At a glanceSamantha Niblett is a Labour MP for South Derbyshire, and has represented the seat for 2 years. They have cast 470 votes in Commons divisions (82% attendance), tabled 376 written questions and registered 2 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Samantha Niblett did not vote in 105. 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
- Science, Innovation and Technology Committee Committee since 27 Oct 2025
- Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill Committee since 25 Jun 2025
- South Derbyshire Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
- Labour Party since 4 Jul 2024
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Paul Davies
Labour
100.0% · 459 of 459 shared votes
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Rachel Hopkins
Labour
100.0% · 459 of 459 shared votes
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Andrew Cooper
Labour
100.0% · 453 of 453 shared votes
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Tristan Osborne
Labour
100.0% · 451 of 451 shared votes
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Steve Yemm
Labour
100.0% · 450 of 450 shared votes
Votes least like
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Mr Mark Francois
Conservative
0.7% · 2 of 272 shared votes
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Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Conservative
0.7% · 1 of 153 shared votes
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Sir Roger Gale
Conservative
0.8% · 2 of 265 shared votes
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Alex Burghart
Conservative
0.9% · 3 of 320 shared votes
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Sir Geoffrey Cox
Conservative
0.9% · 2 of 211 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 sources1
- DHP Family Ltd - £834.60 (registered 8 Aug 2025)
Miscellaneous1
- Unpaid directorship for Labour: Women in Tech. A campaign group I founded to get more women into tech. (registered 3 Dec 2024)
Written questions
Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the total value of payments made to With-Profits Annuitants under the Equitable Life Payments Scheme as of 30 May 2026.
Answer · 15 Jul 2026
In 2010 the then government chose to allocate £1.5 billion to the Equitable Life Payment Scheme. Before it ceased operations in 2016, the Scheme had issued £1.12 billion in tax-free payments to nearly 933,000 policyholders. The remainder of the £1.5 billi...
Pony Partnerships: Transgender People
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what guidance her department can give Pony Partnerships CIC (a Derbyshire-based Community Interest Company providing equine-facilitated therapeutic, learning and enrichment services for children, young people,
Awaiting an answer from the Women and Equalities.
Visas: Married People
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether that spousal visa fee reflects the administrative cost of processing such applications in full; and what proportion of the fee represents (a) visa processing costs, (b) the Immigration Health
Answer · 15 Jul 2026
Published unit costs for processing visa applications can be viewed on Gov.UK through the following link: Visa fees transparency data - GOV.UK. The estimated unit cost of a spousal visa is currently £426, the fee for a spouse visa application is £1407.Fee...
Visas: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of fees charged for spousal visa applications; and if she will provide a breakdown of the £3,994.50 fee.
Answer · 13 Jul 2026
Fees for immigration and nationality applications are kept under review. Where changes to fee legislation are made, Impact Assessments are produced which identify potential impacts resulting from the changes. The most recent Impact Assessment which includ...
Politics: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what consideration he has given to the involvement of young people with politics and their potential disenfranchisement following the social media ban.
Answer · 13 Jul 2026
Young people represent the future of our country. The Government believes young people must be seen and heard and that ambition is at the heart of major government priorities including Votes at 16. The Government committed in its manifesto to increasing t...
USA: Foreign Relations
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the special relationship with the USA, what plans she has for bolstering and developing the special relationship.
Answer · 13 Jul 2026
I refer the Hon Member to the answers provided on this question by the Foreign Secretary in the last session of departmental oral questions on 16 June.
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his department is doing to address recruitment and retention issues in Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
Answer · 13 Jul 2026
Decisions on employment in obstetrics and gynaecology are a matter for individual National Health Service trusts which manage their recruitment at a local level, ensuring they have the right number of staff in place, with the right skill mix, to deliver s...
Nutrition: Health Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if hr Department will commit to ensuring healthy eating education takes into account autistic and other neurodivergent children, including those who may interpret simplified or rule-based messages about food li
Awaiting an answer from the Department for Education.
