
Leigh Ingham
Labour MP for Stafford
Won with 40.3% · Majority: 4,595
The Verdict
Treated the party whip like a sat-nav and the manifesto like a suggestion box. The voting record tells you which one won.
Subject Grades
How Leigh scored on each issue. Tap any subject for the individual votes.
Cost of Living
0 kept · 3 broke · 4 missed
6,533 households in fuel poverty locally (15.43%)
NHS & Health
0 kept · 3 broke · 1 missed
Local A&E: only 64.6% seen within 4 hours (target: 95%)
Housing
0 kept · 3 broke
31% of constituents rent their home
Environment
0 kept · 2 broke · 2 missed
15.43% of local households in fuel poverty
Immigration
0 kept · 1 broke · 2 missed
Workers' Rights
0 kept · 2 broke · 1 missed
Won with 40.3% of the vote, majority of 4,595
Welfare & Benefits
1 kept · 6 broke · 2 missed
3,257 children in poverty in this constituency (20%)
Follow the Money
What Leigh claims, earns, and receives — compared to how they vote on the issues affecting their constituents.
Expense Breakdown
The Broken Promise
Voted to strip £300/year heating help from 10 million pensioners — including 6,533 fuel poor households in their own constituency
Voted to keep the two-child benefit cap — 3,257 children live in poverty in their constituency
Stripped renter protections 3 times in one day — 31% of their constituents rent
Registered Interests
4. Visits outside the UK(1 entry)£3k
Kenya
Paid by: United Nations Population Fund via the All Party Parliamentary Group on Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and as per its APPG Register.
Name of donor: United Nations Population Fund via the All Party Parliamentary Group on Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and as per its APPG Register. Address of donor: 605 3rd Avenue, New York NY 10158 Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights & visa (£1,789.41), accommodation (£486.41), other travel (£220.08), food and drink (£371.130), per diem and misc (127.14), value £2,994.17 Destination of visit: Kenya Dates of visit: 8 April 2025 to 12 April 2025 Purpose of visit: Study tour on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and International Development (Registered 7 May 2025)
2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)(1 entry)£3k
Google UK Ltd
Name of donor: Google UK Ltd Address of donor: 1-13 St Giles High St, London WC2H 8AG Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Hospitality as a guest of YouTube at Glastonbury Festival 2025, value £2,908.02 Date received: 27 June 2025 Date accepted: 27 June 2025 Donor status: company, registration 03977902 (Registered 23 July 2025)
8. Miscellaneous(2 entries)
Undisclosed
Governor of Burton Manor School, Stafford. This is an unpaid role. Date interest arose: 8 July 2024 (Registered 25 July 2024)
Undisclosed
Elected member of the Executive of the British Group of the Inter Parliamentary Union (BGIPU). This is an unpaid role. Date interest arose: 27 January 2026 (Registered 29 January 2026)
Sources: IPSA 2024-25, Register of Members' Financial Interests (Parliament API)
Every Penny: Leigh's Expenses
224 individual claims totalling £252,833.49 since this parliament opened (July 2024). Click any category to see exactly where the money went, down to every receipt. Items marked “LUMP SUM” are bundled by IPSA (mainly travel) — they won't break these down further.
Staffing(15 claims)£185,765.51
Payroll(1)£167,924.01
Training - staff(11)£13,779.00
Pooled staffing services(1)£3,000.00
Recruitment Services &Costs(1)£900.00
Working From Home Allowance(1)£162.50
Office Costs(180 claims)£34,717.50
Equipment - purchase(52)£12,938.56
Rent(7)£6,665.82
Software & applications(6)£4,378.47
Stationery & printing(25)£3,206.42
Utilities(12)£2,165.58
Mobile telephone - equipment purchase(6)£1,438.98
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage(9)£1,369.74
Venue hire, meetings & surgeries(6)£777.26
Advertising and contact cards(32)£587.39
Postage & couriers(7)£490.02
TV licence(2)£344.00
Landline phone & internet - installation & equipment purchase(1)£132.76
Hospitality(4)£128.95
Mobile telephone - contract & usage(5)£37.10
Newspapers, journals, magazines(2)£22.95
Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs(2)£21.54
Cleaning services(1)£9.06
Parking(1)£2.90
Accommodation(13 claims)£17,941.80
Rent(8)£16,164.16
Hotel - London(4)£1,687.92
Hotel - UK Not London(1)£89.72
Staff Travel(7 claims)£7,294.43
Rail(1)£3,918.41
Hotel - London(1)£1,833.60
Hotel - UK Not London(1)£1,247.91
Mileage - car(1)£142.61
Subsistence(1)£118.25
Parking(2)£33.65
MP Travel(7 claims)£5,004.30
Mileage - car(3)£2,380.50
Rail(1)£1,633.80
Hotel - London(1)£840.00
Congestion charge & toll(2)£150.00
Dependant Travel(1 claim)£2,025.00
Mileage - car(1)£2,025.00
Miscellaneous(1 claim)£84.95
Removals(1)£84.95
Source: IPSA Individual Business Costs 2024-25 — every claim published under the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009
Stafford: The Real Impact
The people Leigh was elected to represent — and how they voted on the issues that affect them most.
Sources: DWP FYE 2024, DESNZ 2023, Census 2021, Election 2024