Labour Party MP for Weston-super-Mare since (elected). An MP continuously since .
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102
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Register entries
4
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Declared while sitting for Labour
£15,294
2 of 4 entries state an amount
| Party | Office | Area | Period | Began | Ended | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | MP | Weston-super-Mare | – present | elected | — | Party history |
Parliament's party history for this member: Labour ( – present).
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Totals add only the entries that declare an amount received: payments for work, donations, gifts, and funded visits (register categories 1.1, 2, 3, 4 and 5). Ongoing employment is listed but not added, because its figure is a rate rather than a sum received. Each entry is dated by when the benefit happened, not when it was registered, and placed under the party the member sat for on that date. A member who changed party therefore has a separate total for each.
| Date | Category | Entry | Declared value | Sitting for | Source |
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| 2. Donations and support | August Ltd - £9,625.00 | £9,625 | Labour | Register record | |
| 4. Visits outside the UK | International visit to Taiwan between 28 March 2026 and 03 April 2026Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) of the Republic of China (Taiwan) | £5,669 | Labour | Register record | |
| date registered | 8. Miscellaneous | Advisory Board Member of Software Sustainability Institute. This is an unpaid role. | — | Labour | Register record |
| date registered | 8. Miscellaneous | Trustee of Somewhere to Go charity in Weston-super-Mare. This is an unpaid role. | — | Labour | Register record |
<Question HRSContentId="{A756A9EA-FCD0-4599-8E8D-FE49576516EE}">21. <QuestionText HRSContentId="{3AC3259A-64C4-48D5-995A-DAA9715E648A}">What fiscal steps he is taking to support high streets and town centres.</QuestionText></Question>
The changes to business rates announced in last week’s Budget will provide some much-needed breathing space for many businesses in Weston-super-Mare, Worle and the villages. However, thriving high streets and coastal communities such as mine depend on businesses being able to take on new staff, particularly local young people. At a roundtable I held with small businesses last week, the cost and difficulty of employing young people were raised repeatedly as a major concern. What more can the Treasury do to ease those financial pressures, and will the Minister provide more information about the new high streets strategy and how the Treasury will ensure that vision is matched with funding?
I refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests in relation to the Communication Workers Union. The anger about Royal Mail’s failure to deliver a reliable service for our constituents is palpable across this House and across our communities. My constituents in Weston-super-Mare, Worle and the villages are not just inconvenienced by these failures. Some are suffering genuine harm by not getting vital information when needed. From the outset—this has been mentioned by many colleagues across the House—I want to be very clear that my concerns are not with postal workers and those keeping our postal depots going. Posties are facing incredibly demanding working conditions, as well as hostility directed at them by some members of the public. The abuse and targeting of our posties is utterly unacceptable and must stop. My local posties tell me that physical and verbal abuse continues to increase. No wonder so many of them are leaving the job. As the CWU identified earlier this month, 400 posties are leaving every week. Our posties and Royal Mail workers deserve proper support, staffing levels and working conditions to deliver the service people expect. Royal Mail is far more than a parcel delivery service, and it must not be stripped any further of its community value and its unique place in our national story.<span id="104" class="column-number" data-column-number="104"></span> Physical post is still a lifeline to many thousands in my constituency who do not or cannot manage essential services online. Many invitations to my own surgeries are being delivered to residents so late that the events have passed, even though we have posted them at least a month in advance such is the reputation of Royal Mail. Much of the casework I receive relates to older and disabled people being left at an intolerable disadvantage by a service they should be able to trust. We must answer the question: why are we allowing a service so fundamental to our communities and our public life to deteriorate while customers are left paying the price? I cannot help feeling that Royal Mail’s owners know the cost of everything, but ignore the value of what they put at such risk.
