About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Lisa Nandy) represents you, and all of the people who live in Wigan, 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 Wigan

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

• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @lisanandy
• Facebook
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Lisa Nandy campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Education
• Foreign
• Commonwealth and Development Office
• Cabinet Office
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Business
• Innovation and Skills
• Departmental Pay
• Free Schools
• Big Society Network
• Child Sexual Abuse Independent Panel Inquiry
• Departmental Public Expenditure

Currently held offices

• The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (since 5 Jul 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Shadow Minister (International Development) ( 4 Sep 2023 to 30 May 2024)
• Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing, Communities & Local Government (29 Nov 2021 to 4 Sep 2023)
• Shadow Foreign Secretary ( 2 Sep 2020 to 29 Nov 2021)
• Shadow Foreign Secretary ( 5 Apr 2020 to 2 Sep 2020)
• Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (14 Sep 2015 to 27 Jun 2016)
• Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office) ( 7 Oct 2013 to 14 Sep 2015)
• Shadow Minister (Education) (18 Mar 2013 to 7 Oct 2013)
• Member, Education Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 10 Sep 2012)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Neil Turner
• Roger Stott
• Alan Fitch
• Ronald Williams
• William Foster
• John Parkinson
• Reginald Neville
• Henry Twist
• Francis Powell
• Nathaniel Eckersley
• Algernon Egerton
• Francis Powell
• Thomas Knowles
• Lindsay
• Thomas Knowles
• Lindsay
• John Lancaster
• Henry Woods
• Nathaniel Eckersley
• James Lindsay
• Henry Woods
• James Lindsay
• Francis Powell
• Henry Woods
• Joseph Acton
• James Lindsay
• Ralph Thicknesse
• James Lindsay
• Ralph Thicknesse
• James Lindsay
• Charles Standish
• Thomas Crosse
• Peter Greenall
• William Ewart
• Charles Standish
• Richard Potter
• John Kearsley
• Richard Potter
• Ralph Thicknesse
• John Kearsley
• James Lindsay
• John Kearsley
• James Lindsay
• James Lindsay
• James Lindsay
• James Lindsay
• James Lindsay
• of Balcarres
• John Hodson
• Robert Leigh
• John Hodson
• Robert Leigh
• John Hodson
• Robert Leigh
• John Hodson
• Robert Leigh
• John Hodson

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Children and Families Bill Committee (19 out of 19)
• London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (Amendment) Bill Committee (2 out of 3)
• Public Bodies Bill Committee (8 out of 8)

Recent appearances

• Culture, Media and Sport: Rugby League 3 Apr 2025

  Mr Speaker, I take this opportunity to pay tribute to the work that rugby league clubs do across the country and to my own team, Wigan Warriors, who absolutely smashed Warrington Wolves in Las Vegas last month.

• Culture, Media and Sport: Rugby League 3 Apr 2025

  No comment. Rugby league clubs are at the heart of many communities, including my hon. Friend’s in Rochdale. I was delighted that, in the last financial year, Sport England awarded over £30,000 to his constituency to support grassroots rugby league.

• Culture, Media and Sport: Rugby League 3 Apr 2025

  I could not agree more. Rugby league clubs have the ability to reach where others cannot. This week, I was delighted to convene a roundtable with the Prime Minister to discuss the issues raised by the TV series “Adolescence”, and in particular the impact of mental health and isolation on young men. We are working with rugby league clubs to see what more we can do to support young men’s...

More of Lisa Nandy’s recent appearances

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