About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Luke Pollard) represents you, and all of the people who live in Plymouth Sutton and Devonport, 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.

What you can do

• Find out more about your MP, including their voting summary, register of interests and recent speeches.
• Write to your MP, or find out about your other local representatives on WriteToThem.com.
• Find out more about Plymouth Sutton and Devonport on the Local Intelligence Hub.

Profile

Labour/Co-operative MP for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport

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

Also represented Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport

Social Media

• @lukepollard.bsky.social
• @LukePollard
• Facebook
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Ministry of Defence
• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department for Transport
• Home Office
• Armed Forces: Housing
• Maindy Barracks
• Aldershot Garrison
• Fishing Catches: Computer Software
• Fishing Catches

Currently held offices

• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence (since 9 Jul 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Armed Forces Commissioner Bill ( 4 Dec 2024 to 12 Dec 2024)
• Member, Electronic Trade Documents Bill [HL] Committee (14 Jun 2023 to 19 Jun 2023)
• Member, Electronic Trade Documents Bill [HL] Second Reading Committee ( 7 Jun 2023 to 12 Jun 2023)
• Member, Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees Bill ( 8 Mar 2023 to 15 Mar 2023)
• Member, Firearms Bill Committee ( 8 Mar 2023 to 15 Mar 2023)
• Member, Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Bill Committee ( 1 Mar 2023 to 8 Mar 2023)
• Shadow Minister (Defence) ( 3 Feb 2022 to 30 May 2024)
• Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ( 7 Jan 2020 to 29 Nov 2021)
• Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (Fisheries, Flooding and Water) (30 Jul 2018 to 7 Jan 2020)
• Member, Transport Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 29 Oct 2018)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Armed Forces Commissioner Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Firearms Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Electronic Trade Documents Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Fisheries Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Ivory Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Rivers Authorities and Land Drainage Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation and Liability for Housing Standards) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Wild Animals in Circuses (No. 2) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Armed Forces (Flexible Working) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Fisheries Bill Committee (11 out of 11)
• Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Ministry of Defence: Strategic Defence Review 12 Jun 2025

  For the launch of the Strategic Defence Review, the Government offered embargoed briefings to our people and senior defence leaders, plus certain Parliamentarians, trade unions, businesses, allies and media. This was broadly consistent with the approach for previous defence reviews.

• Written Answers — Ministry of Defence: Chagos Islands: Sovereignty 12 Jun 2025

  The costs of the Chagos Archipelago Treaty will be met from within the FCDO and MOD budgets set out at the spending review. The NATO qualifying status of these costs will be considered in the usual way.

• Written Answers — Ministry of Defence: Strategic Defence Review: Welsh Government 12 Jun 2025

  The Welsh Government was invited to respond to the public consultation through a letter from Lord Robertson. I have also held a call with the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales to brief the Welsh Government on the content of the Strategic Defence Review (SDR) and its significance for Wales. We will continue engagement with Welsh Government Colleagues on a range of Ministry of...

More of Luke Pollard’s recent appearances

RSS feed (?)