About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Gill Furniss) represents you, and all of the people who live in Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough, 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 Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough

Entered the House of Commons on 6 May 2016 — Byelection

Also represented Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough

Social Media

• @gillfurnissmp.bsky.social
• @gillfurnissmp
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Gill Furniss campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department for Business
• Energy and Industrial Strategy
• Department for Transport
• Home Office
• Department for Education
• Post Offices
• Post Offices: Franchises
• Cycling and Walking: Finance
• Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
• Iron and Steel: USA

Currently held offices

• Member, Committee of Privileges (since 24 Mar 2025)
• Member, Committee on Standards (since 24 Mar 2025)
• Member, Panel of Chairs (since 27 Nov 2024)
• Member, Procedure Committee (since 4 Nov 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Administration Committee (28 Oct 2024 to 31 Mar 2025)
• Member, High Streets (Designation, Review and Improvement Plan) Bill Committee ( 6 Mar 2024 to 13 Mar 2024)
• Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) ( 5 Sep 2023 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill Committee (15 Mar 2023 to 23 Mar 2023)
• Member, Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Bill Committee (30 Nov 2022 to 6 Dec 2022)
• Member, Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Disabled Persons) Bill Committee ( 2 Feb 2022 to 9 Feb 2022)
• Member, Charities Bill [HL] Committee (19 Jan 2022 to 25 Jan 2022)
• Shadow Minister (Transport) (17 Jan 2022 to 5 Sep 2023)
• Member, Charities Bill [HL] Second Reading Committee (12 Jan 2022 to 18 Jan 2022)
• Member, Elections Bill Committee (15 Sep 2021 to 26 Oct 2021)
• Opposition Whip (Commons) (10 Jul 2020 to 17 Jan 2022)
• Shadow Minister (Equalities Office) (Women and Equalities) (10 Apr 2020 to 10 Jul 2020)
• Shadow Minister (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) (Steel, Postal Affairs and Consumer Protection) (13 Oct 2016 to 10 Apr 2020)
• Member, Women and Equalities Committee (13 Jun 2016 to 5 Dec 2016)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Chairman, Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Chairman, Crown Estate Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
• Chairman, Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill Committee (2 out of 3)
• High Streets (Designation, Review and Improvement Plan) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Disabled Persons) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Elections Bill Committee (8 out of 12)
• Charities Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Advanced Research and Invention Agency Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Environment Bill Committee (13 out of 22)
• Advanced Research and Invention Agency Bill Committee (4 out of 4)

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Sexual and Reproductive Health: Women 14 May 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of support for women in making informed choices about (a) hormonal and (b) non-hormonal treatment options for (i) menstrual and (ii) reproductive health.

• Staffordshire: Cultural Contribution 29 Apr 2025

  Order. I call the Minister to respond to the debate.

• Staffordshire: Cultural Contribution 29 Apr 2025

  I call the Opposition spokesperson.

More of Gill Furniss’s recent appearances