Janet Daby Portrait

Janet Daby

Labour - Lewisham East

18,073 (44.5%) majority - 2024 General Election

First elected: 14th June 2018


Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
9th Jul 2024 - 7th Sep 2025
Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [HL]
5th Mar 2025 - 20th Mar 2025
Shadow Minister (Youth Justice)
5th Sep 2023 - 30th May 2024
Justice Committee
29th Nov 2022 - 5th Dec 2023
Victims and Prisoners Bill
14th Jun 2023 - 11th Jul 2023
Justice Committee
22nd Feb 2021 - 5th Jan 2022
Approved Premises (Substance Testing) Bill
8th Dec 2021 - 15th Dec 2021
Judicial Review and Courts Bill
27th Oct 2021 - 23rd Nov 2021
Shadow Minister (Equalities Office) (Faiths, Women and Equalities)
10th Jul 2020 - 7th Dec 2020
Shadow Minister (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
10th Apr 2020 - 10th Jul 2020
Home Affairs Committee
2nd Mar 2020 - 11th May 2020
Home Affairs Committee
8th May 2019 - 6th Nov 2019
Justice Committee
19th Nov 2018 - 8th May 2019


Division Voting information

During the current Parliament, Janet Daby has voted in 267 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
Neil O'Brien (Conservative)
Shadow Minister (Policy Renewal and Development)
(41 debate interactions)
Lindsay Hoyle (Speaker)
(11 debate interactions)
Gareth Snell (Labour (Co-op))
(10 debate interactions)
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Department Debates
Department for Education
(260 debate contributions)
HM Treasury
(2 debate contributions)
Home Office
(1 debate contributions)
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Lewisham East Petitions

e-Petitions are administered by Parliament and allow members of the public to express support for a particular issue.

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).

Petitions with most Lewisham East signatures
Janet Daby has not participated in any petition debates

Latest EDMs signed by Janet Daby

15th November 2022
Janet Daby signed this EDM on Thursday 8th December 2022

Imprisonment for Public Protection sentences: Justice Committee report

Tabled by: Kim Johnson (Labour - Liverpool Riverside)
That this House welcomes the Justice Committee's report on Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences, which were introduced under the Criminal Justice Act 2003 to detain people in prison who posed a significant risk of causing harm to the public; notes that IPP sentences were abolished prospectively, but not retrospectively, …
34 signatures
(Most recent: 27 Apr 2023)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 26
Independent: 3
Plaid Cymru: 3
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
Liberal Democrat: 1
26th October 2021
Janet Daby signed this EDM as a sponsor on Tuesday 26th October 2021

The service of Oliver Denton Lieberman

Tabled by: Tulip Siddiq (Labour - Hampstead and Highgate)
That this House recognises Oliver Denton Lieberman’s dedication and public service as an office manager during many turbulent years in politics; appreciates that he has coordinated the campaign within Parliament to free Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and supported her family; acknowledges the role he has played in running an efficient office and …
17 signatures
(Most recent: 29 Oct 2021)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 14
Independent: 2
Scottish National Party: 1
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Commons initiatives

These initiatives were driven by Janet Daby, 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.


Janet Daby has not been granted any Urgent Questions

Janet Daby has not been granted any Adjournment Debates

Janet Daby has not introduced any legislation before Parliament


Latest 2 Written Questions

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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
5th Nov 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of defendants over the age of 18 who have been remanded by the police are released by the court at the first hearing on (a) sentence, (b) bail and (c) for other reasons.

The Ministry of Justice publishes data on pre court remands at criminal courts in England and Wales in the Remands data tool, that can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page here: Criminal Justice Statistics.

However, data held centrally does not include details on the circumstances around the release of a defendant held on remand.

This information may be held in court records but to examine individual court records would incur disproportionate costs.

Jake Richards
Assistant Whip
5th Nov 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of defendants under the age of 18 who have been remanded by the police are released by the court at the first hearing on (a) sentence, (b) bail and (c) for other reasons.

The Ministry of Justice publishes data on pre-court remands at criminal courts in England and Wales in the Remand data tool, that can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page here: Criminal justice statistics - GOV.UK.

However, data held centrally does not include details on the circumstances around the release of a defendant held on remand.

The information may be held in court records but to examine individual court records would incur disproportionate costs.

Jake Richards
Assistant Whip