At a glanceAnneliese Midgley is a Labour MP for Knowsley, and has represented the seat for 2 years. They have cast 448 votes in Commons divisions (78% attendance), tabled 163 written questions and registered 3 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Anneliese Midgley did not vote in 127. 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
Current roles
- Culture, Media and Sport Committee Committee since 27 Oct 2025
- Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill Committee since 26 Jun 2025
- Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill Committee since 26 Jun 2025
- Labour Party since 4 Jul 2024
- Knowsley Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Liz Twist
Labour
100.0% · 427 of 427 shared votes
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Sojan Joseph
Labour
100.0% · 423 of 423 shared votes
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Sally Jameson
Labour (Co-op)
100.0% · 414 of 414 shared votes
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Paul Waugh
Labour (Co-op)
100.0% · 412 of 412 shared votes
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Alan Strickland
Labour
100.0% · 411 of 411 shared votes
Votes least like
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Sir Mel Stride
Conservative
1.1% · 3 of 269 shared votes
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George Freeman
Conservative
1.2% · 3 of 257 shared votes
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Sir Oliver Dowden
Conservative
1.4% · 4 of 294 shared votes
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Victoria Atkins
Conservative
1.4% · 4 of 290 shared votes
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Kevin Hollinrake
Conservative
1.4% · 4 of 288 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.
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources3
- The Jockey Club - £560.00 (registered 20 May 2026)
- Hestview Ltd - £350.00 (registered 16 Mar 2026)
- BPI (British Recorded Music Industry) Ltd - £3,432.00 (registered 7 Mar 2026)
Written questions
Members: Postal Services
To ask the hon. Member for Warrington North, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, what information he holds on the total amount claimed by hon. Members for postage costs through IPSA in each year sinc
Answer · 14 Apr 2026
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) has provided the total aggregated spend on postage costs across all MPs in the table below.Financial YearSpend2015-16£185,9312016-17£101,5722017-18£163,6912018-19£150,7232019-20£167,1452020-21£296,2...
Fly-tipping
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many enforcement notices for illegal waste operations are outstanding.
Answer · 24 Mar 2026
In the last 5 years (1 January 2021 – 31 December 2025) there have been 73 notices served under Section 59 and Section 34 of Environmental Protection Act 1990. A Section 59 notice requires the removal of unlawfully deposited waste, and a Section 34 notice...
Fly-tipping
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many illegal waste site operators have received custodial sentences in each of the last five years.
Answer · 24 Mar 2026
YearCount of immediate custodial sentencesCount of suspended sentences202159202268202348202416162025018
Waste: Fines
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average financial penalty issued for waste crime was in the last five years.
Answer · 24 Mar 2026
Average fine for where the incident type was waste (regardless of whether related to an illegal waste site) and where the hearing date falls in the 2020 - 2025 range. This data also includes community orders: 2021 - £113,647.962022 - £3,268.002023 - £11,2...
Fly-tipping
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many prosecutions has the Environment Agency brought for operating illegal waste sites in each of the last five years.
Answer · 24 Mar 2026
Successful prosecutions associated with illegal waste sites investigations (where the court hearing date is in the requested timeframe and the verdict is guilty): 2021 – 422022 – 482023 – 472024 – 822025 – 68 This data is subject to change as cases reach ...
Fly-tipping
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many enforcement actions the Environment Agency has taken against illegal waste sites in each of the last five years.
Answer · 24 Mar 2026
Total number of actions dated within each calendar year for records relating to illegal waste sites. Prosecution outcomes have been removed as these are provided separately in PQ 121091. 2021: 7502022: 5492023: 5742024: 3352025: 343 NB: This data is taken...
Fly-tipping
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many illegal waste sites are located on green belt land.
Answer · 19 Mar 2026
This data is not held centrally.
Fly-tipping
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many illegal waste sites are located within one kilometre of residential communities.
Answer · 19 Mar 2026
This data is not held centrally.
