About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Paula Barker) represents you, and all of the people who live in Liverpool Wavertree, 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 Liverpool Wavertree on the Local Intelligence Hub.

Proffil

Llafur MP ar gyfer Liverpool Wavertree

Aeth i mewn i'r Tŷ'r Cyffredin ar 13 Rhagfyr 2019 — Etholiad cyffredinol

Also represented Liverpool, Wavertree

Cyfryngau Cymdeithasol

• @paulabarkermp.bsky.social
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Themau o ddiddordeb

• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department for Levelling Up
• Housing and Communities
• Home Office
• Ministry of Housing
• Communities and Local Government
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Homelessness
• Sleeping Rough
• Local Government Finance
• Homelessness: Departmental Coordination
• National Food Strategy Expert Panel: Public Appointments

Swyddogaethau cyfredol

• Member, Committee of Privileges (since 28 Hyd 2024)
• Member, Committee on Standards (since 28 Hyd 2024)

Swyddogaethau eraill yn y gorffennol

• Member, Public Accounts Committee (11 Rha 2023 to 30 Mai 2024)
• Shadow Minister (Levelling Up, Housing, Communities and Local Government) (28 Hyd 2022 to 15 Tach 2023)
• Member, Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Bill Committee (26 Hyd 2022 to 2 Tach 2022)
• Member, Home Affairs Committee ( 8 Chw 2022 to 27 Tach 2023)
• Member, Judicial Review and Courts Bill (27 Hyd 2021 to 23 Tach 2021)
• Member, Justice Committee (11 Mai 2020 to 13 Gor 2021)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Anthony Steen
• John Tilney
• Henry Raikes
• Peter Shaw
• Joseph Cleary
• Arthur Nall-Cain
• John Tinné
• Hugh Rathbone
• Harold Smith
• Nathan Raw

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Judicial Review and Courts Bill Committee (10 out of 11)
• Education (Guidance About Costs of School Uniforms) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Ymddangosiadau diweddar

• Written Answers — Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Cricket: Schools 7 Jul 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of cricket participation rates among state school pupils.

• Written Answers — Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Cricket: Urban Areas 7 Jul 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions her Department has had with the England and Wales Cricket Board on increasing levels of access to cricket in cities.

• Written Answers — Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Cricket: Urban Areas 7 Jul 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of (a) the long-term viability, (b) the financial position and (c) levels of participation in cricket clubs in cities.

Mwy o ymddangosiadau diweddar Paula Barker