About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Mike Amesbury) represents you, and all of the people who live in Runcorn and Helsby, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Independent MP for Runcorn and Helsby

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

Party was Labour until 27 Oct 2024

Also represented Weaver Vale

• Personal website

Social Media

• @MikeAmesburyMP
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Department for Levelling Up
• Housing and Communities
• Ministry of Housing
• Communities and Local Government
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department for Transport
• Department for Education
• High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention
• High Rise Flats: Insulation
• Buildings: Insulation
• Buildings: Safety
• Housing: Construction

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee (21 Oct 2024 to 17 Mar 2025)
• Member, Modernisation Committee ( 9 Sep 2024 to 4 Mar 2025)
• Member, Prison Media Bill Committee (15 May 2024 to 22 May 2024)
• Member, Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill Committee (24 Apr 2024 to 1 May 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)
• Shadow Minister (Levelling Up, Housing, Communities and Local Government) ( 5 Sep 2023 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill Committee ( 3 May 2023 to 23 May 2023)
• Member, Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) (No. 2) Bill Committee ( 8 Mar 2023 to 15 Mar 2023)
• Member, Ballot Secrecy Bill [HL] Committee ( 1 Mar 2023 to 7 Mar 2023)
• Member, Transport Committee (13 Dec 2022 to 20 Nov 2023)
• Member, Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [HL] Committee ( 1 Dec 2021 to 9 Dec 2021)
• Shadow Minister (Housing, Communities and Local Government) (19 Sep 2021 to 30 Jun 2022)
• Member, Building Safety Bill Committee ( 9 Sep 2021 to 26 Oct 2021)
• Shadow Minister (Housing, Communities and Local Government) (10 Apr 2020 to 19 Sep 2021)
• Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) (Employment) (10 Jul 2018 to 10 Apr 2020)
• Member, Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 23 Jul 2018)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Renters (Reform) Bill Committee (9 out of 10)
• Prison Media Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill Committee (7 out of 10)
• Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill Committee (3 out of 8)
• Ballot Secrecy Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) (No. 2) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Building Safety Bill Committee (16 out of 16)
• Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Education (Guidance About Costs of School Uniforms) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Financial Guidance and Claims Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Financial Guidance and Claims Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Grenfell Tower: Fires 6 Mar 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions she has had with survivors and families of victims of the Grenfell Tower fire on the future of the tower.

• Written Answers — Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Grenfell Tower: Fires 6 Mar 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she last met with families and survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire; and whether she consulted those groups before making a decision on the future of the tower.

• Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Pets: Insurance 3 Mar 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of trends in the cost of pet insurance in the last (a) 12 and (b) 24 months.

More of Mike Amesbury’s recent appearances

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