Normanton & Hemsworth / data
Jon Trickett · Labour Party · sitting since 01 Feb 1996 · every division, speech and committee appearance.
Since election
11041days
from 01 Feb 1996
Divisions
374
of 504 possible
Attendance
74%
130 absent / paired
Whip alignment
96%
vs party majority
Speeches
49
38 debates
Written Qs
120
118 answered
Committees
0
memberships
Expenses
£274k paid
FY 2024–2025 · 104 claims
Interests
1
1 category
A · Overview
Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted — engagement only, not direction.
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 67 | |
| Taxation | 62 | |
| Employment | 41 | |
| Education | 30 | |
| Welfare and Benefits | 29 | |
| Crime & Policing | 29 | |
| Constitution and Democracy | 23 | |
| Pensions | 21 |
Speech topics
Words spoken, by topic. Source: Hansard.
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Economy Jobs | 21 | 4,815 |
| Culture Community | 6 | 2,232 |
| Local Government | 14 | 2,138 |
| Health | 8 | 1,780 |
| Crime | 5 | 1,718 |
| Technology | 3 | 1,528 |
| Environment | 5 | 1,526 |
| Social Care | 8 | 1,518 |
B · Notable divisions
Free votes, rebellions and high-salience whipped votes — the moments that distinguish this MP from the party machine. The full division-by-division record will follow once the per-MP archive is wired.
| Date | Division | Whip | MP voted |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Apr 2026 | Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments MPs voted on whether to accept the remaining Lords amendments to the Crime and Policing Bill, a wide-ranging policing and criminal justice b… | Rebelled | No |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second ReadingMPs voted on whether to give initial approval to a Courts and Tribunals Bill, which proposes modernising the criminal justice system. Debate… | Rebelled | No |
| 14 Jan 2026 | Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025MPs voted on new regulations expanding the Public Order Act 2023 to criminalise interference with key national infrastructure, such as energ… | Rebelled | No |
C · Speeches
| Date | Contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 21 Apr 2026 | Peter Mandelson: Government AppointmentNo, I will make progress; there are many Members on both sides wanting to speak. The hon. Member may well be pleased with some of the things I am going to say. I am developing an a… Mp PerformanceDefenceEconomy Jobs | 489 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Peter Mandelson: Government AppointmentThere are many ways of developing a culture for how to run the Government in No. 10. I was a witness to that in the years from the financial crash through to the defeat of the Labo… Mp PerformanceDefenceEconomy Jobs | 179 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Peter Mandelson: Government AppointmentThose two Prime Ministers in particular—the chaotic and the exotic—left this country in a disastrous situation. I do think that a Prime Minister who comes to the House and implies … Mp PerformanceDefenceEconomy Jobs | 283 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Peter Mandelson: Government AppointmentI have spoken in a previous debate about Labour Together, so I will let the right hon. Member’s comments stand for themselves. This was a faction that sought to change the Labour p… Mp PerformanceDefenceEconomy Jobs | 65 |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Local Youth Services12. What discussions he has had with local authorities on the adequacy of the provision of local youth services. Culture CommunityLocal GovernmentSocial Care | 19 |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Local Youth ServicesI thank the Minister for her response. In the austerity years, over £1 billion was taken out of youth services by the previous Government—that was shameful and damaging to the soci… Culture CommunityLocal GovernmentSocial Care | 115 |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Middle EastI echo the comments about the President’s statement on Easter Sunday, when he said that he could destroy a 2,500-year-old civilisation in an evening. Is it not clear that the strai… DefenceEnergyCost Of Living | 73 |
| 25 Mar 2026 | EngagementsQ7. Two members of the same family in my constituency recently suffered serious health problems. The NHS was there for them, as we would expect, and they are both hopefully on the … EnergyCost Of LivingLocal Government | 117 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Middle East: Economic UpdateI welcome the Chancellor coming to the House as soon as possible to make a statement. On profiteering in the fuel sector, the last time there was a problem with oil prices was afte… EnergyCost Of LivingEconomy Jobs | 102 |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Middle EastI join my right hon. Friend in paying tribute to members of the armed forces, and I acknowledge too the difficult path that he has to tread. The Government’s stated objective was t… DefenceEnergyEconomy Jobs | 116 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Courts and Tribunals BillNo. I have