Member of Parliament
Stephen Morgan
Labour MP for Portsmouth South
Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
At a glanceStephen Morgan is a Labour MP for Portsmouth South, and has represented the seat for 9 years, 1 month. They currently serve as Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs). They have cast 418 votes in Commons divisions (73% attendance), tabled 2,786 written questions and registered 5 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Stephen Morgan did not vote in 101. A rebellion is a vote against the way most of their own party voted; free votes, where no party line applies, are left out.
Party-loyalty figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Biography
He currently holds the Government post of Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs).
Current roles
- Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) Government post · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs since 12 Jun 2026
- Courts and Tribunals Bill Committee since 18 Mar 2026
- Portsmouth South Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
- Labour Party since 8 Jun 2017
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Rachel Hopkins
Labour
100.0% · 407 of 407 shared votes
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Paul Davies
Labour
100.0% · 406 of 406 shared votes
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Steve Yemm
Labour
100.0% · 402 of 402 shared votes
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Tristan Osborne
Labour
100.0% · 398 of 398 shared votes
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Andrew Lewin
Labour
100.0% · 397 of 397 shared votes
Votes least like
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Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Conservative
0.0% · 0 of 124 shared votes
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Alex Burghart
Conservative
0.4% · 1 of 282 shared votes
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Saqib Bhatti
Conservative
0.7% · 2 of 284 shared votes
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Andrew Griffith
Conservative
0.7% · 2 of 267 shared votes
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Priti Patel
Conservative
0.8% · 2 of 257 shared votes
Alignment figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Register of financial interests
From the official Register; shown as registered.
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP3
- Mr Abdul Sattar Shere-Mohammod (known as Shere M Sattar) - £5,000.00 (registered 11 Dec 2025)
- Mr Adbul Sattar Shere-Mohammod (known as Shere M Sattar) - £5,000.00 (registered 11 Dec 2025)
- Mr Abdul Sattar Shere-Mohammod (known as Shere M Sattar) - £5,000.00 (registered 11 Dec 2025)
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources2
- Portsmouth Football Club - £300.00 (registered 14 May 2026)
- Portsmouth Football Club - £170.00 (registered 14 May 2026)
Written questions
Gaza: Israel
To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he is taking steps to investigate reports of Israeli air strikes on refugee camps in Gaza.
Answer · 24 May 2024
We are aware of these reports. We continue to call for International Humanitarian Law to be respected and civilians to be protected.The UK Government continues to have significant concerns over humanitarian access and protection of civilians in Gaza. The ...
Gaza: Israel
To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of Israel’s political strategy on Gaza.
Answer · 24 May 2024
Israel suffered an appalling terrorist attack on 7 October - the deadliest in its history. It has the right to defend itself in accordance with International Humanitarian Law. Hamas must release the hostages immediately.The fastest way to end the conflict...
Gaza: Humanitarian Aid
To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he has made changes to the planned distribution of aid in Gaza.
Answer · 24 May 2024
We trebled our aid commitment in the last financial year and we are doing everything we can to get more aid in as quickly as possible by land, sea and air. We have been clear that Israel must take concrete steps to increase the flow of aid into Gaza. On 1...
Gaza: Israel
To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Government legal advice on his policies in the context of Israel’s proposed military operations in Rafah.
Answer · 24 May 2024
We are clear that we would not support a major operation in Rafah unless there is a very clear plan for how to protect people and save lives. We have not seen that plan so, in these circumstances, we would not support a major operation in Rafah.
Southern Water: Sewage
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will undertake an environmental impact assessment of Southern Waters policy on sewage discharges into (a) Langstone Harbour and (b) the Solent.
Answer · 24 May 2024
Sewage discharges by Southern Water into Langstone Harbour and the Solent are permitted by the Environment Agency. The limits on these permits are informed by environmental impact assessments. If the Environment Agency finds any company breaching the cond...
Southern Water: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will undertake an environmental impact assessment of Southern Water’s decision to respond to increased rainfall by improving surface water drainage.
Answer · 24 May 2024
The Environment Agency continues to liaise with Southern Water to implement Pathfinder projects in Whitstable, Margate and Deal, in order to reduce surface water inputs to Waste Water Treatment Works (WWTW) during heavy rainfall. These catchments are affe...
Music: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to respond to the APPG on Music report entitled Artificial Intelligence and the Music Industry- Master or Servant, published on 1 May 2024.
Answer · 24 May 2024
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Tickets: Touting
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department plans to take steps to monitor secondary ticketing practices.
Answer · 24 May 2024
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Speeches in the chamber
14 Jul 2026 Support for Pig Farmers
I am very alive to the issues. That is why engagement with the sector is very important. I have powers available to me, if necessary, but we are keen to monitor the situation. That is why today’s debate has been so important. We are awa…
14 Jul 2026 Support for Pig Farmers
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Christopher. I congratulate the hon. Member for Gordon and Buchan (Harriet Cross) on securing this incredibly important debate, and on the constructive manner in which she contributed …
9 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
I would be very happy to meet the hon. Member.
9 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
I welcome the leadership that my hon. Friend is demonstrating through the APPG on fisheries for industry and coastal communities like ours. The Government are focused on delivering practical support for the sector through measures such as …
9 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
I thank the Chair of the Select Committee for his question. I take these issues extremely seriously, and will bring forward the meeting so that I see the organisation as soon as possible.
