About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Mark Sewards) represents you, and all of the people who live in Leeds South West and Morley, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Labour MP for Leeds South West and Morley

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

Social Media

• @markjsewards.bsky.social
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department for Transport
• Treasury
• Department for Science
• Innovation and Technology
• Ministry of Housing
• Communities and Local Government
• Economic Growth: Lincolnshire and Yorkshire and the Humber
• Health Services: Leeds
• Bus Services: Wakefield
• Artificial Intelligence: New Businesses
• Homicide: Sentencing

Currently held offices

• Member, Education Committee (since 21 Oct 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill Committee ( 4 Dec 2024 to 12 Dec 2024)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Recent appearances

• Backbench Business: Educational Attainment of Boys 10 Jul 2025

  I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this incredibly important debate. In my eight and a half years as a maths teacher, teaching in inner city schools, I found that the problem was never just about a lack of aspiration but about a lack of access and a lack of knowledge; that goes for any group, not just for boys. Does he agree?

• Education Committee 10 Jul 2025

  I am pleased to have contributed to this report as a member of the Education Committee, which is excellently led by my hon. Friend the Member for Dulwich and West Norwood (Helen Hayes). I also thank the Clerks and staff for all their work on the Committee. It is good that the report has been welcomed by the Centre for Young Lives, the County Councils Network, as well as care leavers...

• Giving Every Child the Best Start in Life 7 Jul 2025

  I warmly welcome today’s announcement. Sure Start was one of the greatest achievements of the last Labour Government, and these Best Start family hubs will build on that. As a member of the Education Committee, we have heard evidence that Sure Start was at its best when it was targeted and specific. Will the Secretary of State set out what criteria will determine where these new family hubs...

More of Mark Sewards’s recent appearances

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