About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Mary Glindon) represents you, and all of the people who live in Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Labour MP for Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend

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

Also represented North Tyneside

• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @GlindonMary
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Mary Glindon campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Department of Health and Social Care
• Ministry of Justice
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Department of Health
• Home Office
• Children: Maintenance
• Electronic Cigarettes
• Parkinson's Disease: Mental Health Services
• Obesity: Health Services
• Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse

Currently held offices

• Member, Administration Committee (since 28 Oct 2024)
• Member, Backbench Business Committee (since 28 Oct 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Tobacco and Vapes Bill Committee (30 Apr 2024 to 14 May 2024)
• Member, Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill (Formerly known as International Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill) Committee (17 Apr 2024 to 24 Apr 2024)
• Member, Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill Committee (10 Jan 2024 to 30 Jan 2024)
• Member, Renters (Reform) Bill Committee ( 8 Nov 2023 to 28 Nov 2023)
• Member, Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill Committee (15 Mar 2023 to 23 Mar 2023)
• Member, Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform Bill) Committee ( 2 Nov 2022 to 29 Nov 2022)
• Member, Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill Committee (22 Jun 2022 to 7 Jul 2022)
• Member, Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL] Committee ( 9 Feb 2022 to 10 Feb 2022)
• Member, Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill Committee ( 3 Nov 2021 to 18 Nov 2021)
• Member, Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill Committee ( 7 Sep 2021 to 22 Sep 2021)
• Opposition Whip (Commons) (14 Apr 2020 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee ( 2 Mar 2020 to 8 Jun 2020)
• Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (Farming and Rural Communities) (10 Oct 2016 to 10 Apr 2020)
• Member, Transport Committee ( 8 Jul 2015 to 31 Oct 2016)
• Member, Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee (25 Feb 2013 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Nick Brown

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
• International Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Renters (Reform) Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
• Tobacco and Vapes Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
• Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform Bill) Committee (1 out of 1)
• Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
• Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill Committee (11 out of 11)
• Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Kew Gardens (Leases) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Crown Tenancies Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Farriers (Registration) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• NHS (Charitable Trusts Etc) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• High-Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Local Government (Religious etc. Observances) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Control of Horses Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Local Government (Review of Decisions) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Finance Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• Water Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
• Consumer Rights Bill Committee (15 out of 15)
• Citizenship (Armed Forces) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (7 out of 9)
• Local Audit and AccountabilityBill Committee (9 out of 9)
• Deep Sea Mining Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
• Marine Navigation (No. 2) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Growth and Infrastructure Bill Committee (13 out of 14)
• Finance (No. 3) Bill Committee (14 out of 14)

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Pension Funds: Climate Change 24 Apr 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries and the University of Exeter report entitled Planetary Solvency, published on 16 January 2025; and whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing guidance on how pension funds can gain more...

• Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Pension Funds: Climate Change 24 Apr 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she has made an assessment of the potential merits of ensuring that newly appointed pension fund trustees are aware of the responsibility to consider climate risks in investments.

• Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Pension Funds: Environment Protection 24 Apr 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential implications for her policies of (a) the report by the Law Commission entitled Fiduciary Duties of Investment Intermediaries, published on 30 June 2014, and (b) its evaluation that there is no impediment to pension trustees taking account of environmental factors where (i) they are...

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