About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Patrick Spencer) represents you, and all of the people who live in Central Suffolk and North Ipswich, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Independent MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich

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

Party was Conservative until 13 May 2025

Social Media

• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Department for Education
• Treasury
• Home Office
• Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
• Private Education: VAT
• Special Educational Needs: Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
• Special Educational Needs
• National Grid: East of England
• Flood Control: Central Suffolk and North Ipswich

Currently held offices

• Member, Education Committee (since 21 Oct 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [HL] Committee ( 5 Mar 2025 to 20 Mar 2025)
• Member, Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill Committee (15 Jan 2025 to 11 Feb 2025)
• Member, Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill Committee ( 4 Dec 2024 to 12 Dec 2024)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Daniel Poulter
• Michael Lord

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill Committee (13 out of 13)
• Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill Committee (0 out of 3)

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Flood Control: Finance 11 Jun 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding his Department allocated to councils in England to carry out recommendations of flood investigation reports under section 19 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 in (a) 2021/22, (b) 2022/23, (c) 2023/24 and (d) 2024/25.

• Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Flood Control: Finance 11 Jun 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding his Department will allocate to councils in England to carry out recommendations of flood investigation reports under section 19 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 in (a) 2025/26, (b) 2026/27 and (c) 2027/28.

• Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Flood Control 10 Jun 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce inland flooding.

More of Patrick Spencer’s recent appearances

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