Ian Lavery Portrait

Ian Lavery

Labour - Blyth and Ashington

First elected: 6th May 2010


Business and Trade Committee
29th Nov 2022 - 30th May 2024
Business and Trade Sub-Committee on National Security and Investment
29th Nov 2022 - 30th May 2024
Co-National Campaign Coordinator
14th Jun 2017 - 5th Apr 2020
Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office)
7th Oct 2016 - 5th Apr 2020
Party Chair, Labour Party
14th Jun 2017 - 5th Apr 2020
Campaigns and Elections Chair
11th Feb 2017 - 14th Jun 2017
Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office) (Trade Unions and Civil Society)
18th Sep 2015 - 7th Oct 2016
Energy and Climate Change Committee
8th Jul 2015 - 26th Oct 2015
Energy and Climate Change Committee
2nd Nov 2010 - 30th Mar 2015
Regulatory Reform
26th Jul 2010 - 30th Mar 2015
Draft Deregulation Bill (Joint Committee)
10th Jul 2013 - 11th Dec 2013
Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
26th Jul 2010 - 24th Oct 2011


Division Voting information

During the current Parliament, Ian Lavery has voted in 4 divisions, and never against the majority of their Party.
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Debates during the 2024 Parliament

Speeches made during Parliamentary debates are recorded in Hansard. For ease of browsing we have grouped debates into individual, departmental and legislative categories.

Sparring Partners
Suella Braverman (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Lucy Powell (Labour (Co-op))
Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
(2 debate interactions)
Georgia Gould (Labour)
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
(1 debate interactions)
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Department Debates
Cabinet Office
(2 debate contributions)
Leader of the House
(2 debate contributions)
HM Treasury
(1 debate contributions)
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Legislation Debates
Ian Lavery has not made any spoken contributions to legislative debate
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Latest EDMs signed by Ian Lavery

22nd July 2024
Ian Lavery signed this EDM on Tuesday 23rd July 2024

Student protests in Bangladesh

Tabled by: Apsana Begum (Independent - Poplar and Limehouse)
That this House is alarmed about the human rights situation Bangladesh; is particularly appalled that a large number of students have been killed or brutally injured whilst protesting against the Government’s quota system; notes Bangladesh Supreme Court’s latest ruling on the quota system but remains concerned for the safety of …
22 signatures
(Most recent: 24 Jul 2024)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 9
Independent: 5
Plaid Cymru: 4
Green Party: 2
Democratic Unionist Party: 2
22nd July 2024
Ian Lavery signed this EDM on Tuesday 23rd July 2024

Radiotherapy

Tabled by: Grahame Morris (Labour - Easington)
That this House recognises the value of radiotherapy as a key and lifesaving cancer treatment, necessary for around half of all cancer cures and as a highly effective, non-invasive treatment for patients; celebrates the invaluable contribution of the approximately 6,400-strong radiotherapy workforce who treat over 100,000 cancer patients in the …
15 signatures
(Most recent: 26 Jul 2024)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 6
Plaid Cymru: 4
Liberal Democrat: 2
Green Party: 1
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
Independent: 1
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Commons initiatives

These initiatives were driven by Ian Lavery, 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.


Ian Lavery has not been granted any Urgent Questions

Ian Lavery has not been granted any Adjournment Debates

2 Bills introduced by Ian Lavery


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 establish the right of persons in receipt of housing benefit and universal credit in the social housing sector to receive said benefits at regular intervals; to provide that such persons should not be financially penalised in relation to the number of bedrooms in a residence; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading: House Of Commons
Wednesday 12th February 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 require lip-reading to be classified as an essential skill for the purpose of skills funding; to require the Secretary of State to ensure that people who are deaf or hard of hearing have access to lip-reading classes provided by local learning providers at no cost to the learner; and for connected purposes

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading: House Of Commons
Tuesday 10th May 2011

Latest 1 Written Question

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Written Questions can be tabled by MPs and Lords to request specific information information on the work, policy and activities of a Government Department
24th Jul 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families in Blyth and Ashington constituency are impacted by the two child benefit cap.

The number of Universal Credit households affected by the policy to provide support to a maximum of 2 children, in Blyth and Ashington in April 2024 was 770.

The equivalent figure for Child Tax Credits is not held by this department as it is administered by HM Revenue & Customs.

Notes:

1. The new 2024 Parliamentary Constituencies are derived by using postcode lookup data against the claimant address however, this is only available for England and Wales and is not present for all households in this data source.

2. 2024 Parliamentary Constituencies are approximate and therefore figures may not match exactly with the previous 2019 Parliamentary Constituencies they correspond to.

Stephen Timms
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)