About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Marie Tidball) represents you, and all of the people who live in Penistone and Stocksbridge, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Labour MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge

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

Social Media

• @marietidball.bsky.social
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Department for Business and Trade
• Ministry of Justice
• Home Office
• Skin Diseases: Steroid Drugs
• Question
• Bayer: Compensation
• Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Independent Review
• Inland Waterways: Pollution

Currently held offices

• Member, Education Committee (since 21 Oct 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Committee (15 Jan 2025 to 25 Mar 2025)
• Member, Employment Rights Bill Committee (13 Nov 2024 to 16 Jan 2025)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Miriam Cates
• Angela Smith

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Committee (28 out of 29)
• Employment Rights Bill Committee (16 out of 21)

Recent appearances

• Business of the House 19 Jun 2025

  In the UK, 2.9 million disabled women are of reproductive age. Tragically, disabled women are 44% more likely to have a stillbirth. As a disabled mother myself, I was devastated by the barriers that I faced at every point during my pregnancy. It was a pleasure to host Paralympians, disabled women and experts by experience at a summit here in Parliament to discuss what good, inclusive...

• Crime and Policing Bill: New Clause 2 - Commercial sexual exploitation by a third party 18 Jun 2025

  I rise to support new clause 122, tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for North Warwickshire and Bedworth (Rachel Taylor). In 2007, Fiona Pilkington drove herself and her 18-year-old daughter, Francecca Hardwick, to a lay-by near her home. She also took the family’s pet rabbit to soothe her daughter, who had severe learning disabilities. She then set the car on fire, killing them both. An...

• Crime and Policing Bill: New Clause 2 - Commercial sexual exploitation by a third party 18 Jun 2025

  I rise to support new clause 122, tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for North Warwickshire and Bedworth (Rachel Taylor). In 2007, Fiona Pilkington drove herself and her 18-year-old daughter, Francecca Hardwick, to a lay-by near her home. She also took the family’s pet rabbit to soothe her daughter, who had severe learning disabilities. She then set the car on fire, killing them both. An...

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