Sarah Hall is the Labour (Co-op) MP for Warrington South, having first been elected to parliament at the 2024 general election.

In the 2024 general election, Hall received 23,201 votes (46.7%). The Conservative candidate, Andy Carter, received 11,861 votes (23.9%), while the Reform UK candidate, Janet Balfe, secured 7,913 votes (15.9%). Hall was elected with a majority of 11,340 votes.

The Warrington South constituency is located in Cheshire, North West England. The seat was created in 1983 and has historically been a marginal seat, changing hands between Labour and the Conservatives multiple times since 1992.

Hall’s immediate predecessor as the MP for Warrington South was Andy Carter of the Conservative Party. Carter held the seat from 2019 to 2024.

Political Career

Hall is a member of the House of Commons public accounts committee (since October 2024). The PAC is the oldest and arguably one of the most powerful select committees in the House of Commons. Its primary function is to scrutinise the value for money of public spending, ensuring taxpayers’ money is spent wisely. First established in 1857, the committee does not examine the merits of government policy, only the cost and effectiveness of its implementation.

In May 2026, Hall was among the group of Labour MPs who publicly called for the prime minister, Keir Starmer, to resign or set out a clear timetable for his departure. The move followed the 2026 local elections and devolved elections to the Scottish Parliament and Senedd Cymru.

In a statement, Hall said: “Last week’s election results were devastating for our party. Across the country and our region, we lost hardworking Labour representatives who dedicated themselves to their communities and to the values our movement was founded on. Voters delivered a clear message.

She added: “A pattern of poor decisions and unforced errors has created a growing sense of distance between the government and the people I was elected to serve…

“That is why, for the good of my constituents and the country, I am calling on the prime minister to set out a clear timetable for his resignation, with an orderly transition of leadership to take place by September…

“The Labour Party was built to be the voice of working people. We cannot allow it to drift away from them now.”

In November 2025, Hall was one of 34 cross-party MPs and peers who signed a letter to Ofcom demanding an investigation into the social media platform X (formerly Twitter). The letter, led by Joani Reid, chair of the all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on antisemitism, called on the regulator to determine whether the platform was in breach of its legal duties under the Online Safety Act following a reported surge in antisemitic content and calls for violence against Jews on X.

Hall is listed as the chair of the all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on inclusion and nurture in education. She co-chairs the digital inclusion APPG.

Hall delivered her maiden speech on 10 October 2024 during a debate on Team GB and Paralympics GB.

In it, she said: “I come to this place as the second member of the Hall family to represent Warrington South. The first, my father-in-law Mike Hall, was elected in 1992. Mike was the epitome of what a constituency MP should be: a hard-working campaigner who is remembered fondly for his time in this place.

“I will forever be grateful for the encouragement and guidance he has given me over the years. During Mike’s maiden speech 32 years ago he paid tribute to his son, Thomas. Today in my maiden speech, I pay tribute once again to Thomas – now my husband and father to our two children George and Freya.”

She added: “I want to make Warrington South an even better place to live, no matter which part of the town you are born in, or your sex, ethnicity or religion: fighting to end child poverty; fighting for the opportunity of a good education for all, for good skilled jobs and decent pay, the opportunity to buy or rent a decent home, to live in a safe neighbourhood free from fear, and to access free healthcare as and when it is needed.”

Before entering parliament, Hall served as a Labour councillor on Warrington Borough Council from 2016 to 2024.

Political Views

Leadership elections

Labour deputy leadership 2025: Hall was one of 117 Labour MPs who nominated Lucy Powell for the party’s deputy leadership in September 2025. The election followed the resignation of Angela Rayner, who stepped down as deputy prime minister and deputy party leader after an investigation into her tax affairs. It marked the first time since 2007 that Labour had held a deputy leadership contest while in government.

Powell, the former leader of the House of Commons, was seen as a candidate representing the party’s “soft left”; she was supported by leading soft left figures including Ed Miliband and Andy Burnham. She secured 117 nominations from the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP), above the 80 required, and went on to win the election – defeating Bridget Phillipson with 54.3% of the vote.

Electoral reform

Electoral reform amendment: In May 2026, Hall was one of over 70 Labour MPs who signed an amendment to the Representation of the People Bill, calling on the government to establish a “national commission on electoral reform”. Tabled by Alex Sobel as chair of the fair elections APPG, the amendment aimed to force a rethink of the first past the post voting system.

At the time, Sobel described FPTP as “one of the biggest examples of a broken status quo in UK politics.” He invited colleagues to join this “common sense call to take a fresh look at how parliament is elected in modern Britain.”

Proportional representation bill: In December 2024, Hall voted in favour of the Elections (Proportional Representation) Bill – introduced by Liberal Democrat frontbencher Sarah Olney under the 10-minute rule procedure. The bill sought to “introduce a system of proportional representation for parliamentary elections and for local government elections in England”.

A total of 138 MPs supported the bill – with 136 opposed. Notably, 59 Labour MPs backed Olney’s bill.

Introducing the bill, Olney told the House: “First past the post is a broken and unfair system. This summer, the Labour party won a landslide election victory, securing 63% of seats in the House of Commons in return for just 34% of the vote.

“The system leaves millions of voices unheard and creates a divisive, adversarial political climate where collaboration is discouraged and accountability is often sidestepped.”

Welfare

Welfare ‘reasoned amendment’ (June 2025): Hall was one of the over 120 Labour MPs to sign the reasoned amendment to the government’s flagship welfare bill which aimed to reject the proposed legislation.

The amendment, in the name of senior Labour MP Dame Meg Hillier, objected to the fact that the bill had not been subject to a “formal consultation with disabled people” and that “250,000 people will be pushed into poverty” as a result of it, according to a government impact assessment.

The motion also called on the government to wait for the publication of the review into the Personal Independence Payment (Pip), helmed by minister Sir Stephen Timms, and the independent review, conducted by Sir Charlie Mayfield, into how the employment of disabled people could be boosted.

In May 2025, Hall had signed a letter warning the government that the cuts were “impossible to support” and calling for a change in direction.

The letter, signed by 42 Labour MPs, read: “The planned cuts of more than £7bn represent the biggest attack on the welfare state since George Osborne ushered in the years of austerity and over 3 million of our poorest and most disadvantaged will be affected.

“Whilst the government may have correctly diagnosed the problem of a broken benefits system and a lack of job opportunities for those who are able to work, they have come up with the wrong medicine. Cuts don’t create jobs, they just cause more hardship.”

Welfare vote (July 2025): Hall went on to abstain over the bill at second reading. The vote came after ministers agreed to significant concessions to avoid defeat via a mass rebellion of Labour MPs on 1 July 2025.

Assisted dying

Hall voted in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, better known as the assisted dying bill, at both second reading (November 2024) and third reading (June 2025).

Social values and conscience issues

Abortion decriminalisation (2025): Hall voted in favour of a backbench amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill that sought to decriminalise abortion in England and Wales in June 2025. The amendment, which was passed by a majority of 242 votes, removed women from the threat of prosecution for ending a pregnancy at any stage. As an issue of conscience, MPs were allowed to vote according to their personal beliefs.

Before Politics

Hall previously worked for fellow Warrington Labour MP Charlotte Nichols and former Warrington South MP Fiasal Rashid.

Personal Life

Hall lives in her Warrington South constituency.

Hall wished her husband a happy birthday in her maiden speech. She has two children, George and Freya.

Hall was diagnosed with ADHD in 2021.

Trivia

Hall’s father-in-law, Mike Hall, represented Warrington South for Labour between 1992 and 1997.