At a glanceDr Marie Tidball is a Labour MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge, and has represented the seat for 2 years. They have cast 451 votes in Commons divisions (78% attendance) and tabled 16 written questions.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Dr Marie Tidball did not vote in 124. 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
- Labour Party since 4 Jul 2024
- Penistone and Stocksbridge Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Charlotte Nichols
Labour
100.0% · 398 of 398 shared votes
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Steve Witherden
Labour
100.0% · 385 of 385 shared votes
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Lizzi Collinge
Labour
100.0% · 364 of 364 shared votes
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Sarah Hall
Labour (Co-op)
100.0% · 357 of 357 shared votes
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Clive Efford
Labour
100.0% · 354 of 354 shared votes
Votes least like
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Joy Morrissey
Conservative
0.7% · 2 of 281 shared votes
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Sir Roger Gale
Conservative
0.7% · 2 of 277 shared votes
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Mr Mark Francois
Conservative
0.7% · 2 of 274 shared votes
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Mark Pritchard
Conservative
0.8% · 2 of 253 shared votes
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Dame Harriett Baldwin
Conservative
0.9% · 3 of 330 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.
Written questions
School Meals: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of ingredient costs on local authority school catering services; and what steps her Department is taking to help support local authorities to work
Answer · 7 Jul 2026
The department recognises the pressures that some schools and suppliers may be facing due to rising costs. We are working closely with the school food sector to understand the wider school food system to support the delivery of the free school meals expan...
Universal Credit: Disability Premium
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has to roll out backdated payments for enhanced disability premium for claimants who transferred to Universal Credit before 14 February 2024; and whether these payments will be ongoing fo
Answer · 24 Apr 2025
We are providing transitional protection to some customers who moved to Universal Credit following a change in their circumstances and not via the “managed migration” process.To end the losses new customers to Universal Credit were facing, new regulations...
Family Proceedings
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to publish a response to her Department's report entitled, Assessing risk of harm to children and parents in private law children, published in June 2020.
Answer · 8 Apr 2025
The Ministry of Justice has published a full implementation plan and various updates to the report entitled “Assessing risk of harm to children and parents in private law children cases”, which is known as the Harm Panel report. The latest delivery update...
Bayer: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to ensure patients affected by Essure products receive financial compensation.
Answer · 8 Apr 2025
Manufacturers can generally be held liable for any harm caused by a defective product under Part 1 of the Consumer Protection Act 1987, but claims must be brought within 10 years of the product being supplied.NHS Resolution manages clinical negligence and...
Bayer: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to ensure patients affected by Essure sterilisation devices manufactured over 10 years ago can claim financial compensation.
Answer · 8 Apr 2025
Manufacturers can generally be held liable for any harm caused by a defective product under Part 1 of the Consumer Protection Act 1987, but claims must be brought within 10 years of the product being supplied.NHS Resolution manages clinical negligence and...
Sodium Valproate: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to establish a redress scheme for people harmed by sodium valproate.
Answer · 8 Apr 2025
The Government is carefully considering the valuable work done by the Patient Safety Commissioner and the resulting Hughes Report, which set out options for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh. This is a complex area of work, involving s...
Sodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish a response to the Hughes Report, published on 7 February 2024.
Answer · 8 Apr 2025
The Government is carefully considering the valuable work done by the Patient Safety Commissioner and the resulting Hughes Report, which set out options for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh. This is a complex area of work, involving s...
Emergencies: Planning
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent progress his Department has made on strengthening national resilience.
Answer · 24 Jan 2025
As my Rt. Hon friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster set out in his statement in the House last week, the Government continues to make improvements to strengthen our national resilience.In April the UK Resilience Academy will be launched and will...
