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Division Votes
27 Jan 2026 - Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill - View Vote Context Josh Simons voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 301 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 88 Noes - 310
27 Jan 2026 - Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill - View Vote Context Josh Simons voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 298 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 61 Noes - 311
27 Jan 2026 - Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill - View Vote Context Josh Simons voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 301 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 91 Noes - 378
28 Jan 2026 - Youth Unemployment - View Vote Context Josh Simons voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 280 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 91 Noes - 287
27 Jan 2026 - Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Committee - View Vote Context Josh Simons voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 303 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 88 Noes - 310
27 Jan 2026 - Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Committee - View Vote Context Josh Simons voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 304 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 91 Noes - 378
28 Jan 2026 - British Indian Ocean Territory - View Vote Context Josh Simons voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 277 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 103 Noes - 284
28 Jan 2026 - Deferred Division - View Vote Context Josh Simons voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 287 Labour Aye votes vs 3 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 294 Noes - 108
27 Jan 2026 - Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Committee - View Vote Context Josh Simons voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 300 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 61 Noes - 311
3 Feb 2026 - Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill - View Vote Context Josh Simons voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 358 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 458 Noes - 104
4 Feb 2026 - Climate Change - View Vote Context Josh Simons voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 316 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 392 Noes - 116
11 Feb 2026 - Local Government Finance - View Vote Context Josh Simons voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 272 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 279 Noes - 90
11 Feb 2026 - Climate Change - View Vote Context Josh Simons voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 290 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 362 Noes - 107
11 Feb 2026 - Local Government Finance - View Vote Context Josh Simons voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 272 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 277 Noes - 143
2 Mar 2026 - Representation of the People Bill - View Vote Context Josh Simons voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 327 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 105 Noes - 410

Speeches
Josh Simons speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions Josh Simons contributed 3 speeches (282 words) Wednesday 4th February 2026 - Commons Chamber Cabinet Office

MP Financial Interests
23rd February 2026 Josh Simons (Labour - Makerfield) 2. Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP Sir Trevor Edwin Chinn - £1,250.00 Source
23rd February 2026 Josh Simons (Labour - Makerfield) 2. Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP Sir Trevor Edwin Chinn - £1,250.00 Source

Josh Simons mentioned

Live Transcript
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3 Feb 2026, 12:10 p.m. - House of Commons "input into what more can be done, Mr. Josh Simons Anneliese Midgley. " Q8. What assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of Parole Board hearings on victims and their families. (907633) - View Video - View Transcript
23 Feb 2026, 3:56 p.m. - House of Commons "free press, and I'm afraid that whatever the investigation may be looking into, Minister Simmons has Josh Simons has admitted that he " Rt Hon Darren Jones MP, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Bristol North West, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
23 Feb 2026, 3:56 p.m. - House of Commons "Josh Simons has admitted that he set the investigation going because he didn't like the report that had been issued into donations. That " Rt Hon Darren Jones MP, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Bristol North West, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
24 Feb 2026, 3:41 p.m. - House of Lords "Labour peers who are directors of Labour together and were directors at the time. Josh Simons took the " Lord Young of Acton (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
24 Feb 2026, 3:35 p.m. - House of Lords " My Lord, Lord. >> The serious questions. On the behaviour of Josh Simons, who is now a Minister, and the inappropriateness of his pursuit of " Lord Wallace of Saltaire (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript
24 Feb 2026, 3:38 p.m. - House of Lords "underway is about the actions of Josh Simons as a Minister. There are other. The noble Lady will be aware that there are other " Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript

