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Profile

Labour/Co-operative MP for Wakefield and Rothwell

Entered the House of Commons on 24 June 2022 — Byelection

Party was Labour until 30 May 2024

Also represented Wakefield

Social Media

• @simonlightwood.org.uk
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Department for Transport
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Home Office
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Department for Business
• Energy and Industrial Strategy
• Buses: Exhaust Emissions
• Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
• Buses: Carbon Emissions
• Hormone Replacement Therapy
• HIV Infection: Health Services

Currently held offices

• Member, Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL] Committee (since 24 Jun 2025)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) (since 9 Jul 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Automated Vehicles Bill [HL] Committee (13 Mar 2024 to 19 Mar 2024)
• Member, Seafarers' Wages Bill [HL] Committee (11 Jan 2023 to 17 Jan 2023)
• Shadow Minister (Transport) (27 Sep 2022 to 30 May 2024)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Bus Services (No. 2) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Bus Services No. 2 Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Automated Vehicles Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Seafarers’ Wages Bill Committee (2 out of 2)

Recent appearances

• Disabled Bus Passes 10 Jul 2025

  I congratulate the hon. Member for Harrogate and Knaresborough (Tom Gordon) on securing the debate and providing the opportunity to discuss disabled bus passes, and I thank other Members for their contributions. I appreciate the concerns that the hon. Member for Harrogate and Knaresborough has raised. The Government know the value of the English national concessionary travel scheme, or...

• Disabled Bus Passes 10 Jul 2025

  I thank the right hon. Member for his extensive intervention. Every single local transport authority in the country has the ability to go above and beyond the ENCTS. In fact, every single local transport authority under this Government has received funding to support buses. Unlike the previous Government, who offered a “Hunger Games”-style competition, we have done it by a fair formula....

• Disabled Bus Passes 10 Jul 2025

  I recognise what the hon. Member is saying, and I will go on to outline some of the other areas where the Government are helping. Improving accessibility is central to our mission. The Bill will help us to deliver safer, more reliable and more accessible networks. It includes specific measures to make bus travel more accessible and inclusive, including through more consistent approaches to...

More of Simon Lightwood’s recent appearances

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