Profile

Labour MP for Easington

Entered the House of Commons on 6 May 2010 — General election

• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Currently held offices

• Member, Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Bill Committee (since 1 Mar 2023)
• Member, Equipment Theft (Prevention) Bill Committee (since 25 Jan 2023)
• Member, Seafarers' Wages Bill [HL] Committee (since 11 Jan 2023)
• Member, High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill Select Committee (Commons) (since 13 Dec 2022)
• Member, Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL] Committee (since 9 Feb 2022)
• Member, Transport Committee (since 2 Mar 2020)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee) ( 9 Mar 2020 to 6 Jul 2020)
• Member, Transport Committee ( 5 Feb 2018 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee) ( 6 Nov 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and Shadow Minister for the Constitutional Convention (28 Jun 2016 to 7 Oct 2016)
• Member, Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee) ( 9 Nov 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Opposition Whip (Commons) (18 Sep 2015 to 28 Jun 2016)
• Member, Health and Social Care Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• John Cummings
• Jack Dormand
• Emanuel Shinwell