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
• Temporary Accommodation: Babies

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 Energy Security and Net Zero: Geoengineering: Risk Assessment 14 Jul 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has undertaken a risk assessment on solar radiation modification.

• Written Answers — Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Geoengineering: Research 11 Jul 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions he has had with the UKRI on its funded research projects on solar radiation modification.

• Written Answers — Department for Education: Schools: Electronic Cigarettes 10 Jul 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department has issued to (a) schools and (b) teaching bodies on using vapes in school settings.

Mwy o ymddangosiadau diweddar Paula Barker