About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Hilary Benn) represents you, and all of the people who live in Leeds South, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

MPs split their time between Parliament and their constituency. In Parliament, they debate and vote on new laws, review existing laws, and question the Government. In the constituency, their focus is on supporting local people and championing local issues. They have a small staff team who help with casework, maintain their diaries, and monitor their inbox.

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• Find out more about Leeds South on the Local Intelligence Hub.

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Llafur MP ar gyfer Leeds South

Aeth i mewn i'r Tŷ'r Cyffredin ar 10 Mehefin 1999 — Is-etholiad

Also represented Leeds Central

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

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• @hilarybennmp
• Facebook
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

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Hilary Benn campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Communities and Local Government
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office
• Home Office
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Foreign
• Commonwealth and Development Office
• Written Questions: Government Responses
• Written Questions
• Building Safety Fund
• Immigration: EU Nationals
• Yemen: Military Intervention

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• The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (since 5 Gor 2024)

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• Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland ( 4 Med 2023 to 30 Mai 2024)
• Member, Energy Security and Net Zero Committee (12 Meh 2023 to 20 Tach 2023)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (20 Mai 2020 to 15 Ion 2021)
• Chair, Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union (27 Ion 2020 to 16 Ion 2021)
• Chair, Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union (27 Ion 2020 to 16 Ion 2021)
• Chair, Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union (27 Ion 2020 to 6 Tach 2019)
• Chair, Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union (27 Ion 2020 to 3 Mai 2017)
• Member, Liaison Committee Sub-committee on the effectiveness and influence of the select committee system (13 Chw 2019 to 6 Tach 2019)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) ( 6 Tach 2017 to 6 Tach 2019)
• Chair, Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union (12 Gor 2017 to 6 Tach 2019)
• Chair, Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union (12 Gor 2017 to 6 Tach 2019)
• Chair, Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union (12 Gor 2017 to 6 Tach 2019)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (19 Hyd 2016 to 3 Mai 2017)
• Chair, Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union (19 Hyd 2016 to 3 Mai 2017)
• Chair, Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union (19 Hyd 2016 to 3 Mai 2017)
• Chair, Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union (19 Hyd 2016 to 3 Mai 2017)
• Shadow Foreign Secretary ( 8 Mai 2015 to 26 Meh 2016)
• Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government ( 7 Hyd 2011 to 8 Mai 2015)
• Member, Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (26 Ion 2011 to 7 Rha 2011)
• Shadow Leader of the House of Commons ( 8 Hyd 2010 to 7 Hyd 2011)
• Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (12 Mai 2010 to 8 Hyd 2010)
• The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (28 Meh 2007 to 6 Mai 2010)
• The Secretary of State for International Development ( 6 Hyd 2003 to 28 Meh 2007)
• The Minister of State, Department for International Development (13 Mai 2003 to 6 Hyd 2003)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office) (Minister for Prisons and Probation) (29 Mai 2002 to 13 Mai 2003)
• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development (11 Meh 2001 to 28 Mai 2002)
• Member, Environment, Transport & Regional Affairs Committee ( 6 Rha 1999 to 1 Meh 2001)
• Member, Environment Sub-committee ( 6 Rha 1999 to 1 Meh 2001)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Merlyn Rees
• Hugh Gaitskell
• Henry Charleton
• Borras Whiteside
• Henry Charleton
• William Middlebrook
• John Walton
• Lyon Playfair

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Criminal Justice Bill Committee (29 out of 32)
• International Development Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Special Educational Needs and Disability Bill Committee (5 out of 7)

Ymddangosiadau diweddar

• Written Answers — Northern Ireland Office: Northern Ireland Office: Ethnic Groups 17 Jul 2025

  The Northern Ireland Office usually collect ethnicity data in line with the ethnicity harmonised standard, which is developed by the independent Office for National Statistics. The current harmonised standard is based on the 2011 Census questions used across the UK; those questions were updated for the 2021 and 2022 Censuses. The current standard does not include specific “Sikh” and...

• Written Answers — Northern Ireland Office: Connect Fund: Northern Ireland 17 Jul 2025

  The Connect Fund will support communities in Northern Ireland, funding projects between £300 and £50,000 with a clear East-West lens that deliver on building connections, sharing information, and collaborative community work. Funding is available in two rounds, with the first round running from now until 30 April 2026, and the second round running from 1 May 2026 to 31 March 2027. The...

• Written Answers — Northern Ireland Office: Northern Ireland Office: Apprentices 16 Jul 2025

  The Northern Ireland Office remains committed to supporting the use of apprenticeships to break down barriers to opportunity. This includes supporting the Government’s commitment to 2,000 digital apprenticeships through its TechTrack scheme by 2030 to improve digital skills and drive improvements and efficiency in public services. As a department, the Northern Ireland Office annually...

Mwy o ymddangosiadau diweddar Hilary Benn

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