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

Staffing£148,829
Office£29,557
Accommodation£16,141
Travel£13,664

Year-on-Year

2024-25£208,190
2019-20£136,625
2018-19£197,268
2017-18£153,056

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 41,170 voters

Labour
19,971 votes48.5%
Reform UK
11,090 votes26.9%
Conservative
6,483 votes15.8%
Green Party
1,653 votes4.0%
Liberal Democrat
1,597 votes3.9%
English Democrats
376 votes0.9%

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.

Voting Record

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Financial Interests(2)

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

Co-opted Governor for Elysium Training. This is an unpaid role. (Registered 31 July 2024)

Registered 31 July 2024

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

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.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care24 Mar 2025

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.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care24 Mar 2025

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.

AnsweredDepartment for Education18 Mar 2025

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 (

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care17 Mar 2025

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.

AnsweredDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport13 Mar 2025

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.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care11 Mar 2025

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

AnsweredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology10 Mar 2025

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

AnsweredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology10 Mar 2025

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

AnsweredDepartment for Work and Pensions6 Mar 2025

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.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care3 Mar 2025
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