About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Pat McFadden) represents you, and all of the people who live in Wolverhampton South East, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Labour MP for Wolverhampton South East

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

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

Social Media

• @patmcfaddenmp
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Pat McFadden campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Treasury
• Work and Pensions
• Cabinet Office
• Department for Education
• Department for Business
• Energy and Industrial Strategy
• Departmental Public Expenditure
• Fraud
• Sickle Cell Diseases
• Business: Coronavirus
• Sanctions: Russia

Currently held offices

• Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (since 5 Jul 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• National campaign co-ordinator ( 4 Sep 2023 to 30 May 2024)
• Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ( 4 Sep 2023 to 30 May 2024)
• Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury (29 Nov 2021 to 4 Sep 2023)
• Member, Compensation (London Capital & Finance plc and Fraud Compensation Fund) Bill Committee ( 8 Jun 2021 to 15 Jun 2021)
• Shadow Economic Secretary (Treasury) (10 Apr 2020 to 29 Nov 2021)
• Member, Panel of Chairs (23 Mar 2020 to 22 Apr 2020)
• Member, Business and Trade Committee ( 2 Mar 2020 to 11 May 2020)
• Member, Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union (11 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union (31 Oct 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• Shadow Minister (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs) (20 Oct 2014 to 5 Jan 2016)
• Member, Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards (Joint Committee) (16 Jul 2012 to 12 Jun 2013)
• Member, Treasury Committee (14 Nov 2011 to 24 Nov 2014)
• Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (12 May 2010 to 8 Oct 2010)
• Minister of State (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills) ( 9 Jun 2009 to 6 May 2010)
• Minister of State (Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform) (Employment Relations and Postal Affairs) ( 2 Jul 2007 to 5 Jun 2009)
• Member, Labour Party National Executive Committee ( 1 Jun 2007 to 6 May 2010)
• Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office) ( 5 May 2006 to 28 Jun 2007)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Dennis Turner
• Robert Edwards

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Compensation (London Capital & Finance plc and Fraud Compensation Fund) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Compensation (London Capital & Finance plc and Fraud Compensation Fund) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Financial Services Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
• Pension Schemes Bill Committee (0 out of 10)
• Immigration Bill Committee (10 out of 11)
• Employment Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Temporary and Agency Workers (Equal Treatment) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Road Safety Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
• Finance Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• London Olympics Bill Committee (4 out of 4)

Recent appearances

• Cabinet Office: Cyber-security 5 Jun 2025

  Cyber-defence is an important part of our national security, with daily attacks against Government, businesses and individuals. Members across the House will have seen the recent attacks against British household names such as Marks & Spencer and the Co-op and, indeed, the Government’s own Legal Aid Agency. Earlier this week, the Prime Minister announced that responsibility for public...

• Cabinet Office: Cyber-security 5 Jun 2025

  Earlier this week, I met the chief executive of the National Cyber Security Centre, which works with impacted organisations to investigate what has happened and who is responsible and to help them rebuild. It has been working with all the organisations that have been hit by recent cyber-attacks. I also made a speech about these issues at the CYBERUK conference in Manchester a few weeks ago.

• Cabinet Office: Cyber-security 5 Jun 2025

  The hon. Member is absolutely right. The National Cyber Security Centre offers advice, guidance and tools such as Cyber Essentials to businesses to help them prepare as best they can for attacks. Unfortunately, organised crime carries out some of these attacks, and the extortion of money is often at their root. It is really important that Government, business and individuals prepare as best...

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