At a glanceMarkus Campbell-Savours is a Labour MP for Penrith and Solway, and has represented the seat for 2 years. They have cast 504 votes in Commons divisions (88% attendance), tabled 56 written questions and registered 3 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Markus Campbell-Savours did not vote in 71. 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 6 Mar 2026
- Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee Committee since 28 Oct 2024
- Modernisation Committee Committee since 9 Sep 2024
- Penrith and Solway Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Ben Goldsborough
Labour
99.8% · 440 of 441 shared votes
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Carolyn Harris
Labour
99.8% · 417 of 418 shared votes
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Afzal Khan
Labour
99.8% · 414 of 415 shared votes
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Bambos Charalambous
Labour
99.8% · 405 of 406 shared votes
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Juliet Campbell
Labour
99.8% · 401 of 402 shared votes
Votes least like
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Sir Roger Gale
Conservative
0.9% · 3 of 316 shared votes
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Sir Mel Stride
Conservative
1.1% · 3 of 280 shared votes
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Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Conservative
1.2% · 2 of 161 shared votes
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George Freeman
Conservative
1.5% · 4 of 271 shared votes
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James Cartlidge
Conservative
1.6% · 6 of 368 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.
Visits outside the UK1
- International visit to Brunei between 24 May 2026 and 29 May 2026 (registered 22 Jun 2026)
Miscellaneous2
- Shareholdings in GB Bank Limited which fall below the registrable thresholds in Category 7. (registered 6 Nov 2024)
- Directorship of a company not trading - Sole director of MCS Electrical Project Ltd. This is an unpaid role. (registered 5 Aug 2024)
Written questions
Rescue Services: Voluntary Work
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which Department is responsible for monitoring the impact of regulation on volunteer land based search and rescue organisations; and how that responsibility is coordinated across Government.
Answer · 3 Jul 2026
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is responsible for monitoring the impact of its regulatory activity through inspections, ratings, and ongoing assessment of providers.The Department oversees the effectiveness of the legislative framework, including throu...
Rescue Services: Voluntary Work
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which Department holds lead responsibility for determining whether volunteer land based search and rescue organisations are required to register with the Care Quality Commission; and which statutor
Answer · 3 Jul 2026
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is responsible for monitoring the impact of its regulatory activity through inspections, ratings, and ongoing assessment of providers.The Department oversees the effectiveness of the legislative framework, including throu...
Rescue Services: Voluntary Work
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which Department holds lead responsibility for determining whether volunteer maritime search and rescue organisations are required to register with the Care Quality Commission; and which statutory
Answer · 3 Jul 2026
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is responsible for monitoring the impact of its regulatory activity through inspections, ratings, and ongoing assessment of providers.The Department oversees the effectiveness of the legislative framework, including throu...
Rescue Services: Voluntary Work
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which minister has overall responsibility for volunteer search and rescue policy across government.
Answer · 3 Jul 2026
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport leads on volunteering policy, and the responsible Minister is Stephanie Peacock MP and Minister for Sport, Tourism, Civil Society and Youth. The Cabinet Office owns the Civil Contingencies Act (2004), which prov...
Employment: Endometriosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 4 April 2025 to Question 42370, when his Department plans to respond to the Office for National Statistics’ findings published in February 2025 on the impact of an e
Answer · 15 Jun 2026
The publication from the Office of National Statistics in February 2025 on the labour market impacts of endometriosis provided the first robust national evidence in England quantifying its impact on earnings and employment. The analysis provides evidence ...
Endometriosis: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 4 April 2025 to Question 42370, what progress NHS England has made in developing metrics to assess timely access to care and outcomes for women with suspected endome
Answer · 15 Jun 2026
NHS England is progressing work to collect metrics on endometriosis through its wider women’s health data improvement and reporting programme. As a starting point, NHS England is establishing which measures can be collected in a consistent and quantifiabl...
Endometriosis: Diagnosis and Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 4 April 2025 to Question 42370, what progress has been made on implementing the updated November 2024 NICE guideline on endometriosis diagnosis and management across
Answer · 11 Jun 2026
NHS England encourages adherence to guidance publications by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). However, healthcare professionals and practitioners are expected to take NICE guidelines into account alongside the individual needs...
Rescue Services
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which minister has overall responsibility for search and rescue policy across government.
Answer · 9 Jun 2026
The term ‘Search and Rescue’ covers a broad range of capabilities provided by civilian, military, and voluntary responders in the urban, rural, mountain, and maritime domains. As such, individual departments sponsoring these various services are responsib...
