About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Janet Daby) represents you, and all of the people who live in Lewisham 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.

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 Lewisham East on the Local Intelligence Hub.

Proffil

Llafur MP ar gyfer Lewisham East

Aeth i mewn i'r Tŷ'r Cyffredin ar 14 Mehefin 2018 — Is-etholiad

Cyfryngau Cymdeithasol

• @janetdaby.bsky.social
• @JanetDaby
• Facebook
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Themau o ddiddordeb

• Ministry of Justice
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Home Office
• Department for Education
• Treasury
• Police Custody: Children
• Wetherby Young Offender Institution
• Members: Correspondence
• Youth Custody
• Prisons: Pepper Spray

Swyddogaethau cyfredol

• Member, Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [HL] Committee (since 5 Maw 2025)
• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education (since 9 Gor 2024)

Swyddogaethau eraill yn y gorffennol

• Shadow Minister (Youth Justice) ( 5 Med 2023 to 30 Mai 2024)
• Member, Victims and Prisoners Bill Committee (14 Meh 2023 to 11 Gor 2023)
• Member, Justice Committee (29 Tach 2022 to 5 Rha 2023)
• Member, Approved Premises (Substance Testing) Bill Committee ( 8 Rha 2021 to 15 Rha 2021)
• Member, Judicial Review and Courts Bill (27 Hyd 2021 to 23 Tach 2021)
• Member, Justice Committee (22 Chw 2021 to 5 Ion 2022)
• Shadow Minister (Equalities Office) (Faiths, Women and Equalities) (10 Gor 2020 to 7 Rha 2020)
• Shadow Minister (Housing, Communities and Local Government) (10 Ebr 2020 to 10 Gor 2020)
• Member, Home Affairs Committee ( 2 Maw 2020 to 11 Mai 2020)
• Member, Home Affairs Committee ( 8 Mai 2019 to 6 Tach 2019)
• Member, Justice Committee (19 Tach 2018 to 8 Mai 2019)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Heidi Alexander
• Bridget Prentice
• Colin Moynihan
• Roland Moyle
• Herbert Morrison
• Assheton Pownall

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Victims and Prisoners Bill Committee (13 out of 14)
• Judicial Review and Courts Bill Committee (11 out of 11)
• Approved Premises (Substance Testing) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)

Ymddangosiadau diweddar

• Written Answers — Department for Education: Students: Loans 25 Mar 2025

  Attached is a table that breaks down unique students in receipt of tuition fee loans and/or student support scheme income contingent loans (such as maintenance loans) by nationality for the 2019/20 to 2023/24 academic years. Nationality is an optional field for borrowers to fill out when they are applying for student finance, which is why the data contains ‘unknown’ records. The...

• Written Answers — Department for Education: Department for Education: Equality 25 Mar 2025

  In accordance with government commercial policy, the department uses centrally maintained frameworks provided by Crown Commercial Service and otherwise uses the suite of standard contracts maintained by Cabinet Office, for the majority of contracts. These terms and conditions require the supplier to perform its obligations under the contract in accordance with equality law, but do not include...

• Written Answers — Department for Education: Skills England 25 Mar 2025

  Skills England is already operational in shadow form and the government intends for it to be established as an executive agency soon. This model of arm’s length body provides a strong fit for Skills England as it can be operationalised quickly and provides independence, while ensuring sufficient proximity to the department, so that Skills England can inform decisions on skills policy and...

Mwy o ymddangosiadau diweddar Janet Daby