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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2 AYE

National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill

2 votes · 23 Mar 2026

2 NO

Opposition day motion

2 votes · 18 Mar 2026

3 NO

Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage

3 votes · 11 Mar 2026

1 AYE1 NO

Courts and Tribunals Bill

2 votes · 10 Mar 2026

8 AYE

Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill

8 votes · 9 Mar 2026

2 NO

Opposition Day

2 votes · 28 Jan 2026

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

Covid-19 Inquiry

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the findings and recommendations of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry are incorporated into future pandemic plann

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care5 Dec 2025

Pensioners: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she will consider extending the proposed alignment of the personal allowance for pensioners with the new State Pension rate.

AnsweredTreasury2 Dec 2025

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had since the publication of the Final Delivery Plan for ME/CFS regarding the commissioning of a specialis

Department of Health and Social Care14 Nov 2025

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if the Department can outline how many NHS outpatient services for ME/CFS are currently operational in England, and how many of these accept r

Department of Health and Social Care14 Nov 2025

Cybersecurity

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of amending the Computer Misuse Act 1990 on (a) coordination between law enforcem

AnsweredHome Office14 Nov 2025

Business Rates: Leigh and Atherton

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the number of retail businesses that will be affected by the (a) business rates reduction for Retail, Hospitality and Leisure prop

AnsweredTreasury4 Nov 2025

Housing: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to introduce a National Development Management Policy for older people’s housing.

AnsweredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government4 Nov 2025

Film and Television: EU Law

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support the continued inclusion of UK (a) film and (b) television content within the definition of Eu

AnsweredDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport4 Nov 2025

Ukraine: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she plans to establish a formal recognition scheme for British (a) citizens and (b) organisations undertaking (

AnsweredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office3 Nov 2025

ADHD: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure Integrated Care Boards maintain timely ADHD (a) assessment and (b) diagnosis services.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care28 Oct 2025
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