About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Josh Fenton-Glynn) represents you, and all of the people who live in Calder Valley, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Labour MP for Calder Valley

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

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department for Education
• Home Office
• Cabinet Office
• Ministry of Housing
• Communities and Local Government
• Disabled Students' Allowances
• Health Services and Social Services: Visits
• Agriculture: Crime
• General Practitioners: Calder Valley
• Surgery

Currently held offices

• Member, Health and Social Care Committee (since 21 Oct 2024)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Craig Whittaker
• Chris McCafferty
• Donald Thompson

Recent appearances

• Conflict in Gaza 20 Mar 2025

  Over 400 people have been killed, the majority of whom were children. Aid supplies have been blocked and aid workers killed, and the rhetoric from Israeli Ministers is getting worse. All this has happened under a ceasefire. I know these matters are complex, but at what point do we change our posture towards the Israeli Government?

• Domestic Abuse Offences 17 Mar 2025

  I thank the hon. Member for Eastbourne (Josh Babarinde) for bringing forward this really important debate. I absolutely agree that more needs to be done in the family courts, and I welcome what has been done so far, but does my hon. Friend agree that we also need to look at the rules around presumption of contact, particularly for children, where domestic abuse is involved? We need to update...

• Arm’s-Length Bodies (Accountability to Parliament) Bill 14 Mar 2025

  The case of the hon. Member’s constituent is a really interesting one, although I do not know the full details. However, sometimes when we get rid of a quango, it is a case of, “Be careful what you wish for.” One of the jobs I had before coming to this place was parliamentary officer for the Public and Commercial Services Union. One much lamented former body from the bonfire of the...

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