded per calendar year03581020192020: 7720202021: 2220212022: 1120222023: 1120232024: 33202420252026
Early day motions per year
Margaret Greenwood: Early day motions per yearNumber of Early day motions recorded per calendar year03581020192020: 1120202021: 4420212022: 3320222023: 8820232024: 11202420252026

Annual breakdown

YearDebate contributionsDebates participatedWritten questionsOral questionsEDMsBills sponsoredPetitions
2024 42 28 28 3 1 0 0
2023 115 64 54 1 8 0 1
2022 123 72 37 1 3 0 0
2021 65 46 50 2 4 0 0
2020 49 36 115 7 1 0 0

Committee memberships

Not currently a member of any committee.

No data for this measure.

3 bill committees served on

Hansard activity

Contributions
394
spoken contributions
Debates participated in
246
distinct debates

289th of 650 current MPs · all MPs average 552 · Labour average 425

Contributions per year
Margaret Greenwood: debate contributions per yearSpoken contributions recorded in Hansard per calendar year05010015020020192020: 494920202021: 656520212022: 12312320222023: 11511520232024: 4242202420252026
Debates participated in per year
Margaret Greenwood: debates participated in per yearDistinct debates the MP contributed to, per calendar year025507510020192020: 363620202021: 464620212022: 727220222023: 646420232024: 2828202420252026

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. 2015

    • – Became MP for Wirral West
    • – Joined Labour

  2. 2016

    • – Appointed (opposition): Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions)

  3. 2018

    • – Appointed (opposition): Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
    • – Left role: Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions)

  4. 2020

    • – Left role: Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
    • – Appointed (opposition): Shadow Minister (Education) (Schools)
    • – Left role: Shadow Minister (Education) (Schools)

  5. 2024

    • – 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.