About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Jas Athwal) represents you, and all of the people who live in Ilford South, 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 Ilford South

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

Social Media

• @jasathwal.bsky.social
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Department of Health and Social Care
• Home Office
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Ministry of Housing
• Communities and Local Government
• Department for Education
• Mobile Phones: Theft
• Obesity: Children
• Obesity: Ilford South
• Mental Health Services: Terminal Illnesses
• HIV Infection: Greater London

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Sam Tarry
• Mike Gapes
• Neil Thorne
• Albert Cooper
• Arnold Shaw
• Albert Cooper
• James Ranger

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Department of Health and Social Care: Sikhs 18 Jun 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Sikhs are employed in his Department; and whether they are recorded as (a) an ethnic or (b) a religious group.

• Written Answers — Department for Transport: Department for Transport: Sikhs 18 Jun 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Sikhs are employed in her Department; and whether they are recorded as (a) an ethnic or (b) a religious group.

• Air India Plane Crash 16 Jun 2025

  I thank the Minister for his statement, and all the first responders who were on the scene. I thank the British involvement in helping the Indian authorities. When this is all over, and attention has shifted away, will our officials be there until our residents are satisfied that we have done all that we can for the Indian authorities?

More of Jas Athwal’s recent appearances