About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Keir Mather) represents you, and all of the people who live in Selby, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Labour MP for Selby

Entered the House of Commons on 21 July 2023 — Byelection

Also represented Selby and Ainsty

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Department for Levelling Up
• Housing and Communities
• Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
• Department for Education
• Tourette's Syndrome: Research
• Freehold: Service Charges
• Antisocial Behaviour: Selby and Ainsty
• Bank Services: Selby and Ainsty
• Mineworkers' Pension Scheme

Currently held offices

• Member, Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill Committee (since 23 Oct 2024)
• Member, Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill: Programming sub committee (since 23 Oct 2024)
• Assistant Whip (since 10 Jul 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Pet Abduction Bill Committee (24 Jan 2024 to 31 Jan 2024)
• Member, Treasury Committee (20 Nov 2023 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Treasury Sub-Committee on Financial Services Regulations (20 Nov 2023 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Holocaust Memorial Bill Select Committee (20 Nov 2023 to 26 Apr 2024)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• John Grogan
• Michael Alison

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Pet Abduction Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Recent appearances

• Energy Security and Net Zero: Fuel Poverty 21 May 2024

  What estimate she has made of the number of households that were in fuel poverty in winter 2023-24.

• Energy Security and Net Zero: Fuel Poverty 21 May 2024

  The best way to cut fuel poverty is through a nationwide home upgrade scheme, but the Secretary of State seems unaware of the reality when it comes to home upgrades. Her officials said in recent documents given to the High Court that progress to decarbonise the UK’s building stock has been slow, that policy gaps remain and that the Government are lagging behind. Why will she not admit in...

More of Keir Mather’s recent appearances

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