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.

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 Rother Valley

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

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Treasury
• Department for Education
• Department for Transport
• Foreign
• Commonwealth and Development Office
• Department for Science
• Innovation and Technology
• Migrant Workers: Fees and Charges
• Children: Maintenance
• Child Benefit
• Children in Care: Location
• Productivity

Currently held offices

• Member, Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Committee (since 15 Jan 2025)
• Member, Home Affairs Committee (since 21 Oct 2024)

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 (24 out of 26)

Recent appearances

• Upcoming Business – Commons: Main Chamber 28 Mar 2025

  Looked After Children (Distance Placements) Bill: Second Reading – Jake Richards. Private Members' Bills

• Upcoming Business – Commons: Main Chamber 24 Mar 2025

  Male suicide in Rotherham – Jake Richards. Adjournment debate

• Energy Security and Net Zero: Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme 18 Mar 2025

  What assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to the mineworkers’ pension scheme on the living standards of the recipients of that pension.

More of Jake Richards’s recent appearances