About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Yasmin Qureshi) represents you, and all of the people who live in Bolton South and Walkden, 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.

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Profile

Labour MP for Bolton South and Walkden

Entered the House of Commons on 6 May 2010 — General election

Also represented Bolton South East

• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @yasminqureshimp.bsky.social
• @YasminQureshiMP
• Facebook
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Yasmin Qureshi campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Ministry of Justice
• Foreign
• Commonwealth and Development Office
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department for International Development
• Department for Education
• Burma
• Food: Advertising
• Overseas Aid
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Pregnancy Tests

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Justice Committee (30 Apr 2024 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Child Support Collection (Domestic Abuse) Bill Committee ( 7 Dec 2022 to 14 Dec 2022)
• Member, Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Bill Committee (30 Nov 2022 to 7 Dec 2022)
• Shadow Minister (Equalities Office) (28 Oct 2022 to 15 Nov 2023)
• Shadow Minister (International Development) ( 2 Sep 2020 to 4 Dec 2021)
• Shadow Minister (International Development) (10 Apr 2020 to 2 Sep 2020)
• Shadow Minister (Justice) ( 9 Oct 2016 to 10 Apr 2020)
• Member, Foreign Affairs Sub-Committee ( 5 Jan 2016 to 31 Oct 2016)
• Member, Foreign Affairs Committee ( 8 Jul 2015 to 31 Oct 2016)
• Member, High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill (Commons) Committee (29 Apr 2014 to 7 Jul 2015)
• Member, Home Affairs Committee ( 4 Nov 2013 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Privacy and Injunctions (Joint Committee) (14 Jul 2011 to 12 Mar 2012)
• Member, Political and Constitutional Reform Committee (12 Jul 2011 to 12 Dec 2011)
• Member, Justice Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Child Support Collection (Domestic Abuse) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Voyeurism (Offences) (No. 2) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Courts and Tribunals (Online Procedure) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Courts and Tribunals (Judiciary and Functions of Staff) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Prisons and Courts Bill Committee (5 out of 6)
• FINANCE BILL Committee (8 out of 16)
• Criminal Justice and Courts Bill Committee (6 out of 13)
• Financial Services (Banking Reform) Bill Committee (2 out of 6)
• Prisons (Property) bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Financial Services (Banking Reform)Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Trusts (Capital and Income) Bill [LORDS] Committee (0 out of 1)
• FINANCE (NO. 2) BILL Committee (2 out of 4)
• Sports Grounds Safety Authority Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Recent appearances

• Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Topical Questions 24 Jun 2025

  Tulsi Gabbard, the US Director of National Intelligence, said in March that Iran was not building a nuclear weapon, as did the UN atomic energy agency. However, a day before a conference on recognising Palestine, Israel decided unilaterally that Iran had a nuclear weapon, and that there was an immediate threat of attack; it therefore bombed Iran. Israel’s illegal bombing was a distraction...

• Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Topical Questions 24 Jun 2025

  What steps is the Minister taking to stop the killing of Palestinians, and to recognise the state of Palestine?

• Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations 23 Jun 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that Personal Independence Payment assessments make an adequate assessment of claimants’ (a) physical symptoms and (b) medical evidence and (c) other supporting evidence.

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