About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (David Baines) represents you, and all of the people who live in St Helens North, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Labour MP for St Helens North

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

Social Media

• @davidbainesmp.bsky.social
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Department for Education
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
• Department for Business and Trade
• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Agriculture: Capital Investment
• Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
• Small Businesses
• Pension Credit
• Personal Independence Payment: Employment

Currently held offices

• Member, Procedure Committee (since 27 Jan 2025)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill Committee (15 Jan 2025 to 11 Feb 2025)
• Member, Petitions Committee ( 4 Nov 2024 to 3 Mar 2025)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Conor McGinn
• Dave Watts
• John Evans

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill Committee (13 out of 13)
• Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Personal Independence Payment: Employment 2 May 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of Personal Independence Payment recipients are in work in (a) St Helens North constituency, (b) St Helens Local Authority, (c) the Liverpool City Region and (d) nationally.

• Transport Connectivity: North-west England — [Esther McVey in the Chair] 19 Mar 2025

  It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Murrison. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Leigh and Atherton (Jo Platt) for securing this debate on a topic that is popular in our region—as is clear from attendance this morning. For decades we have suffered cuts to bus routes, unreliable train services and fragmented transport planning. Economic growth has not been the only...

• Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill: New Clause 17 - Establishment of new schools: data protection 18 Mar 2025

  I rise to support this Bill in its entirety, and I will speak about part 2 in particular. It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner (David Simmonds), who spoke about people hanging their heads in shame. It is not in scope of the Bill, but I could talk about the fact that more children are coming to school not ready to learn. I could talk about the SEND...

More of David Baines’s recent appearances

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