Absolutely, I agree. The splintering of public services in this way is something we really need to take account of in this House. It is a sad statement that can be applied to the state of too much of our public common wealth that has been carved up and sold off to private interests. As my hon. Friend the Member for Tamworth (Sarah Edwards) mentioned earlier, I want to remind the House and the Government of the recommendations made by our Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee, specifically that the Government and Ofcom must act decisively if Royal Mail fails to make meaningful improvements within the six-month deadline we set. The current evidence gives serious cause for concern. I worry that carefully crafted and presented statistics, as well as polished corporate jargon, make it easy to present a story to decision makers that bears little relation to the lived experience of workers and customers. I am frustrated that our regulatory system has not evolved to deal with the level of corporate gaslighting that seems to run roughshod over worker and customer interests. This is about what we value as a society, what we trust and the basic functioning of the state. With Christmas just around the corner, families and businesses need reassurance that their post will arrive when it matters. Longer term, Royal Mail must stop making excuses, do right by their workers, and deliver the service that our constituents—its customers—deserve.
<Question HRSContentId="{313F267B-8BDE-4508-A113-069D488C8B87}">2. <QuestionText HRSContentId="{015AE8F7-49DA-4198-92EF-8F67FA5EBA79}">What steps she is taking to help reduce sewage discharges into waterways.</QuestionText> </Question>
A recent report by Surfers Against Sewage alleges that water companies across England failed to report more than 50,000 sewage spills within the legally required timeframe in just the first half of this year. Like many residents across Weston, Worle and the villages, I am deeply concerned about the impact of sewage pollution and will always urge the Government to go faster and harder to tackle the crisis. Will the Minister tell us what more the Government will do to hold water companies to account in coastal communities such as mine, so constituencies have confidence that our much-loved waterways and coastlines are protected?
This week is the Good Things Foundation’s Get Online Week. Thousands across my constituency and millions across the country still struggle to get online, to stay online and to be safe online. Local community groups run by wonderful people, such as Ivi Paduim-Quan, are so often working on a shoestring to deliver digital skills to those most in need. Will the Leader of the House acknowledge the cross-Parliament and cross-Government responsibility for this problem and, if possible, provide time for more parliamentary debate to keep this topic a priority for the House and to get the resources to the places they need to be?
<Question HRSContentId="{1BE2A19E-B598-468A-8389-77A05AD731B9}">8. <QuestionText HRSContentId="{6971CD15-EA7E-4225-8655-C0780293DC97}">What steps his Department is taking with the beauty industry to help provide accessible routes into employment and training for young people.</QuestionText> </Question>
This week is British Beauty Week, a great opportunity to celebrate the fantastic and fast-growing beauty and wellness businesses that we have in this country, especially in towns such as Weston-super-Mare, where businesses like Sacred Willow, founded by Kerry and Simon Lamerton, and Luceo Lounge, founded by Lisa de-Laune, keep our high streets alive and our economies going, and generally make people feel much better about themselves. Will the Minister give some more information about the support his Department is providing, especially for young people through the youth guarantee, to ensure that small businesses in areas like mine benefit as much as possible?
I think the hon. Member’s point about health inequalities is really important. The number of cancer cases is expected to rise by about 30% by 2040, and England already has fewer radiotherapy machines per head than comparable European countries. Weston-super-Mare does not even have one, despite being the size of the city of Bath. Does he agree that that needs to come in conjunction with the rest of the investment he is talking about?
Held . Recorded result: Lab Gain. Majority 4,409. 42,390 votes cast from an electorate of 71,396. Parties are as each candidate stood at the time.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Aldridge | Labour | 16,310 | 38.5% |
| John Penrose | Conservative | 11,901 | 28.1% |
| Richard Pearse | Reform UK | 7,735 | 18.2% |
| Patrick Keating | Liberal Democrat | 3,756 | 8.9% |
| Thomas Daw | Green Party | 2,688 | 6.3% |
| Seat | Dates |
|---|---|
| Weston-super-MareElected 1 time | – present |
| Committee | Dates |
|---|---|
| Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee | – present |
| Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Sub-Committee on Economic Security, Arms and Export Controls | – present |
| Water (Special Measures) Bill [HL] | – |
| Northern Ireland Affairs Committee | – |
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