About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Anna Gelderd) represents you, and all of the people who live in South East Cornwall, 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 South East Cornwall

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

Social Media

• @annagelderdmp.bsky.social
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Treasury
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Foreign
• Commonwealth and Development Office
• Pensions: Fraud
• Trading Standards
• Renewable Energy: South East Cornwall
• Universal Credit: Veterans
• Journalism: Education

Currently held offices

• Member, Controlled Drugs (Procedure for Specification) Bill Committee (since 25 Jun 2025)
• Member, Environmental Audit Committee (since 28 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)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Sheryll Murray
• Colin Breed
• Robert Hicks

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Controlled Drugs (Procedure for Specification) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)

Recent appearances

• Business of the House 17 Jul 2025

  Following the recent Channel 4 documentary “Poisoned: Killer in the Post”, may we have a statement from the Ministry of Justice on the action being taken to tackle a specific and growing threat of online content promoting chemical methods of suicide? One of my constituents in south-east Cornwall was tragically affected by that and I know they are not alone. This is a serious failure of...

• Written Answers — Department for Education: Journalism: Education 16 Jul 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the evidential basis was for the decision to remove Strategic Priorities Grant funding from journalism courses.

• Written Answers — Department for Education: Journalism: Education 16 Jul 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of students likely to be affected by the withdrawal of Strategic Priorities Grant funding for journalism courses in 2025–26.

More of Anna Gelderd’s recent appearances

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