only five minutes, and I will have to move fast. The Deputy Prime Minister did convince me, and I am sure all of us, that there is a backlog, and it is not reasonable or… CrimeEconomy Jobs | 622 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Courts and Tribunals BillWhen I was working for a living as a building worker, rather than being here, if there was a backlog of work, we were told to work through the night and at weekends, and on not ver… CrimeEconomy Jobs | 143 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Youth Unemployment: Autumn Budget 2025The unemployment situation in my constituency and across the Yorkshire coalfield is becoming a crisis. There are 1,980 people out of work in my constituency and 70 job vacancies—th… Economy JobsLabour Market | 70 |
| 05 Mar 2026 | Business of the HouseI welcome what the Leader of the House said about youth unemployment—it is essential that we tackle this problem. Unlike the Conservative party, which was happy to have 3 million p… DefenceEconomy JobsEnergy | 145 |
| 23 Feb 2026 | Labour Together and APCO Worldwide: Cabinet Office ReviewOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. The House will have heard me suggest that the Minister had received a donation of almost £60,000. I withdrew that suggestion following an indicatio… Mp PerformanceCulture Community | 132 |
D · Written questions
Top departments
| Department | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 13 | 10.8% |
| Ministry of Defence | 12 | 10.0% |
| Department of Health and Social Care | 11 | 9.2% |
| Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | 10 | 8.3% |
| Department for Work and Pensions | 9 | 7.5% |
| Cabinet Office | 9 | 7.5% |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 8 | 6.7% |
| Treasury | 6 | 5.0% |
Most recent
| Date | Department | Question | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Apr 2026 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the war in the Middle East on projected living standards in each of the next 5 years. | Pending |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the proportion of UK income going to workers in each of the next five years. | Pending |
| 05 Mar 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the average ambulance waiting times for (a) Category 1, (b) Category 2, (c) Category 3 and (d) Category 4 incidents for each region of the UK… | Answered |
| 05 Mar 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of ambulance response cases in Category 3 and Category 4 incidents that involved patients waiting over 5 hours for an ambulance fo… | Answered |
| 03 Mar 2026 | Department for Business and Trade | To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much money has been spent on hospitality for the UK trade envoy programme in each of the last 3 years. | Answered |
| 03 Mar 2026 | Department for Business and Trade | To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much his Department spent in each of the last 3 years on the UK Trade Envoy programme. | Answered |
| 24 Feb 2026 | Ministry of Defence | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has contingency plans in the event that his Department’s contracts with Palantir are terminated. | Answered |
| 23 Feb 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has had discussions with the Venezuelan Government on the operation of UK oil companies in Venezuela. | Answered |
| 23 Feb 2026 | Ministry of Defence | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the contract with Palantir was awarded without competition in December 2025. | Answered |
| 05 Feb 2026 | Department for Work and Pensions | To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the average time taken to complete a mandatory reconsideration for a Disability Living Allowance for Children. | Answered |
| 03 Feb 2026 | Ministry of Defence | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Palantir system for managing his Department's data could be unilaterally shut down by Palantir without the Government’s consent. | Answered |
| 14 Jan 2026 | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many planning applications which re-designate green belt as grey belt land there have been since December 2024; and how many of those applications were approve… | Answered |
| 07 Jan 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with representatives of the Venezuelan oil company PDVSA in the last 12 months. | Answered |
| 07 Jan 2026 | Ministry of Defence | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that data analysed by Palantir is protected from access by foreign governments. | Answered |
| 06 Jan 2026 | Department for Business and Trade | To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has held discussions with oil companies relating to investment in Venezuela. | Answered |
E · Committees
No committee memberships recorded for this MP.
F · Expenses
Every business-cost claim reimbursed by IPSA in the current financial year, grouped by category. “Aggregated” rows are IPSA’s own year-end totals for cost types like payroll and rent that aren’t itemised claim-by-claim.
