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.

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Profile

Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent South

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
• Ministry of Housing
• Communities and Local Government
• Home Office
• Ministry of Justice
• Department for Education
• Hunting
• Special Educational Needs: Stoke-on-Trent South
• Apprentices
• Leasehold: Reform
• Rivers: Staffordshire

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

• NHS England Update 13 Mar 2025

  I am conscious that my former colleagues at NHS England will be concerned about today’s announcement, but I am very confident that the Secretary of State will do all he can to support them. It is an inescapable fact that the 2012 reorganisation led to inefficient layers of management in the NHS, delivering poorer care and greater costs to the taxpayer. How does he plan to cut excessive...

• Business of the House 13 Mar 2025

  I have been working for several months to help a number of my constituents get the wheelchairs they need to have good-quality, independent lives. While I understand that it is the role of integrated care boards to deliver equality of service, the problem is much more widespread. The Wheelchair Alliance recommends that NHS England plays a more active role in ensuring that ICBs prioritise...

• Business and Trade: Small Business Support 13 Mar 2025

  What steps his Department is taking to support small businesses.

More of Allison Gardner’s recent appearances

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