Speeches in the chamber
27 Apr 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill (Carry-over)
Ten years ago yesterday, the Hillsborough inquest jury delivered its historic verdict, concluding that 96 Liverpool fans who died at Hillsborough in 1989 were unlawfully killed. In the years since, the 96 have become 97. The families cont…
22 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes
I welcome the Minister’s statement, especially the news of the termination of the Royal Mail pension scheme contract to Capita. As he knows, Capita’s management of the civil service pension scheme has been an absolute shambles. I have cons…
20 Apr 2026 Victims and Courts Bill
I want to focus on one of the flagship measures in the Bill: clause 1, headed “Power to compel attendance at sentencing hearing”. This law has been fought for—and will today be won—by my constituent Cheryl Korbel. It will compel convicted …
25 Mar 2026 Waste Crime: Knowsley
I absolutely agree: this matter affects us across all our constituencies. In the action plan, I have read about some good measures, but they need to be put into action. I am sure that the Minister will go into that in more detail. I fin…
25 Mar 2026 Waste Crime: Knowsley
Absolutely. I pay tribute, once again, to my hon. Friend for the work that she has been doing with me on that specific site in her constituency. She is right. In a moment, I will move on to another site with major issues, but where the Env…
25 Mar 2026 Waste Crime: Knowsley
I know that my hon. Friend has done such hard work for her constituency of Blackpool North and Fleetwood in campaigning on this. We are working closely together on this issue, and I absolutely agree: a big part of the problem is about the …
25 Mar 2026 Waste Crime: Knowsley
I thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention, which will come as a surprise to no one. Yes, I know that Labour’s waste-crime action plan addresses many of the concerns that he has raised, and I am sure that the Minister will go into th…
25 Mar 2026 Waste Crime: Knowsley
I beg to move, That this House has considered the matter of waste crime in Knowsley. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Efford. I am really pleased to have secured this debate on waste crime in Knowsley. I know thi…
19 Mar 2026 Business of the House
Capita’s management of the civil service pension scheme—the latest in a string of failures—is a total disaster. My constituents are dealing with errors and delays, and are struggling to make ends meet, yet we are rewarding Capita by handin…
9 Mar 2026 Support for NEET Young People
Last week I met with Knowsley chamber of commerce, and we all welcomed the Government’s youth guarantee. Some 55,000 placements is a great start, but no scheme starts are currently planned in Knowsley, where the likelihood of young people …
9 Mar 2026 Support for NEET Young People
21. What steps he is taking to support young people into employment, education or training.
2 Mar 2026 National Year of Reading: Phonics
As the Secretary of State said, 2026 is the National Year of Reading. This week, I am reading “Ghost Town” by Jeff Young. Reading changed my life, and in fact I read a book a week. In Knowsley, one in four children fail their key stage 1 p…
2 Mar 2026 National Year of Reading: Phonics
11. What steps she is taking through the National Year of Reading 2026 to improve phonics attainment at key stage 1.
11 Feb 2026 Local Government Finance
After 14 years of the Tories and coalition Governments, councils like mine in Knowsley were cut to the bone. When I was elected, my constituency was the third most deprived constituency in the country—we did not just experience pressure; w…
4 Feb 2026 Lord Mandelson
Will the Minister clarify that the documentation will go to the ISC, and that the ISC, not the Cabinet Secretary, will be the decision maker on risk to national security and international relationships, and on what should be in the public …
4 Feb 2026 Civil Service Pension Scheme: Administration
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Lewell. As so many colleagues have said, at the heart of this debate are people who have worked as public servants, many of them for decades. Everything that I am getting in my mailb…
3 Feb 2026 Parole Board Hearings
Members of James Bulger’s family are my constituents, and they are yet again facing the agony of another parole hearing for Jon Venables, an ordeal that continues to retraumatise them more than 30 years after James’s horrific murder. While…
3 Feb 2026 Parole Board Hearings
8. What assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of Parole Board hearings on victims and their families.
28 Jan 2026 Engagements
I associate myself with the remarks of the Deputy Prime Minister about Holocaust Memorial Day and that British serviceman. This week, the BBC and “Good Morning Britain” have reported on the national disgrace of out-of-control waste dump…
28 Jan 2026 Engagements
Q1. If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 28 January.
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Committee memberships
- Public Office (Accountability) Bill 12 Nov 2025 – 4 Dec 2025
- Energy Security and Net Zero Committee 21 Oct 2024 – 3 Nov 2025
- Victims and Courts Bill 17 Jun 2025 – 24 Jun 2025
- Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL] 13 May 2025 – 15 May 2025
- Employment Rights Bill 13 Nov 2024 – 16 Jan 2025
Expenses
Contact & offices
0151 305 9026
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
Constituency office
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Anneliese Midgley, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Anneliese Midgley?
Anneliese Midgley is a Member of Parliament representing Knowsley in the House of Commons. See Anneliese Midgley's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Anneliese Midgley represent?
Anneliese Midgley sits as Labour. See Anneliese Midgley's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Anneliese Midgley represent?
Anneliese Midgley is the Member of Parliament for Knowsley. See Anneliese Midgley's official Parliament profile.
How long has Anneliese Midgley been an MP?
Anneliese Midgley has served in the House of Commons for 2 years. See Anneliese Midgley's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Anneliese Midgley?
Anneliese Midgley has 3 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Anneliese Midgley's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.