About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Alison McGovern) represents you, and all of the people who live in Birkenhead, 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 Birkenhead

Aeth i mewn i'r Tŷ'r Cyffredin ar 6 Mai 2010 — Etholiad cyffredinol

Also represented Wirral South

• Wikipedia page

Cyfryngau Cymdeithasol

• @allymcgovern.bsky.social
• @Alison_McGovern
• Facebook
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Themau o ddiddordeb

Alison McGovern campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Department for Work and Pensions
• Department of Health and Social Care
• International Development
• Home Office
• Department for Digital
• Culture
• Media and Sport
• Children: Day Care
• Universal Credit
• Kickstart Scheme
• Jobcentres: Staff
• Employment: Young People

Swyddogaethau cyfredol

• The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions (since 8 Gor 2024)

Swyddogaethau eraill yn y gorffennol

• Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) ( 4 Rha 2021 to 30 Mai 2024)
• Member, Cultural Objects (Protection From Seizure) Bill Committee ( 9 Tach 2021 to 17 Tach 2021)
• Shadow Minister (Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) (10 Ebr 2020 to 4 Rha 2021)
• Member, Treasury Committee ( 2 Maw 2020 to 11 Mai 2020)
• Chair, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art (12 Rha 2017 to 6 Tach 2019)
• Chair, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art (12 Rha 2017 to 6 Tach 2019)
• Member, Treasury Sub-Committee (14 Med 2017 to 6 Tach 2019)
• Member, Treasury Committee (11 Med 2017 to 6 Tach 2019)
• Chair, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art (26 Hyd 2016 to 3 Mai 2017)
• Chair, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art (26 Hyd 2016 to 3 Mai 2017)
• Member, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art ( 1 Gor 2015 to 26 Hyd 2016)
• Shadow Minister (Treasury) ( 8 Mai 2015 to 18 Med 2015)
• Shadow Minister (Education) ( 5 Tach 2014 to 30 Maw 2015)
• Shadow Minister (International Development) ( 7 Hyd 2013 to 5 Tach 2014)
• Opposition Whip (Commons) (11 Ion 2013 to 7 Hyd 2013)
• Member, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art (18 Tach 2010 to 30 Maw 2015)
• Member, International Development Committee ( 2 Tach 2010 to 4 Chw 2013)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Frank Field
• Edmund Dell
• Percy Collick
• Alfred Bigland
• Henry Vivian
• Elliott Lees
• Bury
• Edward Hamley
• David MacIver
• John Laird

Future MPs in this constituency

• Frank Field
• Mick Whitley

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Cultural Objects (Protection from Seizure) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Registers of Births and Deaths Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill Committee (8 out of 10)
• Commonwealth Development Corporation Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
• Finance Bill Committee (0 out of 6)
• High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill Committee (1 out of 3)
• High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill Committee (4 out of 6)
• High-Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
• Public Service Pensions Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
• MARRIAGE (SAME SEX COUPLES) BILL Committee (13 out of 13)
• Sports Grounds Safety Authority 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)
• Savings Accounts and Health in Pregnancy Grant Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
• Finance (No. 3) Bill Committee (14 out of 14)

Ymddangosiadau diweddar

• Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Employment: Neurodiversity 16 Jul 2025

  In the plan to Make Work Pay (October 2024), government committed to raising awareness of all forms of neurodiversity in the workplace. This includes autism. We are supporting employers to be more inclusive in their workplace practices. In January this year we launched an independent panel of academics with expertise and experiences of neurodiversity. This will build on the work of the...

• Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Employment 16 Jul 2025

  Our Get Britain Working reforms, set out in a White Paper in November last year, will tackle economic inactivity, build a thriving labour market, and increase the number of people in work. By delivering the biggest reforms to employment support for a generation, with a combined focus on skills and health, we will enable more people to get into work and get on in work. This will move us toward...

• Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Crisis and Resilience Fund 16 Jul 2025

  The new Crisis and Resilience Fund will be introduced from 1 April 2026. This represents the first ever multi-year settlement for locally delivered crisis support We will be working closely with local authorities and external stakeholders on the detailed design of the Crisis and Resilience Fund and We will issue further information on our planned approach in due course.

Mwy o ymddangosiadau diweddar Alison McGovern

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