Miatta Fahnbulleh
Independent
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Peckham
MP Since
4 July 2024 (2 years, 2 months)
Status
active
Constituency: Peckham
Miatta Fahnbulleh represents Peckham in the House of Commons, sitting as a Independent MP. They have served as the constituency's MP for 2 years, 2 months.
Pay & Expenses
£98,599
basic salary / year
This is the basic MP salary, set by IPSA and paid to all 650 MPs regardless of role.
£210,682
total expenses claimed, 2024-25
Staffing
£198,649
Office
£12,033
Accommodation
£0
Travel & Other
£0
Source: IPSA official expenses data. Covers parliamentary business costs only — staffing, office running costs, accommodation, and travel — not personal spending.
Declared Donations (2)
£57,000
total declared, since 2024 general election
Source: Electoral Commission official register, donations since the 2024 general election (4 July 2024) only. Donations are legally required to be declared if above the statutory threshold — this is not a complete record of all support an MP may receive.
Gary Lubner
Individual · 17 Apr 2026 · Administration services
£28,500
Gary Lubner
Individual · 30 Jan 2026 · Administration services
£28,500
Voting Record (most recent 15)
Source: official Commons Votes API, all divisions since the 2024 general election.
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3
17 Jun 2026 · Result: 85 Aye, 317 No (failed)
Voted No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8
17 Jun 2026 · Result: 143 Aye, 249 No (failed)
Voted No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13
17 Jun 2026 · Result: 135 Aye, 258 No (failed)
Voted No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3
17 Jun 2026 · Result: 144 Aye, 244 No (failed)
Voted No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3
16 Jun 2026 · Result: 162 Aye, 246 No (failed)
Voted No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14
16 Jun 2026 · Result: 151 Aye, 258 No (failed)
Voted No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13
16 Jun 2026 · Result: 77 Aye, 255 No (failed)
Voted No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148
10 Jun 2026 · Result: 155 Aye, 279 No (failed)
Voted No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143
10 Jun 2026 · Result: 167 Aye, 266 No (failed)
Voted No
Railways Bill: Third Reading
10 Jun 2026 · Result: 278 Aye, 149 No (passed)
Voted Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1
10 Jun 2026 · Result: 77 Aye, 271 No (failed)
Voted No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12
9 Jun 2026 · Result: 94 Aye, 297 No (failed)
Voted No
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026
9 Jun 2026 · Result: 356 Aye, 86 No (passed)
Voted Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8
8 Jun 2026 · Result: 145 Aye, 251 No (failed)
Voted No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2
8 Jun 2026 · Result: 65 Aye, 251 No (failed)
Voted No
Recent Coverage (20)
Stories mentioning Miatta Fahnbullehtracked across NewsDeck's sources
North Sea gasfield decision likely delayed until after Holborn byelection
Greens accuse Labour of hiding approval recommendation to avoid controversy ahead of key ballot
A decision on approving the controversial J…
Guardian Politics·11 Sept· View coverage →
Jackdaw gasfield set to be approved by ministers this month, sources say
Energy secretary could recommend new North Sea drilling as soon as next week, with Rosebank oilfield likely to follow
UK politics live – la…
The Guardian·4 Sept· View coverage →
Miatta Fahnbulleh Defends Sending Her Three Children to Private School
Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh, who backed imposing VAT on private schools, telling the News Agents podcast why she sends her children t…
Guido Fawkes·28 Aug· View coverage →
Peckham MP Miatta Fahnbulleh who soared into Labour Cabinet defends sending her children to private school
‘If the question you're asking me is do I believe parents should have a choice to send their kids to independent school? I do,’ says the Net…
Evening Standard·28 Aug· View coverage →
Labour’s energy bills crisis is getting worse. Political honesty is essential | Nils Pratley
Ofgem and ministers should be transparent about why energy bills for households are expected to stay stubbornly high
Another Ofgem energy p…
Guardian Business·26 Aug· View coverage →
Energy bills CONFIRMED to rise this winter in major Ofgem price cap announcement
Ofgem has confirmed the energy price cap will rise four per cent for a typical household from October, in a decision that lands just as Brit…
GB News·26 Aug· View coverage →
Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh ‘Doesn’t Accept’ That Green Levies Raise Bills
Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh on the Today programme, asked if Labour’s Net Zero policies cause people’s bills to rise: “Well look, I d…
Guido Fawkes·3 Aug· View coverage →
Energy Secretary Backed Compulsory Four-Day Week for Everyone
Miatta Fahnbulleh, while chief executive of the New Economics Foundation, wrote an impassioned essay in 2019 called “the Neoliberal Collapse…
Guido Fawkes·27 Jul· View coverage →
Energy suppliers ordered to pass on VAT cut to bills to customers this winter
EXCLUSIVE: Chancellor John Healey and Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh have written to suppliers to ensure households get the benefit of t…
Mirror News·24 Jul· View coverage →
Take Centrica’s gas storage warning seriously – Britain still needs secure supplies | Nils Pratley
One task awaiting new energy secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh is devising a plan to avoid a crisis by the end of the decade
Welcome to the energy…
The Guardian·23 Jul· View coverage →
Energy Secretary sends ‘important signal’ as she makes Aberdeen her first visit
Miatta Fahnbulleh was in the city on Thursday to meet industry body Offshore Energies UK.
Evening Standard·23 Jul· View coverage →
Ed Miliband’s Close Allies & Ex-Advisers Installed as DESNZ Ministers
Ed Miliband has left behind a squad of his proteges and allies running DESNZ. He’s got two departments for the price of one… Miatta Fahnbull…
Guido Fawkes·23 Jul· View coverage →
Get ready for new energy minister Miatta Fahnbulleh’s war on London’s drivers
You may not have heard of Miatta Fahnbulleh, but she has a long history of writing bonkers papers for lefty think tanks proposing more low t…
City AM·23 Jul· View coverage →
Top Energy Department Mandarin Showers Praise on “Inspiration” Ed Miliband
The Permanent Secretary at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Jonathan Brearley, can barely contain his excitement at the arri…
Guido Fawkes·22 Jul· View coverage →
Who is Miatta Fahnbulleh? The London MP plunging Starmer's leadership into danger
Ms Fahnbulleh raced into the Cabinet in just over two years since being elected MP for Peckham
Evening Standard·21 Jul· View coverage →
Andy Burnham's new energy secretary urged to overturn North Sea drilling ban as UK 'trails behind Norway'
The new Energy Secretary must overturn the ban on new North Sea exploration licences, industry bodies say.
Miatta Fahnbulleh has taken Ed M…
GB News·21 Jul· View coverage →
Every Eco-Mad Energy Policy Backed by Burnham’s New Net Zero Secretary
Co-conspirators will be familiar with Miatta Fahnbulleh. She is now the Energy Secretary… Fahnbulleh supports faster imposition of Net Zero …
Guido Fawkes·21 Jul· View coverage →
WATCH: Labour Ministers Can’t Find Exit to Downing Street
Some teething problems for Angela Eagle and Miatta Fahnbulleh. Go back out the way you came in…
Guido Fawkes·21 Jul· View coverage →
Burnham will deal with living costs in short term, key adviser says
Miatta Fahnbulleh says she expects people will have "more money in their pockets" if Burnham becomes PM.
BBC Politics·12 Jul· View coverage →
Burnham’s economic blueprint focuses on small business and cost of living
Plan drawn up by adviser Miatta Fahnbulleh aims to unite different wings of Labour Party
FT UK·8 Jul· View coverage →