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

Infectious Diseases: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a centre of excellence for care and research for infection-associated ch

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care5 Feb 2025

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to allocate additional funding towards the Government's myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue delivery pl

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care5 Feb 2025

Drugs: Organised Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January to Question 22097 on Drugs: Organised Crime, what steps she is taking to tackle cuckooing.

AnsweredHome Office4 Feb 2025

Local Press

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how (a) the Local News Commission and (b) other similar organisations will be able to contribute to the development of her planned local med

AnsweredDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport4 Feb 2025

Givinostat

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that all eligible NHS Trusts participate in the early access programme for givinostat.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care3 Feb 2025

Givinostat

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with (a) NHS England and (b) ITF Pharma UK on the provision of (i) resources and (ii) guidance to NHS trust

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care3 Feb 2025

Emergencies: Planning

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on long-term funding and resource allocations for cross-government resilience work; and how

AnsweredCabinet Office29 Jan 2025

Emergencies: Planning

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he has taken to ensure that the findings of the Government's Resilience Review (a) reflect the specific needs of and (b) engage with (i) people o

AnsweredCabinet Office29 Jan 2025

Emergencies: Planning

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how the Resilience Review has incorporated input from the voluntary and community sector; and what steps he plans to take to facilitate ongoing collaboratio

AnsweredCabinet Office29 Jan 2025

Emergencies: Planning

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what additional funding and resources will be allocated to local authorities to implement the recommendations of the Govern

AnsweredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government29 Jan 2025
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