Speeches in the chamber
16 Jul 2026 Business of the House
As the summer holidays approach and with all the lovely sunny weather, I really hope that children across my constituency take the chance to spend plenty of time playing outside. I know how important it is for their wellbeing and it is a p…
14 Jul 2026 Health of Children and Young People
Yesterday I had the pleasure of welcoming the Barnsley-based charity LimbBo Foundation, along with the Limb Loss and Limb Difference UK alliance to Parliament to celebrate Disability Pride Month. The alliance launched its campaign to end t…
9 Jul 2026 Timms Review: Interim Report
I welcome the review and thank disabled people, who have shaped it. Last year, I was pleased that the Minister accepted my amendment to the Universal Credit Bill to ensure that co-production with disabled people was put at the heart of the…
9 Jul 2026 Business of the House
Today we are launching our petition to save Scout Dike activity centre in my constituency with fantastic local campaigners Darren Padgett and Nick Stubbs. We are campaigning against Barnsley council’s plans to sell off this valuable commun…
30 Jun 2026 National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation
I welcome the Secretary of State’s statement and the work of Baroness Amos on this vital report. Disabled women are 44% more likely to suffer a stillbirth than non-disabled women. Drawing on the evidence session I chaired with our MaternAb…
8 Jun 2026 Progression of Bills through Parliament
My hon. Friend the Member for Spen Valley (Kim Leadbeater), who introduced the assisted dying Bill as a private Member’s Bill, cannot be with us today. Does my hon. Friend agree that the filibustering in the Lords and the inability of the …
14 May 2026 Business of the House
I recently held an event in High Green to listen to local people’s priorities for the area, because they have felt overlooked for far too long. Two of the areas in High Green have a bottom 3% and 7% score of deprivation in England. I want …
25 Mar 2026 Engagements
Thank you, Mr Speaker. May I thank the Prime Minister for the £35 million of funding to transform the Crucible theatre and keep the world snooker championship at the heart of Sheffield? I want my constituents to be able to enjoy this fanta…
25 Mar 2026 Engagements
Q5. May I thank the Prime Minister for the £35 million of funding, announced this week, to transform the Crucible theatre and keep the world—[Interruption.]
18 Mar 2026 Engagements
Q3. My constituent Caroline from Grenoside told me that since December the cost of her heating oil has nearly tripled, from £257 to £700. Local farmers I met last week also raised their concerns that the oil industry has not been properl…
12 Mar 2026 International Women’s Day
I thank all the women in this Chamber who really have slayed in their lane in today’s debate. Madam Deputy Speaker: “When they amputated my leg, they amputated a part of me. I see my body and I feel disgust, repulsion. I fear that my…
10 Mar 2026 Courts and Tribunals Bill
I do indeed agree with my hon. Friend. When Jack and Paul died, Claire promised them that no more children should lose their lives like they did, at the hands of an abusive parent. When I first met Claire, I told her that if I was elect…
10 Mar 2026 Courts and Tribunals Bill
I do indeed. In combination with the provisions in the Bill to effect structural reform, to stop criminals from gaming the system and to triage trials effectively, such measures will embed a child-centred and victim-centred approach in the…
10 Mar 2026 Courts and Tribunals Bill
I rise to support this Bill, particularly clause 17— Jack and Paul’s law—to finally repeal the presumption of contact in the family courts. It is the result of 11 years of campaigning by my incredible constituent Claire Throssell MBE, who …
10 Mar 2026 Courts and Tribunals Bill
Does the hon. and learned Member agree that, in fact, we are getting rid of them in only a quarter of 3% of cases that go through the court process?
10 Mar 2026 Courts and Tribunals Bill
Does the hon. Lady recognise that in 2020 the harm panel said that that section creates a “pro-contact culture” that puts children at risk, and that post the publication of that review, it received no response from her Government?
24 Feb 2026 Disabled Women: Maternity Care
Too often, disabled women’s bodies are deemed not to count. In the last year, I have met two incredible disabled women: Carly, a Paralympian, and Sarah, an occupational therapist. Neither found out that they were pregnant until their secon…
24 Feb 2026 Disabled Women: Maternity Care
14. What steps his Department has taken to improve maternity care for disabled women.
12 Feb 2026 Bus Fare Cap
On the doorstep, at my constituency meeting last November, and when I am out and about in Stocksbridge, Deepcar, Oughtibridge and Wharncliffe Side, time and again my constituents tell me about the urgent need to bring back the SL1 tram-tr…
5 Feb 2026 Business of the House
I held a meeting for my constituents in Silkstone and Silkstone Common last week, and they raised with me the lack of NHS dentistry spaces locally. Some are having to travel 20 miles, taking up to an hour and a half, to get to an NHS denti…
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Committee memberships
- Education Committee 21 Oct 2024 – 28 Oct 2025
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill 15 Jan 2025 – 25 Mar 2025
- Employment Rights Bill 13 Nov 2024 – 16 Jan 2025
Expenses
Contact & offices
0207 219 7636
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
1B Lound Side, Chapeltown, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S35 2UQ
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Dr Marie Tidball, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Dr Marie Tidball?
Dr Marie Tidball is a Member of Parliament representing Penistone and Stocksbridge in the House of Commons. See Dr Marie Tidball's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Dr Marie Tidball represent?
Dr Marie Tidball sits as Labour. See Dr Marie Tidball's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Dr Marie Tidball represent?
Dr Marie Tidball is the Member of Parliament for Penistone and Stocksbridge. See Dr Marie Tidball's official Parliament profile.
How long has Dr Marie Tidball been an MP?
Dr Marie Tidball has served in the House of Commons for 2 years. See Dr Marie Tidball's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Dr Marie Tidball?
Dr Marie Tidball has no entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Dr Marie Tidball's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 27 Jul 2026.