About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Kerry McCarthy) represents you, and all of the people who live in Bristol East, 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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Proffil

Llafur MP ar gyfer Bristol East

Aeth i mewn i'r Tŷ'r Cyffredin ar 5 Mai 2005 — Etholiad cyffredinol

• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

Cyfryngau Cymdeithasol

• @KerryMP
• Facebook
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Themau o ddiddordeb

Kerry McCarthy campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Department for Transport
• Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Work and Pensions
• Sri Lanka
• Burma
• Bovine Tuberculosis
• Animal Experiments
• Colombia

Swyddogaethau cyfredol

• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) (since 9 Gor 2024)

Swyddogaethau eraill yn y gorffennol

• Member, Energy Bill [HL] Committee (17 Mai 2023 to 29 Meh 2023)
• Member, Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill Committee (18 Ion 2023 to 25 Ion 2023)
• Shadow Minister (Climate Change and Net Zero) (29 Meh 2022 to 30 Mai 2024)
• Member, Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill Committee (22 Meh 2022 to 7 Gor 2022)
• Member, Public Order Bill Committee (25 Mai 2022 to 21 Meh 2022)
• Member, Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL] Committee ( 9 Chw 2022 to 10 Chw 2022)
• Member, Glue Traps (Offences) Bill Committee (12 Ion 2022 to 19 Ion 2022)
• Member, Animal (Penalty Notices) Bill Committee ( 1 Rha 2021 to 8 Rha 2021)
• Shadow Minister (Transport) (10 Ebr 2020 to 4 Rha 2021)
• Member, Petitions Committee ( 2 Maw 2020 to 8 Meh 2020)
• Member, Environmental Audit Committee ( 2 Maw 2020 to 8 Meh 2020)
• Member, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (11 Rha 2017 to 6 Tach 2019)
• Member, Environmental Audit Committee (11 Med 2017 to 6 Tach 2019)
• Member, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (31 Hyd 2016 to 3 Mai 2017)
• Member, Environmental Audit Committee ( 4 Gor 2016 to 3 Mai 2017)
• Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (14 Med 2015 to 26 Meh 2016)
• Shadow Minister (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs) ( 7 Hyd 2011 to 14 Med 2015)
• Shadow Minister (Treasury) ( 8 Hyd 2010 to 7 Hyd 2011)
• Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons) (12 Mai 2010 to 8 Hyd 2010)
• Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) ( 6 Mai 2010 to 8 Hyd 2010)
• Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) (10 Meh 2009 to 6 Mai 2010)
• Member, South West Regional Select Committee ( 3 Maw 2009 to 6 Mai 2010)
• PPS (Rt Hon Douglas Alexander, Secretary of State), Department for International Development (28 Meh 2007 to 16 Ion 2009)
• PPS (Rt Hon Rosie Winterton, Minister of State), Department of Health (11 Meh 2007 to 28 Meh 2007)
• Member, Treasury Committee (12 Gor 2005 to 4 Meh 2007)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Jean Corston
• Jonathan Sayeed
• Stafford Cripps
• Walter Baker
• Harold Morris
• George Britton
• Charles Hobhouse
• William Wills
• Joseph Weston
• Handel Cossham

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill Committee (3 out of 4)
• Energy Bill Committee (16 out of 18)
• Public Order Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
• Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Animals (Penalty Notices) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Glue Traps (Offences) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Agriculture Bill Committee (11 out of 12)
• Environment Bill Committee (7 out of 22)
• Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Agriculture Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
• Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Wild Animals in Circuses (No. 2) Bill Committee (2 out of 3)
• Ivory Bill Committee (5 out of 6)
• Deep Sea Mining Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
• Mental Health (Discrimination) (No. 2) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (4 out of 5)
• Budget Responsibility and National Audit Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Live Music Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Savings Accounts and Health in Pregnancy Grant Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Coinage (Measurement) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Terrorist Asset-Freezing Etc. Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Finance (No. 3) Bill Committee (13 out of 14)
• Children, Schools and Families Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
• Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Local Transport Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
• Children and Young Persons Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
• UK Borders Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
• Legal Services Bill Committee (11 out of 11)
• Fraud (Trials without a Jury) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Mental Health Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
• Offender Management Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
• Financial Mutuals Arrangements Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Finance (No.2) Bill Committee (20 out of 21)
• Finance Bill Committee (8 out of 8)

Ymddangosiadau diweddar

• Written Answers — Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Carbon Emissions: Standards 17 Jun 2025

  The UK’s 2035 Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) is a target to reduce economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions by at least 81% compared to 1990 levels. The 2035 NDC is consistent with the effort to deliver against the UK’s sixth carbon budget (2033-37), as set out in the Climate Change Act. The sixth carbon budget limits UK emissions to an annual average of 193 megatons carbon dioxide...

• Written Answers — Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Carbon Capture and Storage 16 Jun 2025

  Currently, we do not plan to commission an independent review into the CCUS programme. The National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority provides oversight of the Programme as a Government’s Major Projects Portfolio, through Gateway Reviews and reporting. In 2024, the Programme was subject to a National Audit Office review and subsequently a Public Accounts Committee hearing....

• Written Answers — Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Nuclear Fusion 11 Jun 2025

  The Department plans to publish its response to the consultation on a Fusion Energy National Policy Statement EN-8 soon. Further details will be available in due course.

Mwy o ymddangosiadau diweddar Kerry McCarthy