About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Nesil Caliskan) represents you, and all of the people who live in Barking, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Labour MP for Barking

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 of Health and Social Care
• Department for Education
• Ministry of Housing
• Communities and Local Government
• Department for Transport
• Foreign
• Commonwealth and Development Office
• Pupils: Absenteeism
• Driving Tests: Greater London
• Gaza: Israel
• Special Educational Needs
• Active Travel: Regulation

Currently held offices

• Member, Planning and Infrastructure Bill Committee (since 24 Apr 2025)
• Member, Public Accounts Committee (since 28 Oct 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Finance Bill Committee (22 Jan 2025 to 30 Jan 2025)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Margaret Hodge
• Jo Richardson
• Tom Driberg
• Somerville Hastings

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Planning and Infrastructure Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
• Finance Bill Committee (4 out of 4)

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department for Education: Physical Education: Curriculum 15 May 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of PE provision in the national curriculum.

• Public Bill Committee: Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Clause 47 - Spatial development strategies 14 May 2025

  I thank the Minister for reiterating the Government’s position and commitment to infrastructure delivery alongside housing. Will he comment specifically on infrastructure that allows people to get on a train and go to work? Does he agree that transport infrastructure is critical and that we must not build homes in the middle of nowhere, which condemn people to poverty? The ability of people...

• Public Bill Committee: Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Clause 47 - Spatial development strategies 14 May 2025

  It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dr Huq. I would like to make a couple of points about the green belt, not least because I would like to address the direct comments from the shadow Minister.

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