About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Phil Brickell) represents you, and all of the people who live in Bolton West, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Labour MP for Bolton West

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

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Department of Health and Social Care
• Home Office
• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Ministry of Justice
• Treasury
• Money Laundering
• Hospitals: Concrete
• Rights of Way
• Sanctions
• Police Stations: Horwich

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Chris Green
• Julie Hilling
• Ruth Kelly
• Tom Sackville
• Ann Taylor
• Robert Redmond
• Gordon Oakes
• Arthur Holt
• John Lewis

Recent appearances

• Sir David Amess Adjournment Debate 12 Sep 2024

  It is a privilege to serve my constituents as the first Labour Member of Parliament for Bolton West in almost a decade, and to speak in this debate under your chairship, Madam Deputy Speaker. It is an honour to speak in the Sir David Amess Adjournment debate. I extend my thanks to the right hon. Member for Rayleigh and Wickford (Mr Francois) for opening the debate and for his very kind...

• Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Hospices: Finance 10 Sep 2024

  To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the funding model for hospices.

• Written Answers — Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: National Security 9 Sep 2024

  To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether (a) the sprint review of security threats and (b) the Defending Democracy Task Force will consider risks created by weaknesses in (i) the UK’s laws on political finance laws and (ii) their enforcement.

More of Phil Brickell’s recent appearances

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