Speeches in the chamber
16 Jul 2026 Sir David Amess Summer Adjournment
It is a privilege to contribute to this debate in memory of Sir David Amess. Sir David embodied what it means to be a great constituency MP. He understood that our greatest responsibility is not just what happens in this Chamber, but what …
16 Jul 2026 Business of the House
I want to put on record my thanks to the Prime Minister, not only for turning the Labour party around and getting us elected, but for helping me to be elected as the Member for South Derbyshire so that I can represent constituents of mine …
13 Jul 2026 State of Climate and Nature
Coton in the Elms in my constituency hit the national news for having recorded the UK’s highest temperature on Friday of 35.2°C—a reminder of the realities of climate change and the need to transition to renewable energy. Most of my consti…
2 Jul 2026 Historical Forced Adoption
I thank the Prime Minister for this long awaited and long overdue heartfelt apology on behalf of the state. As the mother of an 18-year-old daughter, as each day takes me further from the day I gave birth to her, I hold on more fiercely to…
30 Jun 2026 Topical Questions
T5. A constituent of mine in South Derbyshire, Sarah Page, is associate professor for social justice at University of Staffordshire, which I visited last week. She and her colleagues told me about their “From Harm to Hope” research. It …
24 Jun 2026 Farming: Financial Sustainability
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Turner. As I frantically go through the speech that I wrote before the statement today, I might end up saying a load of things that have been covered already, so I will snip it really shor…
23 Jun 2026 Puberty Blockers
Everyone should have the right of access to high-quality, evidence-based healthcare, whatever their age. At the heart of this debate are young people experiencing profound gender-related distress, and the families who support them. Too oft…
1 Jun 2026 Child Sexual Offender Data
No person of any colour, creed, religion or community, or in any position of power, should be allowed to get away with heinous crimes and using sex as a weapon. When the right hon. Member talks about there being nowhere to hide, does he s…
21 May 2026 Women’s Health and Wellbeing: Online Censorship
I apologise for running late, Mr Stringer; I had an emergency constituent issue. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Milton Keynes Central (Emily Darlington) not only for securing this vital debate on the censorship of women’s health …
19 May 2026 Topical Questions
I am sure it has not missed anybody’s radar that I recently launched a campaign for lifelong sex education, and last week I met some parish councillors, one of whom works in the Probation Service. She thanked me for the campaign because of…
28 Apr 2026 Park Home Owners
A constituent of mine, Marion Webster, is a keen supporter of the Park Home Owners Justice Campaign. Like my hon. Friend’s constituents, she feels that it is incredibly unjust that, if she wants to sell her home, she has to give 10% away. …
28 Apr 2026 Park Home Owners
Will my hon. Friend give way?
27 Apr 2026 Animal Testing
We are a nation of animal lovers—my very first Westminster Hall debate was on animal welfare—although, as a constituent pointed out to me, if we love animals so much, we should not need an animal welfare strategy. I welcome the Government’…
16 Apr 2026 Women’s Health Strategy
I thank the Ministers for this renewed women’s health strategy for England. Two of my constituents in particular—Evie Solomon, who founded HER Circle, and Shelly Lynn—will welcome the focus on medical misogyny, and they will be watching to…
16 Apr 2026 Business of the House
I recently met an incredible woman, Rachel Liew, a constituent of mine who joins us today in the Gallery. Following the devastating loss of her five-year-old son Sam in 2021, she has channelled unimaginable grief into extraordinary action.…
16 Apr 2026 NHS Federated Data Platform
It is an honour to serve under your chairship, Dame Siobhain. I am grateful for the opportunity to raise this issue, because my constituents in South Derbyshire, like millions of NHS patients across the country, deserve honest answers abou…
16 Apr 2026 Neuroscience and Digital Childhoods
I welcome the Chair of the Select Committee’s launch of a new inquiry on digital childhoods. Like her, I sit on the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee and was disturbed when I asked the big tech companies how much money they make…
14 Apr 2026 NHS Waiting Lists
Recently, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS foundation trust took part in the Q4 sprint, which involved out-patient appointments and surgical procedures. The work focused mainly on areas such as gynaecology, trauma and orthopaed…
14 Apr 2026 NHS Waiting Lists
19. What steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of people waiting for NHS treatment.
14 Apr 2026 Ground-mounted Solar Panels: Alternatives
One of the biggest concerns, particularly for my tenant farmers, is that when there is a change of land use for a solar farm, not only is the farmer unable to farm that land, but they do not have a farm—they are losing the farm. Does the h…
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Committee memberships
- Women and Equalities Committee 28 Oct 2024 – 3 Nov 2025
Expenses
Contact & offices
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Samantha Niblett, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Samantha Niblett?
Samantha Niblett is a Member of Parliament representing South Derbyshire in the House of Commons. See Samantha Niblett's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Samantha Niblett represent?
Samantha Niblett sits as Labour. See Samantha Niblett's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Samantha Niblett represent?
Samantha Niblett is the Member of Parliament for South Derbyshire. See Samantha Niblett's official Parliament profile.
How long has Samantha Niblett been an MP?
Samantha Niblett has served in the House of Commons for 2 years. See Samantha Niblett's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Samantha Niblett?
Samantha Niblett has 2 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Samantha Niblett's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.