Diana Johnson
Labour - Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham
10,679 (27.9%) majority - 2024 General ElectionFirst elected: 5th May 2005
Minister of State (Home Office)
(since July 2024)34 Former APPG memberships
'Left Behind' Neighbourhoods, Argentina, Caribbean, Children, Teenagers, and Young Adults with Cancer, Commercial Sexual Exploitation, Endometriosis, Film and Broader Screen, Film Industry, Fit and Healthy Childhood, Freeports, Funerals and Bereavement, Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood, Human Rights, Iceland, Latin America, Mindfulness, Music Education, Oracy, Ovarian Cancer, Peru, Philanthropy and Social Investment, Post Offices, Psychoactive Substances and Volatile Substance Abuse, School Food, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Sexual and Reproductive Health in the UK, Sixth Form Education, Surrogacy, Sustainable Flood and Drought Management, Ukraine, University of Hull, Vascular and Venous Disease, Veterans, Wilton ParkDivision Voting information
Debates during the 2024 Parliament
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Legislation Debates
Diana Johnson has not made any spoken contributions to legislative debateKingston upon Hull North and Cottingham Petitions
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If an e-petition reaches 10,000 signatures the Government will issue a written response.
If an e-petition reaches 100,000 signatures the petition becomes eligible for a Parliamentary debate (usually Monday 4.30pm in Westminster Hall).
of 146,035 signatures (0.15%)
of 80,430 signatures (0.14%)
of 121,717 signatures (0.10%)
of 142,417 signatures (0.07%)
of 146,035 signatures (0.15%)
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of 80,430 signatures (0.14%)
of 142,417 signatures (0.07%)
Latest EDMs signed by Diana Johnson
Debenhams redundancies
Tabled by: Andrew Gwynne (Labour (Co-op) - Gorton and Denton)That this House condemns the way in which Debenhams has implemented the redundancies of thousands of workers during the Coronavirus outbreak; notes that staff were told via conference call that they would be made redundant with 3 days’ notice and 3 days’ pay and that there was no consultation or …
(Most recent: 10 Nov 2020)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 17
Independent: 6
Scottish National Party: 2
Plaid Cymru: 2
Green Party: 1
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
Restoration of online democracy and equal rights for MPs
Tabled by: Geraint Davies (Independent - Swansea West)That this House believes that the decision to discontinue the ability of elected MPs to participate remotely in parliamentary debates, bill committees and by electronic voting is unlawful and discriminatory because it means that up to 250 elected MPs, who are clinically shielded to protect themselves or their families from …
(Most recent: 15 Sep 2020)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 28
Scottish National Party: 13
Independent: 10
Liberal Democrat: 8
Plaid Cymru: 3
Alba Party: 2
Social Democratic & Labour Party: 2
Conservative: 1
Green Party: 1
Commons initiatives
These initiatives were driven by Diana Johnson, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.
MPs who are act as Ministers or Shadow Ministers are generally restricted from performing Commons initiatives other than Urgent Questions.
Diana Johnson has not been granted any Urgent Questions
Diana Johnson has not been granted any Adjournment Debates
9 Bills introduced by Diana Johnson
A Bill to make provision about mandatory local consultation in relation to the installation of telecommunications infrastructure in residential areas; and for connected purposes.
Monday 11th December 2023
A Bill to make provision about mandatory local consultation in relation to the installation of telecommunications infrastructure in residential areas; and for connected purposes.
Monday 20th June 2022
A Bill to criminalise paying for sex; to decriminalise selling sex; to create offences relating to enabling or profiting from another person's sexual exploitation; to make associated provision about sexual exploitation online; to make provision for support services for victims of sexual exploitation; and for connected purposes.
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to amend the law relating to abortion in England and Wales, and Northern Ireland; to remove criminal liability in respect of abortion performed with the consent of the pregnant woman up to the twenty-fourth week of pregnancy; to repeal sections 59 and 60 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861; to create offences of termination of a pregnancy after its twenty-fourth week and non-consensual termination of a pregnancy; to amend the law relating to conscientious objection to participation in abortion treatment; and for connected purposes.
A Bill to regulate the termination of pregnancies by medical practitioners and to repeal certain criminal offences relating to such terminations; and for connected purposes.
A Bill to require the Secretary of State to make provision to include education about sex and relationships, resilience against bullying and sexual abuse and ending violence against women and girls in the national curriculum; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 21st October 2014
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision for the statutory regulation of sex establishments; to amend the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982; to require local authorities to adhere to the existing voluntary licensing framework for sex establishments; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 28th January 2014
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to enable women to be consecrated as bishops in the Church of England; and for connected purposes.
Wednesday 13th March 2013
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to require the Secretary of State to make provision to include relationship, drug and alcohol education in the national curriculum; and for connected purposes
Wednesday 17th October 2012
23 Bills co-sponsored by Diana Johnson
Police (declaration) Bill 2023-24
Sponsor - Tonia Antoniazzi (Lab)
Children (Parental Imprisonment) Bill 2023-24
Sponsor - Kerry McCarthy (Lab)
Spiking Bill 2022-23
Sponsor - Richard Graham (Con)
Same Sex Marriage (Church of England) Bill 2022-23
Sponsor - Ben Bradshaw (Lab)
Lithium-ion Battery Storage (Fire Safety and Environmental Permits) Bill 2022-23
Sponsor - Maria Miller (Con)
Fertility Treatment (Transparency) Bill 2022-23
Sponsor - Alex Davies-Jones (Lab)
Employment Equality (Insurance etc) Bill 2022-23
Sponsor - Natalie Elphicke (Lab)
Community Wealth Fund Bill 2021-22
Sponsor - Paul Howell (Con)
Tibet (Reciprocal Access) Bill 2019-21
Sponsor - Tim Loughton (Con)
Local Electricity Bill 2019-21
Sponsor - Peter Aldous (Con)
Company Transparency (Carbon in Supply Chains) Bill 2019-21
Sponsor - Karen Bradley (Con)
Demonstrations (Abortion Clinics) Bill 2019-21
Sponsor - Rupa Huq (Lab)
Reservoirs (Flood Risk) Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Holly Lynch (Lab)
Health Impacts (Public Sector Duty) Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Luciana Berger (LD)
Public Sector Supply Chains (Project Bank Accounts) Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Debbie Abrahams (Lab)
Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018
Sponsor - Karen Buck (Lab)
Local Health Scrutiny Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Gareth Snell (LAB)
Representation of the People (Young People's Enfranchisement and Education) Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Jim McMahon (LAB)
Fetal Dopplers (Regulation) Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Antoinette Sandbach (LD)
Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018
Sponsor - Chris Bryant (Lab)
Unlawful Killing (Recovery of Remains) Bill 2016-17
Sponsor - Conor McGinn (Ind)
Financial Regulation of Funeral Services Bill 2016-17
Sponsor - Neil Gray (SNP)
House of Lords Reform (Exclusion of Hereditary Peers) Bill 2015-16
Sponsor - Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab)