About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Josh Simons) represents you, and all of the people who live in Makerfield, 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 Makerfield

Entered the House of Commons on 5 July 2024 — General election

Social Media

• @joshsimonsmp.bsky.social
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Department for Business and Trade
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Parental Leave
• State Retirement Pensions: Women
• Dental Services: Registration
• Question
• Pregnancy Tests

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Science, Innovation and Technology Committee (21 Oct 2024 to 9 Dec 2024)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Yvonne Fovargue
• Ian McCartney
• Michael McGuire

Recent appearances

• Work and Pensions: Education, Employment and Training Support: Makerfield 12 May 2025

  What steps she is taking to support young people into employment, education or training in Makerfield constituency.

• Work and Pensions: Education, Employment and Training Support: Makerfield 12 May 2025

  In the towns I represent, the largest type of private employment is the trades. Bricklayers, plumbers, electricians—these are the people who build our nation’s future and on whom our future security and prosperity depend. They are the working people the Labour party was created to represent. What is the Minister doing to ensure that more young people get into the trades, in particular...

• The Prime Minister was asked: Engagements 30 Apr 2025

  For years, my constituents in Orrell have suffered from a lack of local health provision, but next month that will begin to change, thanks to a new partnership that I have built with our local NHS, Wigan Athletic and Wigan Warriors at a centre for excellence in women’s sport. This will be a shining example of shifting healthcare from hospitals into communities. Can I urge the Prime...

More of Josh Simons’s recent appearances

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