About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Jake Richards) represents you, and all of the people who live in Rother Valley, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Labour MP for Rother Valley

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

Social Media

• @jakerichardsmp.bsky.social
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Treasury
• Home Office
• Department for Education
• Department for Science
• Innovation and Technology
• Department for Transport
• Children: Maintenance
• Migrant Workers: Fees and Charges
• Child Benefit
• Children in Care: Location
• Marcus Fakana

Currently held offices

• Member, Home Affairs 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)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Alexander Stafford
• Kevin Barron
• Peter Hardy
• David Griffiths
• Edward Dunn
• Thomas Grundy

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Committee (27 out of 29)

Recent appearances

• Upcoming Business – Commons: Main Chamber 11 Jul 2025

  Looked After Children (Distance Placements) Bill: Adjourned debate on Second Reading [28 March] – Jake Richards. Private Members' Bills

• Home Department: Topical Questions 2 Jun 2025

  At the Home Affairs Committee, we have heard worrying evidence about unaccompanied children arriving in this country and being placed in wholly unsuitable accommodation, including staying in rooms with adult males, which presents safeguarding risks. Clearly, there are issues about the age assessment process at the border and the responsibility of the contractors who organise the...

• Backbench Business: Solar Farms 15 May 2025

  I have been given two minutes, so I will get straight to the point and talk about Whitestone. Last July, after being elected as the MP for Rother Valley, I made a solemn promise to my constituents that I would always put their interests first. The Whitestone proposal has raised real concerns among residents, and I have held numerous public meetings and consultations since the proposal first...

More of Jake Richards’s recent appearances

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