9 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
I thank my hon. Friend for his work on those important matters. This is about fairness for consumers and farmers. We want people to know where their food comes from, trust what they are buying, and back British farmers who meet our high st…
9 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
As I mentioned, I am due to meet the National Pig Association in due course. I take those issues seriously and I want to ensure that there is certainty and clarity in the sector. We recently published our farming road map, which brings tha…
9 Jul 2026 Tuna Fishing Licences
The hon. Gentleman invited me to Northern Ireland in a Westminster Hall debate last week, rightly knowing that I am a fan of scampi. I look forward to finding time for that opportunity in due course. I thank him for his invitation to engag…
9 Jul 2026 Tuna Fishing Licences
As my hon. Friend rightly says, one Scottish fisher secured a commercial bluefin tuna licence in 2025, authorised through a fair and transparent application process. That fisher was unsuccessful in 2026. As set out in guidance, due to dema…
9 Jul 2026 Tuna Fishing Licences
The Government secured a major increase in the UK’s annual bluefin tuna quota from 63 tonnes to around 230 tonnes, creating new opportunities for fishers across the United Kingdom. Licences were allocated through a fair, transparent proces…
9 Jul 2026 Pig Farmers
I thank the shadow Minister for his engagement on this issue. Baroness Hayman in the other place has visited the port to understand the issues that he describes. We take these issues extremely seriously. I will certainly take his views bac…
9 Jul 2026 Pig Farmers
I thank my hon. Friend for his engagement on this matter. The pig sector is vital to British farming, and I know from my time with him at the Royal Norfolk show the other week that he is a real champion on these issues in his constituency.…
9 Jul 2026 Pig Farmers
I pay tribute to all those who work in the pig sector across our country. I recognise the challenges that pig farmers are facing. This Government are taking action to strengthen protections for pig farmers, particularly where there are sev…
9 Jul 2026 Pig Farmers
This Government are backing the vital British pig sector by delivering fairer supply chains and stronger protections for producers. The Fair Dealing Obligations (Pigs) Regulations 2025 are ending unfair contract practices, with all pre-exi…
2 Jul 2026 Air Pollution
My understanding is that there is already a legal framework to deliver on the targets that we are committed to achieving. I welcome the scrutiny from this House and the Environmental Audit Committee. I know that the Minister responsible…
2 Jul 2026 Air Pollution
My right hon. Friend will know that the Government have launched a consultation on the draft Heathrow expansion national policy statement, which includes the requirement that the development consent must meet measures on climate change and…
2 Jul 2026 Air Pollution
It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Efford. I congratulate all hon. Members for their thoughtful and wide-ranging contributions. I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Brent West (Barry Gardiner) for securing this i…
1 Jul 2026 Fishing Industry: Government Support
I would politely say to the shadow Minister that I will take no lectures from the Conservative party, who saw the fishing community decimated with broken promises, fishing numbers down, economic damage done and a dramatic decline in expor…
1 Jul 2026 Fishing Industry: Government Support
I thank the new hon. Member for his intervention—I was waiting for an invitation to visit him in Scotland, but perhaps that will come later. I am very alive to the issues around costs. He will know about the interventions the Treasury has …
1 Jul 2026 Fishing Industry: Government Support
The hon. Member teases me to visit Northern Ireland, knowing that scampi is my dish of choice on a Friday, so perhaps that is a visit we can get into my diary sooner rather than later. I am very aware that the fishing industry faces a m…
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Government posts
- Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury · HM Treasury 7 Sep 2025 – 12 Jun 2026
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education) · Department for Education 9 Jul 2024 – 7 Sep 2025
Opposition posts
- Shadow Minister (Transport) · Department for Transport 6 Sep 2023 – 30 May 2024
- Shadow Minister (Education) (Schools) · Department for Education 4 Dec 2021 – 6 Sep 2023
- Shadow Minister (Defence) · Ministry of Defence 16 Jan 2020 – 4 Dec 2021
- Shadow Minister for Local Government (Communities) · HM Official Opposition 17 Jul 2019 – 10 Apr 2020
Committee memberships
- Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 15 Jan 2025 – 11 Feb 2025
- Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill (2021) 25 Feb 2021 – 14 Apr 2021
- Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill (2021) 22 Feb 2021 – 22 Feb 2021
- Public Accounts Committee 20 Nov 2017 – 6 Nov 2019
Previous seats
- Portsmouth South · Elected 2 times 8 Jun 2017 – 30 May 2024
Expenses
Contact & offices
0207 219 3906
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
72 Albert Road, Southsea, Portsmouth, PO5 2SL
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Stephen Morgan, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Stephen Morgan?
Stephen Morgan is a Member of Parliament representing Portsmouth South in the House of Commons. See Stephen Morgan's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Stephen Morgan represent?
Stephen Morgan sits as Labour. See Stephen Morgan's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Stephen Morgan represent?
Stephen Morgan is the Member of Parliament for Portsmouth South. See Stephen Morgan's official Parliament profile.
How long has Stephen Morgan been an MP?
Stephen Morgan has served in the House of Commons for 9 years, 1 month. See Stephen Morgan's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Stephen Morgan?
Stephen Morgan has 5 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Stephen Morgan's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.