About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Allison Gardner) represents you, and all of the people who live in Stoke-on-Trent South, 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 Stoke-on-Trent South

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

Social Media

• @allisongardner.bsky.social
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Department of Health and Social Care
• Ministry of Housing
• Communities and Local Government
• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Department for Education
• Ministry of Justice
• Apprentices
• Packaging: Recycling
• Special Educational Needs: Stoke-on-Trent South
• Hunting
• Homelessness: Stoke-on-Trent South

Currently held offices

• Member, Science, Innovation and Technology Committee (since 21 Oct 2024)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Jack Brereton
• Rob Flello
• George Stevenson
• Jack Ashley
• Ellis Smith

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department for Education: Free School Meals: Eligibility 9 Apr 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children are covered by the transitional protections for eligibility for free school meals; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of ending those protections in March 2025 on the children currently protected.

• Treasury: Topical Questions 8 Apr 2025

  Will the Minister join me in congratulating Goodwin International, which is building a multimillion-pound production unit in Newstead in Stoke-on-Trent South, creating up to 100 jobs in defence manufacturing? Does he agree that increased investment in defence spending will have a tangible impact on my constituents, fuelling jobs and local investment?

• Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Packaging: Recycling 8 Apr 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will publish a breakdown of how extended producer responsibility fees will be allocated, in the context of transparency in funding for local authority waste management services.

More of Allison Gardner’s recent appearances

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