At a glanceSteve Yemm is a Labour MP for Mansfield, and has represented the seat for 2 years. They have cast 541 votes in Commons divisions (94% attendance), tabled 41 written questions and registered 5 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Steve Yemm did not vote in 34. 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
- Representation of the People Bill Committee since 11 Mar 2026
- Labour Party since 4 Jul 2024
- Mansfield Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Rachel Hopkins
Labour
100.0% · 527 of 527 shared votes
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Paul Davies
Labour
100.0% · 519 of 519 shared votes
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Tristan Osborne
Labour
100.0% · 516 of 516 shared votes
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Sir Mark Tami
Labour
100.0% · 509 of 509 shared votes
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Chris Vince
Labour (Co-op)
100.0% · 503 of 503 shared votes
Votes least like
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Sir Roger Gale
Conservative
0.6% · 2 of 324 shared votes
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Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Conservative
0.6% · 1 of 164 shared votes
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Alex Burghart
Conservative
0.8% · 3 of 375 shared votes
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Andrew Griffith
Conservative
0.9% · 3 of 344 shared votes
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Sir Geoffrey Cox
Conservative
0.9% · 2 of 232 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 MP4
- BioIndustry Association (BIA) - £4,442.48 (registered 21 Jun 2026)
- Chamber UK Services Ltd - £7,200.00 (registered 22 Apr 2026)
- The Royal Society - £3,051.28 (registered 22 Mar 2026)
- Royal Society of Chemistry - £3,732.00 (registered 4 Dec 2025)
Miscellaneous1
- IChemE hosted a science engagement session as part of Chemistry Week in Parliament, attended by young constituents from a school in my constituency, and funded the cost of their train/tube travel to and from Mansfield (the value of the travel costs are below the threshold for registration under Category 2.) (registered 4 Dec 2025)
Written questions
Cancer: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the detection and diagnosis of cancer in children and young people.
Answer · 14 Jul 2026
Children and young people with cancer face unique challenges. Our National Cancer Plan is the first to contain a specific section on children and young people. Its 17 actions include better access to diagnostic services, and evidence-based support tools f...
Theatre
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, (a) what support her Department is providing for grassroots theatre and community production groups; and (b) what assessment she has made of the potential impact of participation in grassroots th
Answer · 7 Jul 2026
The Government recognises the vital role that the performing arts, including grassroots and community theatre, play in the lives of people and communities across the country, which the government supports primarily through funding via Arts Council England...
Holocaust: Primary Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that primary school children are educated about the Holocaust.
Answer · 24 Jun 2026
The Government is deeply committed to ensuring pupils receive Holocaust education. It is the only compulsory topic in Key Stage 3 History. Primary schools learn about the Holocaust in events such as Holocaust Memorial Day.Alongside this, the Government is...
Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, further to the meeting Ministers in his Department had with the Trustees of the Mineworkers Pension Scheme on Thursday 30th April 2026, if he will provide an update on progress to resolve the
Answer · 18 May 2026
The Government is keen to reach agreement with the MPS Trustees on changes to the arrangements to benefit scheme members. The meeting on 30 April involved a constructive discussion of the proposals and how they might be taken forward. The government is mi...
Metabolic Dysfunction-associated Steatohepatitis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the transformation of liver services programme led by the NHS England Hepatobiliary and Pancreas Clinical Reference Group will include a specific workstream to help address the unmet clinic
Answer · 26 May 2026
The transformation of liver services programme includes a number of workstreams including patient pathways relating to metabolic associated steatotic liver disease and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH).NHS England is actively prepari...
Fuels: Air Ambulance Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will take steps to include air ambulance charities within national fuel resilience and prioritisation planning, including consideration alongside Category 1 responders.
Answer · 29 Apr 2026
The UK benefits from a diverse and resilient fuel supply chain and remains well supplied across all fuel types. The Government regularly reviews which organisations provide essential services within the context of the National Emergency Plan for Fuel. Thi...
Liver Diseases: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the liver transformation programme led by the Hepatobiliary and Pancreas Clinical Reference Group will include a specific work stream to help address the unmet clinical need in metabolic dy
Answer · 29 Apr 2026
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Domestic Abuse
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle domestic abuse.
Answer · 29 Apr 2026
We have introduced a range of measures to tackle domestic abuse, including a £53 million investment in rolling out The Drive Project across England and Wales over the next four years to target serial perpetrators of domestic abuse, embedding domestic abus...
