Profile

Labour MP for Leeds Central

Entered the House of Commons on 10 June 1999 — Byelection

• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (20 May 2020 to 15 Jan 2021)
• Chair, Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union (27 Jan 2020 to 16 Jan 2021)
• Chair, Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union (27 Jan 2020 to 16 Jan 2021)
• Member, Liaison Committee Sub-committee on the effectiveness and influence of the select committee system (13 Feb 2019 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) ( 6 Nov 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Chair, Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union (12 Jul 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Chair, Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union (12 Jul 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (19 Oct 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• Chair, Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union (19 Oct 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• Chair, Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union (19 Oct 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• Shadow Foreign Secretary ( 8 May 2015 to 26 Jun 2016)
• Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government ( 7 Oct 2011 to 8 May 2015)
• Member, Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (26 Jan 2011 to 7 Dec 2011)
• Shadow Leader of the House of Commons ( 8 Oct 2010 to 7 Oct 2011)
• Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (12 May 2010 to 8 Oct 2010)
• The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (28 Jun 2007 to 6 May 2010)
• The Secretary of State for International Development ( 6 Oct 2003 to 28 Jun 2007)
• The Minister of State, Department for International Development (13 May 2003 to 6 Oct 2003)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office) (Minister for Prisons and Probation) (29 May 2002 to 13 May 2003)
• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development (11 Jun 2001 to 28 May 2002)
• Member, Environment, Transport & Regional Affairs Committee ( 6 Dec 1999 to 1 Jun 2001)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Derek Fatchett
• George Porter
• Richard Denman
• Charles Wilson
• Arthur Willey
• Robert Armitage
• Gerald Balfour