About your Member of Parliament
Your MP (Emma Lewell-Buck) represents you, and all of the people who live in South Shields,
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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Labour MP for South Shields
Entered the House of Commons on 3 May 2013 — Byelection
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Topics of interest
Emma Lewell-Buck campaigned to remain in the European Union
Source: BBC
- Department for Education
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Ministry of Justice
- Ministry of Defence
- Children: Social Services
- Performance Appraisal
- Healthy Start Scheme
- Surveys
- Children in Care
Currently held offices
- Member, Panel of Chairs (since 27 Nov 2024)
- Member, Defence Committee (since 21 Oct 2024)
Other offices held in the past
- Member, Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill Committee (17 Apr 2024 to 24 Apr 2024)
- Member, Licensing Hours Extensions Bill Committee ( 7 Feb 2024 to 30 May 2024)
- Member, Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill Committee (15 Jun 2022 to 20 Oct 2022)
- Member, National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (16 Jun 2021 to 22 Jun 2021)
- Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls ( 6 Jul 2020 to 16 Jan 2024)
- Member, Defence Sub-Committee ( 5 Mar 2020 to 30 May 2024)
- Member, Defence Committee ( 2 Mar 2020 to 30 May 2024)
- Shadow Minister (Education) (Children and Families) ( 9 Oct 2016 to 14 Mar 2019)
- Shadow Minister (Communities and Local Government) ( 6 Jan 2016 to 29 Jun 2016)
- Member, Work and Pensions Committee ( 8 Jul 2015 to 1 Feb 2016)
- Member, Draft Protection of Charities Bill (Joint Committee) ( 6 Nov 2014 to 3 Feb 2015)
- Member, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (10 Jun 2013 to 30 Mar 2015)
Previous MPs in this constituency
Public bill committees (Sittings attended)
- Chairman, Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Committee (1 out of 6)
- Chairman, Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Committee (0 out of 4)
- Chairman, Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Chairman, Crime and Policing Bill Committee (2 out of 10)
- Chairman, Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Licensing Hours Extensions Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill Committee (19 out of 27)
- National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
- Children and Social Work Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
- Education and Adoption Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
- Immigration Bill Committee (13 out of 15)
- Local Audit and AccountabilityBill Committee (4 out of 9)
- Water Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
- Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill Committee (12 out of 15)
- Care Bill Committee (14 out of 15)
Recent appearances
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of eligible families are receiving Healthy Start in South Shields constituency.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many families receive Healthy Start in South Shields.
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On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. At Prime Minister’s questions last week, the right hon. Member for Kingston and Surbiton (Ed Davey) raised the difficult ongoing issue, which my constituents and I have been involved in for a number of years, of Northumbrian Water dumping sewage into the North sea at Whitburn. Please can you offer me some advice, as I believed it was still a...
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