About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Diana R. Johnson) represents you, and all of the people who live in Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Labour MP for Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham

Entered the House of Commons on 5 May 2005 — General election

Also represented Kingston upon Hull North

• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

Social Media

• @damedianajohnson.bsky.social
• @DianaJohnsonMP
• Facebook
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Diana R. Johnson campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Department of Health and Social Care
• Home Office
• Department of Health
• Home Department
• Department for Education
• Blood: Contamination
• Counter-terrorism
• Railways: North of England
• Contraceptives
• Forensic Science

Currently held offices

• Member, Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill Committee (since 25 Jun 2025)
• Member, Controlled Drugs (Procedure for Specification) Bill Committee (since 25 Jun 2025)
• The Minister of State, Home Department (since 8 Jul 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Crime and Policing Bill Committee (20 Mar 2025 to 13 May 2025)
• Member, Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill Committee (24 Apr 2024 to 1 May 2024)
• Member, Liaison Sub-Committee on Scrutiny of Strategic Thinking in Government (22 Jun 2023 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Protection from Sex-based Harassment in Public Bill Committee ( 8 Feb 2023 to 22 Feb 2023)
• Member, Offenders (Day of Release from Detention) Bill Committee ( 1 Feb 2023 to 8 Feb 2023)
• Member, National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) (25 Jan 2022 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (15 Dec 2021 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Dormant Assets Bill [HL] Committee (15 Dec 2021 to 11 Jan 2022)
• Chair, Home Affairs Committee (15 Dec 2021 to 30 May 2024)
• Chair, Home Affairs Committee (15 Dec 2021 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament (13 Jul 2020 to 9 Feb 2022)
• Member, Home Affairs Committee (11 May 2020 to 15 Dec 2021)
• Member, Draft Domestic Abuse Bill (Joint Committee) (27 Feb 2019 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Draft Health Service Safety Investigations Bill (Joint Committee) (17 Apr 2018 to 27 Jul 2018)
• Member, Health and Social Care Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Shadow Minister (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs) (18 Sep 2015 to 27 Jun 2016)
• Shadow Minister (Home Affairs) ( 8 Oct 2010 to 18 Sep 2015)
• Shadow Minister (Health) (12 May 2010 to 8 Oct 2010)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Children, Schools and Families) (Schools) ( 9 Jun 2009 to 13 May 2010)
• Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) ( 2 Jul 2007 to 10 Jun 2009)
• PPS (Rt Hon Stephen Timms, Chief Secretary), HM Treasury ( 8 May 2006 to 28 Jun 2007)
• PPS (Mr Stephen Timms, Minister of State), Department for Work and Pensions (10 Nov 2005 to 8 May 2006)
• Member, Public Accounts Committee (12 Jul 2005 to 5 Dec 2005)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Crime and Policing Bill Committee (15 out of 15)
• Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Controlled Drugs (Procedure for Specification) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Offenders (Day of Release from Detention) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Protection from Sex-based Harassment in Public Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Dormant Assets Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
• Domestic Abuse Bill Committee (1 out of 3)
• Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Rivers Authorities and Land Drainage Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Guardianship (Missing Persons) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Modern Slavery Bill Committee (11 out of 11)
• Justice and Security Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Protection of Freedoms Bill Committee (20 out of 20)
• Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill Committee (20 out of 20)
• Children, Schools and Families Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
• Fraud (Trials without a Jury) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Finance Bill Committee (13 out of 14)
• Offender Management Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
• Planning-gain Supplement (Preparations) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Electoral Administration Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• Children and Adoption Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Work and Families Bill Committee (2 out of 3)
• NHS Redress Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Rights of Savers Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
• Fraud Bill Committee (3 out of 3)

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Home Office: Organised Crime: North of England 4 Jul 2025

  In 2025-26, the Home Office are providing c.£1 billion to the National Crime Agency to tackle Serious and Organised Crime. The Home Office does not allocate Serious and Organised Crime (SOC) specific funding to local police forces as setting annual budgets is the responsibility of chief constables and directly elected Police and Crime Commissioners.

• Written Answers — Home Office: Driving under Influence: West Midlands 4 Jul 2025

  The Home Office collects and publishes data on roadside breath tests for alcohol as part of its annual ‘Police Powers and Procedures: Roads policing’ statistical release. The latest data is available here Police powers and procedures: Roads policing, to December 2023 - GOV.UK and covers the calendar year ending December 2023. In 2023, West Mercia Police carried out 7,811 roadside breath...

• Written Answers — Home Office: Police: Finance 4 Jul 2025

  The Government is committed to supporting the police to tackle crime. The Chancellor has announced a real terms increase in police spending power over the next three years.That included £200 million to kickstart recruitment of neighbourhood officers and PCSOs across the country. As is usual, more detail on force funding allocations for future years will be set out at the police settlement later.

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