About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Julie Minns) represents you, and all of the people who live in Carlisle, 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 Carlisle

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

Social Media

• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Department for Transport
• Department for Education
• Ministry of Defence
• Ministry of Housing
• Communities and Local Government
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Driving Licences: Medical Examinations
• Elections: Proof of Identity
• Breast Cancer: Screening
• Reading: Teaching Methods
• Pedestrian Areas: Visual Impairment

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill [HL] ( 6 Nov 2024 to 13 Nov 2024)
• Member, Energy Security and Net Zero Committee (21 Oct 2024 to 13 Jan 2025)
• Member, Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) (14 Oct 2024 to 10 Mar 2025)
• Member, Statutory Instruments (Select Committee) (14 Oct 2024 to 10 Mar 2025)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• John Stevenson
• Eric Martlew
• Ronald Lewis
• Donald Johnson
• Alfred Hargreaves
• Edgar Grierson
• Edward Spears
• George Middleton
• William Watson
• George Middleton
• William Carr
• Richard Denman
• Frederick Chance
• William Gully
• Robert Ferguson
• Wilfrid Lawson
• Robert Ferguson
• Wilfrid Lawson
• Robert Ferguson
• Wilfrid Lawson
• Edmund Potter
• William Hodgson
• Edmund Potter
• Wilfrid Lawson
• James Graham
• William Hodgson
• Joseph Ferguson
• James Graham
• Philip Howard
• William Hodgson
• John Dixon
• Philip Howard
• William Marshall
• Philip Howard
• William Marshall
• Philip Howard
• William Marshall
• William James
• Philip Howard
• James Lushington
• William Scott
• James Lushington
• William Scott
• James Lushington
• James Graham
• William James
• Philip Musgrave
• William James
• John Curwen
• James Graham
• John Curwen
• James Graham
• John Curwen
• Henry Fawcett
• James Graham
• John Curwen
• Walter Stanhope
• John Curwen
• Walter Stanhope
• John Curwen
• Walter Stanhope
• John Curwen

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Space Industry (Indemnities) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)

Recent appearances

• Upcoming Business – Commons: Main Chamber 11 Jul 2025

  Elections (Accessibility for Blind Voters) Bill: Second Reading – Julie Minns. Private Members' Bills

• Upcoming Business – Commons: Westminster Hall 26 Jun 2025

  Role of the RAF Photographic Reconnaissance Unit during the Second World War – Julie Minns. Westminster Hall debate; 1:30 pm

• Business of the House 12 Jun 2025

  It will not have escaped the attention of Members of this House that Britain is in the grip of a viral addiction that has collapsed websites, stripped shop shelves bare and had the staff of Castle Chocolates in my Carlisle constituency working round the clock to feed it. I am of course speaking about Dubai chocolate. Will the Leader of the House not just join me in thanking the staff of...

More of Julie Minns’s recent appearances

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