About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Harpreet Uppal) represents you, and all of the people who live in Huddersfield, 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 Huddersfield

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

Social Media

• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Foreign
• Commonwealth and Development Office
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department for Education
• Department for Culture
• Media and Sport
• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Youth Services
• Special Educational Needs: Absenteeism
• Sudan: Humanitarian Aid
• Hospices: Children
• SS Tilawa

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Renters’ Rights Bill Committee (16 Oct 2024 to 5 Nov 2024)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Barry Sheerman
• Joseph Mallalieu
• William Mabane
• James Hudson
• Arthur Marshall
• Arthur Sherwell
• James Woodhouse
• Joseph Crosland
• William Summers
• Edward Leatham
• Thomas Crosland
• Edward Leatham
• Edward Akroyd
• Goderich
• William Stansfield
• John Blackburne
• Edward Ellice
• William Johnson
• John Blackburne
• Lewis Fenton

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Renters’ Rights Bill Committee (8 out of 8)

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Sudan: Humanitarian Aid 2 Jul 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to encourage other donors to provide aid to Sudan.

• Welfare Reform 30 Jun 2025

  Having met disabled constituents over the last few months, I have no doubt that the initial proposals caused anxiety, so I do welcome the changes for existing claimants and the Timms review. However, can I urge the Secretary of State to look at the sequencing to make sure that the review happens before we assess new claimants? I have one final point about the assessors themselves. There is no...

• Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Rivers: Urban Areas 30 Jun 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the restoration of (a) the River Colne in Huddersfield and (b) other urban rivers.

More of Harpreet Uppal’s recent appearances

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