About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Jonathan Pearce) represents you, and all of the people who live in High Peak, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Labour MP for High Peak

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

Social Media

• @jon4highpeak.bsky.social
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department for Education
• Ministry of Housing
• Communities and Local Government
• Treasury
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Dental Services: High Peak
• General Practitioners: High Peak
• Housing: Overcrowding
• Mental Health Services: High Peak
• Football: Clubs

Currently held offices

• Member, Science, Innovation and Technology Committee (since 9 Dec 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] Committee (26 Feb 2025 to 11 Mar 2025)
• Member, Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill [HL] Committee ( 5 Feb 2025 to 11 Feb 2025)
• Member, Employment Rights Bill Committee (13 Nov 2024 to 16 Jan 2025)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Robert Largan
• Ruth George
• Andrew Bingham
• Tom Levitt
• Charles Hendry
• Christopher Hawkins
• Spencer Le Marchant
• Peter Jackson
• David Walder
• Arthur Molson
• Alfred Law
• Samuel Hill-Wood
• Oswald Partington
• William Sidebottom

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Data (Use and Access) Bill Committee (3 out of 4)
• Employment Rights Bill Committee (19 out of 21)
• Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Recent appearances

• National Security Act 2023: Charges 19 May 2025

  I thank the Home Secretary for her statement, in particular on the outcome of the Jonathan Hall review and the steps being taken to proscribe the IRGC. It is very sad that the previous Conservative Government failed to do that in 14 years. While we wait for the legislation, will she reassure the House by reaffirming that anyone in the UK who fails to declare a relationship with the Iranian...

• Business of the House 15 May 2025

  I hope the whole House will join me in paying tribute to my constituent Roger Cooper, who died this week. Roger was a brilliant, decent man and a member of the Labour party. He campaigned for over 60 years for the party, his first election being in 1964, and I am extremely proud that what turned out to be his last election elected a Labour Government and a Labour MP. Will the Leader of the...

• Immigration System 12 May 2025

  After 14 years of broken promises, I warmly welcome the Home Secretary’s statement on bringing down net migration. With one in eight young people not in education, employment or training, will she set out to the families and young people in my constituency what this White Paper will do for them?

More of Jonathan Pearce’s recent appearances

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