Early day motions
| 25 Feb 2026 | Castlegate and Derwent Surgery in Cockermouth (No. 2) | 1 sig. |
| 25 Feb 2026 | Castlegate and Derwent Surgery in Cockermouth (No. 3) | 1 sig. |
| 25 Feb 2026 | Castlegate and Derwent Surgery in Cockermouth (No. 4) | 1 sig. |
| 25 Feb 2026 | Castlegate and Derwent Surgery in Cockermouth (No. 5) | 2 sig. |
| 25 Feb 2026 | Flooded homes in Wigton (No. 2) | 1 sig. |
| 21 Jan 2026 | Short-term holiday let licensing with caps | 9 sig. |
Speeches in the chamber
24 Jun 2026 Farming Road Map and Profitability Review
I welcome the publication of the road map, and note from the section on environmental land management schemes that in 2027 there will be a need to support farms with legacy countryside stewardship and higher-level stewardship agreements in…
25 Mar 2026 Foreign Financial Influence and Interference: UK Politics
Section 10 of the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 amended the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 so that, in addition to already needing to be on the electoral register, a donor would need to be domiciled in the…
16 Mar 2026 Heating Oil Support
I appreciate the speed at which the Government are working, and understand that local authorities will have a role in how the money is distributed. However, in the absence of detail, many people are doing a back-of-a-fag-packet calculation…
16 Mar 2026 GP Contract
I welcome these reforms. However, on the issue of accountability, despite years of failure documented in multiple inspection reports by the coroner and the Care Quality Commission, the integrated care board has not yet removed the contract…
4 Feb 2026 Lord Mandelson
Apologies, Madam Deputy Speaker; I am obviously out of practice on interventions. Is the hon. Lady aware of that convention?
4 Feb 2026 Lord Mandelson
I will take the hon. Member’s word for it that those Humble Addresses did not contain those words, but if you take, for example, the Humble Address on Lebedev’s appointment to the House of Lords in 2022, it did not have to contain those w…
12 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill
I rise to speak in favour of Government amendment 24 and the associated amendments that will increase the 100% allowance cap for agricultural property relief from £1 million to £2.5 million. In December, I believe I closed my last speech o…
5 Jan 2026 Venezuela
Has the Secretary of State reflected on the well-documented difficulties that arise when the US assumes administrative control of occupied territory—difficulties we saw all too clearly during the Iraq conflict? Given these lessons, will th…
16 Dec 2025 Finance (No. 2) Bill
I struggle to be brief, so excuse me if I compensate with bluntness, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am a lifelong Labour supporter, a Labour activist of 20 years, a former councillor and chief whip on a Labour group, and although I currently have…
10 Dec 2025 International Human Rights Day 2025
I thank all colleagues who participated in the debate, including the persistent hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon), who raised the important issue of freedom of religion and belief, and the hon. Member for North Northumberland (David…
10 Dec 2025 International Human Rights Day 2025
I beg to move, That this House has considered International Human Rights Day 2025. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship for the first time, Ms Butler. I am grateful to hon. Members for attending this debate on Internatio…
10 Dec 2025 Village Schools
It is not just about money. In my constituency of Penrith and Solway, we have seen the unrestricted change of use of properties from homes to holiday lets, which has led to the depopulation of villages and has undermined local schools. I u…
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolutions
I welcome the positive steps taken in this Budget to support our NHS, including commitments to cut waiting lists, investment in technology and the delivery of up to 250 new neighbourhood health centres across the country. Measures like tha…
12 Nov 2025 Topical Questions
T3. The Information Commissioner’s Office faces constant criticism for weak freedom of information enforcement and sluggish decisions. Why must Britain lag behind countries like Sweden and Norway, where citizens routinely access informat…
30 Oct 2025 Sudan: Protection of Civilians
I would like to give the Minister the opportunity to be as robust as possible on the issue of arms exports. Do the Government consider the reports that UK military equipment exported to the UAE has been found on the battlefield to be credi…
29 Oct 2025 UK-Türkiye Typhoon Export Deal
Many UK manufacturers are part of international groups and have the opportunity to transfer UK-generated profits to overseas entities via internal pricing mechanisms and management fees. Can the Minister confirm whether those profit-shifti…
21 Oct 2025 Wordsworth House and Garden
Many years ago, the community in Cockermouth saved Wordsworth House from demolition when plans were proposed to build a bus station, and the birthplace of William Wordsworth now stands as a historic gem on Cockermouth’s main street. Over t…
21 Oct 2025 Topical Questions
T5. After years of watching dentists in Cumbria turn their backs on the NHS contract and move those patients who can afford it to private plans, my constituency is now an NHS dental desert. Can the Minister confirm when the Government wi…
15 Oct 2025 Pride in Place
I thank the Minister for this fantastic funding announcement. I know that my constituents in Maryport and Broughton Moor will make good use of this £20 million investment. Thinking back to the last Government’s approach to levelling up, I …
11 Sep 2025 Topical Questions
T5. Penrith and the surrounding villages have endured a summer of gridlock, with junction 40 on the M6 repeatedly grinding to a halt, particularly when peak holiday traffic is heading to Cumbria and the lakes. While we await the vital A6…
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Committee memberships
- Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL] 13 May 2025 – 15 May 2025
Party affiliation
- Independent 3 Dec 2025 – 6 Mar 2026
- Labour 4 Jul 2024 – 3 Dec 2025
Expenses
Contact & offices
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Markus Campbell-Savours, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Markus Campbell-Savours?
Markus Campbell-Savours is a Member of Parliament representing Penrith and Solway in the House of Commons. See Markus Campbell-Savours's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Markus Campbell-Savours represent?
Markus Campbell-Savours sits as Labour. See Markus Campbell-Savours's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Markus Campbell-Savours represent?
Markus Campbell-Savours is the Member of Parliament for Penrith and Solway. See Markus Campbell-Savours's official Parliament profile.
How long has Markus Campbell-Savours been an MP?
Markus Campbell-Savours has served in the House of Commons for 2 years. See Markus Campbell-Savours's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Markus Campbell-Savours?
Markus Campbell-Savours has 3 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Markus Campbell-Savours's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.