Speeches in the chamber
30 Jun 2026 Antisemitism: University Campuses
I occasionally meet Jewish students at the University of Nottingham for dinner on a Friday evening, hosted by Chabad. Those students talk about being proud of their faith, but they frequently question whether they can be openly Jewish on c…
30 Jun 2026 Antisemitism: University Campuses
I am encouraged to hear about the experience that my hon. Friend has recounted, but does he share my concern that Jewish students often have limited confidence in universities’ complaints procedures? Quite frequently, reports of antisemit…
24 Jun 2026 Nottingham Maternity and Neonatal Services
Today’s publication of Donna Ockenden’s report has laid bare absolutely appalling and systemic failures in maternity services in Nottinghamshire, with thousands of families suffering avoidable harm, and in many cases feeling ignored, dismi…
24 Jun 2026 North Sea Oil and Gas
On a point of order, Ms Furniss. In my contribution, I neglected to draw Members’ attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, in particular the donations that were made by Unite and GMB to my election campaign. …
24 Jun 2026 North Sea Oil and Gas
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Furniss. I welcome this debate because it goes to the heart of two vital national priorities: tackling climate change and maintaining secure and affordable energy supplies. I support…
23 Jun 2026 Role of Big Tech in Society
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Jeremy. We live in an age in which a handful of technology companies shape how we communicate, shop, work and receive news, and increasingly how the Government deliver public servic…
22 Jun 2026 British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme
I thank the Minister for his understanding of these issues—which is a deep understanding—and his diligence in considering them. I also thank him for meeting me, along with the trustees of both the mineworkers’ pension scheme and the Briti…
22 Jun 2026 Topical Questions
I recently joined a class of year 5 pupils from St Peter’s school in my constituency on a visit to the National Holocaust Museum in Laxton. I saw at first hand that places such as that are vital to ensuring that young people absorb lessons…
17 Jun 2026 High Street Shops: Illicit Activity
I certainly hear the same thing in Mansfield. Residents raise concerns with me when they see businesses that seem to operate without customers but somehow remain open and trade. Does my hon. Friend agree that, where there is evidence of th…
16 Jun 2026 Road Maintenance Funding: Nottinghamshire
I beg to move, That this House has considered funding for road maintenance in Nottinghamshire. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Jeremy. The issue of the condition of roads across my constituency is raised with m…
15 Jun 2026 Brain Cancer
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Barker. Brain cancer is one of the most devastating diseases facing families across our country, and it kills more people under the age of 40 than any other cancer. I want to highli…
3 Jun 2026 Small Towns: Transport Links
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Rossendale and Darwen (Andy MacNae) on securing this important debate. Too many towns, such as Mansfield in my constituency, have…
1 Jun 2026 Child Sexual Offender Data
The hon. Member makes a profoundly important point, which I completely agree with—as might be expected. We must take on those difficult questions and be prepared to follow the evidence, including all those questions on nationality, ethn…
1 Jun 2026 Child Sexual Offender Data
I will happily give way, and this will be the final intervention that I take.
1 Jun 2026 Child Sexual Offender Data
I thank the hon. Member for her intervention, and of course, I agree with her. Parliament should never be in a position where we shy away from confronting those failures with absolute honesty—that is critical. Equally, we must approach thi…
1 Jun 2026 Child Sexual Offender Data
I wholeheartedly agree with the views that my hon. Friend has expressed. Too often our vulnerable children were absolutely failed because our institutions were worried more about reputational damage, political sensitivity and some kind of …
1 Jun 2026 Child Sexual Offender Data
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dame Siobhain. Almost 500 people in my Mansfield constituency signed this petition, and many more constituents have written to me expressing their deep concern about child sexual exploitat…
27 Apr 2026 Topical Questions
T5. In Mansfield, our youth hub is already bringing together Jobcentre Plus and local partners to support young people into employment. Can the Secretary of State set out how the Government are strengthening youth hubs around the countr…
21 Apr 2026 Sex Trafficking: Scotland
I wonder if my hon. Friend shares my frustration that the Scottish Government voted down Ash Regan’s unbuyable Bill, which would have outlawed paying for sex and decriminalised victims of sexual exploitation in Scotland, despite the Scotti…
20 Apr 2026 Maternity Commissioner
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Alec. I am pleased that we are having this important debate on an e-petition that secured more than 100 signatures from my constituents in Mansfield. Indeed, after meeting the Nottingh…
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Steve Yemm, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Steve Yemm?
Steve Yemm is a Member of Parliament representing Mansfield in the House of Commons. See Steve Yemm's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Steve Yemm represent?
Steve Yemm sits as Labour. See Steve Yemm's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Steve Yemm represent?
Steve Yemm is the Member of Parliament for Mansfield. See Steve Yemm's official Parliament profile.
How long has Steve Yemm been an MP?
Steve Yemm has served in the House of Commons for 2 years. See Steve Yemm's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Steve Yemm?
Steve Yemm has 5 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Steve Yemm's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.