Rt Hon Sir Stephen Timms MP
Labour
East Ham
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The Rt Hon Sir Stephen Timms is the Labour MP for East Ham, and has been an MP continually since 9 June 1994.
He currently holds the Government post of Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions).
Pay & earnings · 2026
MP base salary
£29,586
/ £93,904 annual
115 days served — year-to-date
· annual rate £93,904
Declared outside earnings
£0
0 registered interests published in 2026
Total (salary + chair + declared)
£29,586
Base salary: House of Commons Library SN02644 / IPSA. Earnings from Register of Interests (API), published during 2026.
Constituencies represented
2024-07-04 → present
East Ham
current
2010-05-06 → 2024-05-30
East Ham
1997-05-01 → 2010-05-06
East Ham
1994-06-09 → 1997-05-01
Newham North East
Party history
1994-06-09 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
2024-07-08 → present
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
2009-08-06 → 2010-05-06
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills) (Digital Britain) (also HM Treasury)
2008-10-05 → 2010-05-06
Financial Secretary (HM Treasury) (also in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills)
2008-01-25 → 2008-10-05
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) (Employment and Welfare Reform)
2007-07-02 → 2008-01-25
Minister of State (Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform) (Competitiveness)
2006-05-05 → 2007-06-28
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
2005-05-10 → 2006-05-05
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
2004-09-30 → 2005-05-10
Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)
2002-05-29 → 2004-09-09
Minister of State (e-Commerce & Competitiveness)
2001-06-11 → 2002-05-28
Minister of State (Education and Skills) (Schools)
1999-07-29 → 2001-06-07
Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)
1999-01-01 → 1999-07-29
Minister of State (Department of Social Security)
1998-07-28 → 1998-12-30
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Social Security)
Opposition posts
2010-10-08 → 2015-09-18
Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions)
2010-05-12 → 2010-10-08
Shadow Financial Secretary
2010-05-12 → 2010-10-08
Shadow Minister (Digital Britain)
Committee memberships
1929-01-01 → 1929-02-01
Building Societies Act 1986 (Amendment) Bill
1994-06-27 → 1997-03-21
Consolidation etc. Bills (Joint Committee)
1996-01-15 → 1997-03-21
Treasury Committee
2004-10-18 → 2005-07-12
Public Accounts Committee
1999-11-03 → 2001-05-11
Public Accounts Committee
2009-01-12 → 2010-05-06
Tax Law Rewrite Bills (Joint Committee)
2016-02-01 → 2016-10-31
Education Committee
2016-02-01 → 2016-10-31
Education, Skills and the Economy Sub-Committee
2017-09-11 → 2019-11-06
Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union
2016-10-31 → 2017-05-03
Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union
2020-01-29 → 2024-05-30
Work and Pensions Committee
Chair
+£15,928/yr
2020-03-04 → 2024-05-30
Ecclesiastical Committee
2020-05-20 → 2024-05-30
Liaison Committee (Commons)
2021-12-15 → 2022-01-05
Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) Bill
2023-02-01 → 2023-02-08
Offenders (Day of Release from Detention) Bill
2024-05-01 → 2024-05-08
Space Industry (Indemnities) Bill
Chair additional salary only applies to specified select committees under Standing Order 122B. Regular members receive no additional pay.
Contact
Parliamentary office
timmss@parliament.uk
020 7219 4000 · House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
020 7219 4000 · House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
stephen@stephentimms.org.uk
Constituency office
Constituency office
Website
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