About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Jo Platt) represents you, and all of the people who live in Leigh and Atherton, 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.

What you can do

• Find out more about your MP, including their voting summary and recent speeches.
• Write to your MP, or find out about your other local representatives on WriteToThem.com.
• Find out more about Leigh and Atherton on the Local Intelligence Hub.

Proffil

Labour/Co-operative MP ar gyfer Leigh and Atherton

Aeth i mewn i'r Tŷ'r Cyffredin ar 9 Mehefin 2017 — Etholiad cyffredinol

Also represented Leigh

Cyfryngau Cymdeithasol

• @joplatt.bsky.social
• @JoPlattMP
• Facebook
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Themau o ddiddordeb

• Cabinet Office
• Department for Digital
• Culture
• Media and Sport
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department for Exiting the European Union
• Department for Transport
• Cybercrime
• Brexit
• Huawei: 5G
• GP at Hand
• Electronic Government: Proof of Identity

Swyddogaethau cyfredol

• Member, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (since 21 Hyd 2024)
• Member, Modernisation Committee (since 9 Med 2024)

Swyddogaethau eraill yn y gorffennol

• Member, Crime and Policing Bill Committee (20 Maw 2025 to 13 Mai 2025)
• Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office) (10 Gor 2018 to 6 Tach 2019)
• Member, Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee (11 Rha 2017 to 23 Gor 2018)
• Member, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee ( 4 Rha 2017 to 11 Rha 2017)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Crime and Policing Bill Committee (13 out of 15)

Ymddangosiadau diweddar

• Written Answers — Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Begging and Vagrancy 18 Jun 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle aggressive begging.

• Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Gender Based Violence 16 Jun 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding his Department provides to the Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy.

• Written Answers — Department for Education: Pupil Premium: Disadvantaged 16 Jun 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a new Pupil Premium subcategory for persistently disadvantaged pupils.

Mwy o ymddangosiadau diweddar Jo Platt