About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Christian Wakeford) represents you, and all of the people who live in Bury South, 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 Bury South

Entered the House of Commons on 13 December 2019 — General election

Party was Conservative until 18 Jan 2022

Social Media

• @christian4burys.bsky.social
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department for Education
• Home Office
• Treasury
• Foreign
• Commonwealth and Development Office
• Pension Wise: Bury South
• Question
• Coronavirus: Vaccination
• Remote Education: Computer Software
• Iran: Nuclear Power

Currently held offices

• Assistant Whip (since 10 Jul 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill [HL] Committee ( 5 Feb 2025 to 11 Feb 2025)
• Member, Crown Estate Bill [HL] Committee (29 Jan 2025 to 6 Feb 2025)
• Member, Finance Bill Committee (22 Jan 2025 to 30 Jan 2025)
• Member, Tobacco and Vapes Bill Committee (24 Apr 2024 to 14 May 2024)
• Member, Automated Vehicles Bill [HL] Committee (13 Mar 2024 to 19 Mar 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, Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill Committee ( 3 May 2023 to 23 May 2023)
• Member, Seafarers' Wages Bill [HL] Committee (11 Jan 2023 to 17 Jan 2023)
• Member, Science, Innovation and Technology Committee (29 Nov 2022 to 30 May 2024)
• Opposition Whip (Commons) (31 Oct 2022 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Transport Committee (17 May 2022 to 13 Dec 2022)
• Member, Education Committee ( 2 Mar 2020 to 15 Mar 2022)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Ivan Lewis
• David Sumberg

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Finance Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Crown Estate Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Automated Vehicles Bill Committee (0 out of 2)
• Tobacco and Vapes Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
• Electronic Trade Documents Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Seafarers’ Wages Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Education and Training (Welfare of Children) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Recent appearances

• Gambling Act 2005 (Monetary Limits for Lotteries) Bill 24 Jan 2025

  Which one?

• Written Answers — Home Office: Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine 23 May 2024

  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has plans to proscribe the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine as a terrorist group.

• Written Answers — Home Office: Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine 23 May 2024

  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of proscribing the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine as a terrorist group.

More of Christian Wakeford’s recent appearances

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