About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Ashley Dalton) represents you, and all of the people who live in West Lancashire, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Labour MP for West Lancashire

Entered the House of Commons on 9 February 2023 — Byelection

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Home Office
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department for Education
• Ministry of Housing
• Communities and Local Government
• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Semaglutide: Procurement
• Children: Maintenance
• Police: Complaints
• Lancashire Constabulary: Vetting
• Local Government Finance

Other offices held in the past

• Shadow Minister (Equalities Office) (28 Nov 2023 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (10 May 2023 to 18 May 2023)
• Member, Public Accounts Committee (24 Apr 2023 to 11 Dec 2023)
• Member, Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Bill Committee ( 1 Mar 2023 to 8 Mar 2023)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Rosie Cooper
• Colin Pickthall
• Kenneth Hind

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Finance No. 2 Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)

Recent appearances

• Flooding 6 Jan 2025

  I also echo the words of many across the House about the work of the statutory services, particularly all those who worked in West Lancashire. Our community spirit has been exceptional; I particularly note the work of my constituent Laura Caunce from the Ormskirk community group, who has co-ordinated volunteers on the ground, and has run a crowdfunder and raised over £5,000 already to...

• Written Answers — Treasury: Individual Savings Accounts 17 Dec 2024

  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of adjusting the Lifetime ISA property price cap in line with (a) inflation and (b) average house prices.

• Petition - Pimping websites and paying for sex 9 Dec 2024

  I rise on the 15th day of the 16 days of activism against violence against women and girls. Sexual exploitation for commercial gain is a form of violence and abuse. Pimping websites provide a platform for abusers to sell women for sex, and our current legislation is inadequate to tackle it. The petition states: The petition of residents of the constituency of West Lancashire, Declares that...

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