Jo Platt
MP since 4 Jul 2024
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Jo Platt is the Labour (Co-op) MP for Leigh and Atherton, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.
830
Votes Cast
£208,190
Expenses 2024-25
8,881
Majority
48.5%
Vote Share
Expenses (2024-25)
£208,190
Year-on-Year
Election Result(2024 General Election)
Turnout: 41,170 voters
Parliamentary Activity
Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)
231
Written Questions
30
Oral Questions
69
Debates Spoken In⚑
96
Speeches⚑
459
Divisions Voted
⚑Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.
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3 NOTaxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee
3 votes · 1 Jul 2026
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee
3 votes · 1 Jul 2026
3 NOSteel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee
3 votes · 9 Jun 2026
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee
3 votes · 9 Jun 2026
3 NOSteel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee
3 votes · 8 Jun 2026
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee
3 votes · 8 Jun 2026
4 NOArmed Forces Bill Committee
4 votes · 2 Jun 2026
Armed Forces Bill Committee
4 votes · 2 Jun 2026
Financial Interests(2)
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Co-opted Governor for Elysium Training. This is an unpaid role. (Registered 31 July 2024)
Registered 31 July 2024
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Director of Pride In Leigh CIC, an organisation that hosts Pride events in Leigh. This is an unpaid role. (Registered 31 July 2024)
Registered 31 July 2024
Activity Pulse
Questions asked and motions sponsored by Jo in Parliament
Dementia: Leigh and Atherton
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to help increase dementia diagnosis rates to pre-Covid-19 levels in Leigh and Atherton constituency.
Long Covid: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on (a) diagnostics and (b) treatment pathways for people with long covid.
Breakfast Clubs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether schools will be able to refer demand for breakfast clubs to existing out-of-school clubs.
Tourette's Syndrome: Diagnosis and Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to establish full clinical guidelines for the (
Cinemas: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support independent cinemas to access funding for (a) infrastructure and (b) urgent works.
Cannabis: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing electronic prescriptions for medicinal cannabis.
Artificial Intelligence: Copyright
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment his Department has made of technical solutions put forward by AI developers to allow individual rightsholders in t
Artificial Intelligence: Copyright
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that visual artists and creators (a) nationally and (b) in Leigh and Atherton can ac
Employment: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Long Covid
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 17 February 2025 to Question 30791 on Employment: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Long Covid, whether the proposed reforms w
Long Covid
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to supporting people with Long Covid in the context of the closure of Long Covid clinics.
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