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Jason McCartney is a former MP for Colne Valley.

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Former Conservative MP for Colne Valley

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

Left the House of Commons on 30 May 2024 — Dissolved for election

• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @JasonMcCartney
• Facebook
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Jason McCartney campaigned to leave the European Union Source: BBC

• Health
• Treasury
• Work and Pensions
• Defence
• Energy and Climate Change
• Energy
• Railways: North of England
• Renewable Energy: Feed-in Tariffs
• Direct Selling
• Kashmir

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Culture, Media and Sport Committee ( 8 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Transport Committee (10 Jun 2013 to 30 Mar 2015)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Kali Mountford
• Graham Riddick
• Richard Wainwright
• David Clark
• Richard Wainwright
• Patrick Duffy
• William Hall
• Ernest Marklew
• Edward Mallalieu
• Philip Snowden
• Frederick Mallalieu
• Charles Leach
• Albert Grayson
• James Kitson
• Henry Beaumont

Future MPs in this constituency

• Thelma Walker
• Paul Davies

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (2 out of 2)

Recent appearances

• Prime Minister: Engagements 22 May 2024

  The smart new £15 million accident and emergency unit at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary opened in the early hours of this morning. Will the Prime Minister join me in thanking the team at HRI and welcoming the new doctors and nurses who have been recruited for the A&E unit, and does he agree that, alongside the new teaching block at Greenhead College, the West Yorkshire investment zone and the...

• Infected Blood Compensation Scheme 21 May 2024

  I really welcome this detailed and thorough statement, and I welcome it on behalf of two of the victims in particular. The first is an unnamed constituent who came to my first-ever advice surgery back in 2010 at Huddersfield town hall. He told me how, during a blood transfusion, he had been infected with HIV, hepatitis C and CJD. The second victim is Mel McKay, who is not a constituent but...

• Written Answers — Department for Transport: Roads: Accidents 20 May 2024

  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the number of (a) fatal and (b) other serious head injuries that were received by people whilst inside road vehicles in the latest period for which data is available.

More of Jason McCartney’s recent appearances