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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Aye: 460No: 370

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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

Retail Trade: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities have applied for Government funding to support Trading Standards to tackle illicit activity on h

AnsweredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government2 Jul 2026

Music Venues: Tickets

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of reducing VAT on cultural ticketing in Grassroots Music Venues.

AnsweredTreasury2 Jul 2026

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has considered transitional protection arrangements for recipients of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) enhanced mobil

AnsweredDepartment for Work and Pensions2 Jul 2026

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the disparity in support available to people with equivalent mobility needs who develop those needs before rea

AnsweredDepartment for Work and Pensions2 Jul 2026

Music Venues

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support grassroot music venues.

AnsweredDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport2 Jul 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department's policies of the Report of the independent ADHD Taskforce.

Department of Health and Social Care26 Jun 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if we will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing centrally-funded specialist hubs to support patients with Long Covid acr

Department of Health and Social Care24 Jun 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what actions he is taking to ensure every ICB is required to provide specialist post-infection services for children in line with NICE guidanc

Department of Health and Social Care24 Jun 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what action he is taking in response to the findings in the Department's Quantitative Research Report entitled Demolition a

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government16 Jun 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of (a) Northern Powerhouse Rail and (b) the Liverpool–Manchester Railway on (i) economic growth, (ii

Department for Transport4 Jun 2026
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