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Tom Blenkinsop is a former MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland.

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Former Labour MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland

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

Left the House of Commons on 3 May 2017 — Dissolved for election

• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @TomBlenkinsop

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Tom Blenkinsop campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Health
• Business
• Innovation and Skills
• Treasury
• Education
• Communities and Local Government
• Fire Services
• Democratic Republic of Congo
• Personal Independence Payment
• Regional Planning and Development
• Public Sector: Mutual Societies

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee ( 1 Feb 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Committee of Privileges (28 Oct 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Committee on Standards (28 Oct 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Energy and Climate Change Committee (26 Oct 2015 to 17 Oct 2016)
• Member, Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) (13 Jul 2015 to 22 Feb 2016)
• Member, Statutory Instruments (Select Committee) (13 Jul 2015 to 22 Feb 2016)
• Member, Committee of Selection ( 9 May 2013 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Opposition Whip (Commons) ( 7 Oct 2011 to 18 Sep 2015)
• Member, Treasury Committee ( 4 Jul 2011 to 14 Nov 2011)
• Member, Standards and Privileges Committee (22 Nov 2010 to 7 Nov 2011)
• Member, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 23 Jan 2012)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Ashok Kumar

Future MPs in this constituency

• Simon Clarke
• Luke Myer

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Trade Union Bill Committee (7 out of 10)
• Welfare Reform and Work Bill Committee (4 out of 11)
• Pension Schemes Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
• Pensions Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
• Mesothelioma Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Finance Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Health and Social Care Bill Committee (40 out of 40)
• Finance (No. 3) Bill Committee (12 out of 14)
• Postal Services Bill Committee (20 out of 21)
• Finance (No. 4) Bill Committee (12 out of 14)

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Energy Intensive Industries: Trade Competitiveness 27 Apr 2017

  To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 13 April 2017 to Question 70406, on energy intensive industries: trade competitiveness, whether such compensation funding has been allocated on a rolling basis until an exemption is secured or a set amount has been committed to the policy.

• Written Answers — Department for Communities and Local Government: Non-domestic Rates: Private Education 27 Apr 2017

  To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he has made an estimate of the cost to the public purse of business rate relief for fee-paying schools in England for each of the last five years.

• Written Answers — Department for Communities and Local Government: Non-domestic Rates: Schools 27 Apr 2017

  To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the amount of business rates paid by state schools in England in each of the last five years.

More of Tom Blenkinsop’s recent appearances