About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Linsey Farnsworth) represents you, and all of the people who live in Amber Valley, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Labour MP for Amber Valley

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

Social Media

• @linseyfarnsworthmp.bsky.social
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Ministry of Justice
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Plants: Import Controls
• Dentistry: Recruitment
• Crown Court: Opening Hours
• UK Trade with EU: Flowers

Currently held offices

• Member, Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill Committee (since 25 Jun 2025)
• Member, Justice Committee (since 21 Oct 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill Committee (23 Oct 2024 to 31 Oct 2024)
• Member, Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill: Programming sub committee (23 Oct 2024 to 31 Oct 2024)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Nigel Mills
• Judy Mallaber
• Philip Oppenheim

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill Committee (2 out of 4)

Recent appearances

• Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill: Clause 1 - Offence of unauthorised entry to designated football matches 11 Jul 2025

  With the leave of the House, I associate myself with the tribute to the Ibrox victims given so movingly by my hon. Friend the Member for Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch (Katrina Murray). There are many people I would like to thank for helping to get the Bill to this stage, but first I will speak about footballer, vice-captain and much-loved daughter and sister Maddy Cusack, who lived in my...

• Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill: Clause 1 - Offence of unauthorised entry to designated football matches 11 Jul 2025

  I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. It is an honour to stand in the Chamber today and present this Bill for its Third Reading, particularly as a lifelong football fan. I put on record that I am a proud Everton supporter—my staff have all too gleefully reminded me that this may be the nearest thing to football-related success that I experience for a long time. Our...

• Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill: Clause 1 - Offence of unauthorised entry to designated football matches 11 Jul 2025

  I will make some progress, thank you. Staff at Wembley also had concerns about upcoming sold-out music events. It is clear that unauthorised entry and overcrowding could pose security and safety risks beyond football, and I hope that Parliament will consider legislation that expands the logic of the Bill to address those other areas, including other big music and sport events, on another occasion.

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