Category breakdown
| Category | Claims | Paid (£) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staffing | 7 | 234,049 | 85.5% |
| Office Costs | 62 | 33,169 | 12.1% |
| Accommodation | 26 | 2,461 | 0.9% |
| MP Travel | 0 | 3,629 | 1.3% |
| Staff Travel | 0 | 545 | 0.2% |
Top itemised cost types
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bought-in services | Staffing | 7 | 26,936 |
| Bought-in services | Office Costs | 3 | 17,100 |
| Pooled staffing services | Office Costs | 4 | 5,000 |
| Pooled Staffing Services | Office Costs | 1 | 1,250 |
| Insurance - buildings | Accommodation | 1 | 964 |
| Council tax | Accommodation | 8 | 949 |
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 22 | 728 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 2 | 726 |
| Mobile telephone - contract & usage | Office Costs | 9 | 344 |
| Utilities | Accommodation | 8 | 270 |
| Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Accommodation | 8 | 259 |
| Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Office Costs | 13 | 252 |
Most recent
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Pooled Staffing Services | Socialist Parliamentary Research Group (Labour) | 1,250 | Paid |
| 12 Mar 2025 | Staffing Bought-in services | Professional & consultancy | 5,600 | Paid |
| 06 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Mobile telephone - contract & usage | 90% of Mobile phone bill | 35 | Paid |
| 06 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment | 6 | Paid |
| 01 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Council tax | Council tax on flat | 126 | Paid |
| 01 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Utilities | Water | 34 | Paid |
| 01 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline | 22 | Paid |
| 26 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Bought-in services | Professional & consultancy | 9,000 | Paid |
| 20 Feb 2025 | Staffing Bought-in services | Professional & consultancy | 4,200 | Paid |
| 19 Feb 2025 | Accommodation Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Internet | 32 | Paid |
| 18 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Website hosting and design | Go Daddy Domain registration | 62 | Paid |
| 10 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Pooled staffing services | Socialist Parliamentary Research Group (Labour) | 1,250 | Paid |
| 06 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline | 19 | Paid |
| 03 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Mobile telephone - contract & usage | Mobile phone bill | 35 | Paid |
| 03 Feb 2025 | Accommodation Utilities | Water | 34 | Paid |
| 01 Feb 2025 | Accommodation Council tax | Council Tax for [***] [***] | 126 | Paid |
| 22 Jan 2025 | Staffing Bought-in services | Professional & consultancy | 4,500 | Paid |
| 20 Jan 2025 | Staffing Bought-in services | Professional & consultancy | 3,780 | Paid |
| 19 Jan 2025 | Accommodation Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Internet | 32 | Paid |
| 17 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner February 2025 | 17 | Paid |
G · Register of interests
Every financial interest declared by the MP, grouped under the Register’s official categories. Retracted entries are hidden but counted above.
8. Miscellaneous1 entry
18 Apr 2024
Visiting Fellow of Northumbria University. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 8 February 2024
Date interest ended: 8 January 2027
(Registered 6 March 2024)
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 6 wards, 7 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ackworth North Elmsall Upton | Martin Roberts | Labour Party | 1,719 | 02 May 2024 |
| Crofton Ryhill Walton | Faith Heptinstall | Labour Party | 1,918 | 02 May 2024 |
| Featherstone | Maureen Tennant-King | Labour Party | 2,005 | 02 May 2024 |
| Hemsworth | Laura Jones | Labour Party | 1,292 | 02 May 2024 |
| Normanton | Daniel Wilton | Labour Party | 1,303 | 02 May 2024 |
| Normanton | Julie Medford | Labour Party | 1,709 | 02 May 2024 |
| South Elmsall South Kirkby | Michelle Louise Collins | Labour Party | 1,893 | 02 May 2024 |
I · Demographics
| Indicator | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Population (2021 Census) | 110,230 | Electorate 75,645 (2024) |
| Median age | 41 | years |
| Degree-educated | 23.0% | level 4 or above |
| Ethnicity (White) | 96.7% | 2021 Census ethnic group |
| Owner-occupied | 64.7% | households |
| Private-rented | 14.2% | households |
| Social-rented | 21.1% | households |
| Employment rate | 57.3% | 16-64 in work |
J · Public spending
HMT publishes headline spending identifiable by region in PESA. Constituency-level capital allocations (Levelling-Up Fund, Towns Fund, UKSPF, transport capital, BEIS R&D) are published as separate departmental datasets. We are evaluating the cleanest reconciliation for a per-constituency view.