About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Anneliese Dodds) represents you, and all of the people who live in Oxford East, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Labour/Co-operative MP for Oxford East

Entered the House of Commons on 9 June 2017 — General election

• Personal website

Social Media

• @AnnelieseDodds
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Treasury
• Women and Equalities
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Home Office
• Department for Education
• Gender Recognition Certificates
• Universal Credit
• Ethnic Groups: Employment
• Equal Pay
• Money Laundering

Currently held offices

• Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (since 8 Jul 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities) ( 8 Jul 2024 to 28 Feb 2025)
• Minister of State (Development) ( 8 Jul 2024 to 28 Feb 2025)
• Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities (21 Sep 2021 to 30 May 2024)
• Chair of Labour Policy Review ( 9 May 2021 to 30 May 2024)
• Party Chair, Labour Party ( 9 May 2021 to 30 May 2024)
• Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer ( 5 Apr 2020 to 9 May 2021)
• Shadow Minister (Treasury) ( 3 Jul 2017 to 5 Apr 2020)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Andrew Smith
• Steven Norris

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Finance (No. 3) Bill Committee (6 out of 7)
• National Insurance Contributions (Termination Awards and Sporting Testimonials) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Finance (No.3) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Finance Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Financial Services (Implementation of Legislation) Bill Committee Committee (1 out of 1)

Recent appearances

• Backbench Business: Humanist Marriage — [Dame Siobhain McDonagh in the Chair] 12 Jun 2025

  My hon. Friend is making a powerful case. When it comes to equity, I am sure she is aware that the High Court ruled five years ago that there was an issue of discrimination. The approach since then has been that we need to wait for wholesale marriage reform, but this is a very simple change. Does she agree that the Government should just take it forward, given the overwhelming case for it,...

• Written Answers — Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Sudan: Education 12 Jun 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure the education of Sudanese children.

• Written Answers — Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Sudan: Sexual Offences 10 Jun 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to increase the provision of services to survivors of sexual violence in Sudan.

More of Anneliese Dodds’s recent appearances