Calendar
Monday 23rd March 2026 2:30 p.m. Home Office Oral questions - Main Chamber Subject: Home Office (including Topical Questions) Edward Leigh: What assessment she has made of the potential impact of the number of asylum seekers on levels of recorded crime. Mary Kelly Foy: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Michelle Welsh: What steps her Department is taking to help tackle child exploitation. Peter Swallow: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Robin Swann: What guidance her Department has provided to police forces on the application of public order legislation in relation to the expression of religious beliefs. Peter Fortune: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Ian Lavery: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Will Stone: What her timetable is for publishing the Independent Review of Public Order and Hate Crime Legislation. Michelle Welsh: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Seamus Logan: What discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the potential impact of changes to worker visas on businesses in rural economies. Bernard Jenkin: What assessment she has made of the potential impact of the European Convention on Human Rights on levels of illegal immigration. Richard Foord: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Gregory Stafford: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Allison Gardner: What steps her Department is taking to use technology to increase police efficiency. Robbie Moore: What steps she is taking to help tackle shop theft. Sarah Dyke: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. John Lamont: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Josh Simons: What recent steps her Department has taken to help tackle illegal working. Jim Dickson: What recent progress her Department has made on tackling antisocial behaviour. Sarah Pochin: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Wera Hobhouse: What assessment she has made of the adequacy of existing legal frameworks in relation to the non-consensual filming of women in public. Fred Thomas: What steps she is taking to help tackle financial abuse. Harpreet Uppal: What recent steps her Department has taken to help tackle knife crime. Lorraine Beavers: What steps her Department is taking to help improve neighbourhood policing. Mike Martin: If she will take steps to provide Ukrainian refugees with a route to permanent settlement. David Simmonds: How many asylum seekers were in asylum accommodation on (a) 30 September 2025 and (b) 30 June 2024. Siân Berry: What discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of the introduction of the visa brake on Chevening scholars. Catherine Fookes: What steps she is taking to help tackle violence against women and girls. Sarah Bool: How many asylum seekers were accommodated in asylum accommodation on (a) 30 December 2025 and (b) 30 June 2024. Andy McDonald: Whether the Independent Review of Public Order and Hate Crime Legislation will be published before Consideration of Lords Amendments to the Crime and Policing Bill. John Cooper: What assessment she has made of the potential impact of the European Convention on Human Rights on levels of illegal immigration. Tony Vaughan: What steps she is taking to help support refugee integration. Mary Kelly Foy: What plans her Department has to help tackle antisocial behaviour. Bayo Alaba: What recent steps her Department has taken to help tackle threats to national security in the context of the war in Iran. Kirith Entwistle: What steps her Department is taking to help tackle coercive control by ex-partners. View calendar - Add to calendar

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Monday 23rd March 2026 2:30 p.m.
Home Office

Oral questions - Main Chamber
Subject: Home Office (including Topical Questions)
Edward Leigh: What assessment she has made of the potential impact of the number of asylum seekers on levels of recorded crime.
Mary Kelly Foy: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Michelle Welsh: What steps her Department is taking to help tackle child exploitation.
Peter Swallow: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Robin Swann: What guidance her Department has provided to police forces on the application of public order legislation in relation to the expression of religious beliefs.
Peter Fortune: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Ian Lavery: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Will Stone: What her timetable is for publishing the Independent Review of Public Order and Hate Crime Legislation.
Michelle Welsh: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Seamus Logan: What discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the potential impact of changes to worker visas on businesses in rural economies.
Bernard Jenkin: What assessment she has made of the potential impact of the European Convention on Human Rights on levels of illegal immigration.
Richard Foord: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Gregory Stafford: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Allison Gardner: What steps her Department is taking to use technology to increase police efficiency.
Robbie Moore: What steps she is taking to help tackle shop theft.
Sarah Dyke: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
John Lamont: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Josh Simons: What recent steps her Department has taken to help tackle illegal working.
Jim Dickson: What recent progress her Department has made on tackling antisocial behaviour.
Sarah Pochin: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Wera Hobhouse: What assessment she has made of the adequacy of existing legal frameworks in relation to the non-consensual filming of women in public.
Fred Thomas: What steps she is taking to help tackle financial abuse.
Harpreet Uppal: What recent steps her Department has taken to help tackle knife crime.
Lorraine Beavers: What steps her Department is taking to help improve neighbourhood policing.
Mike Martin: If she will take steps to provide Ukrainian refugees with a route to permanent settlement.
David Simmonds: How many asylum seekers were in asylum accommodation on (a) 30 September 2025 and (b) 30 June 2024.
Siân Berry: What discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of the introduction of the visa brake on Chevening scholars.
Catherine Fookes: What steps she is taking to help tackle violence against women and girls.
Sarah Bool: How many asylum seekers were accommodated in asylum accommodation on (a) 30 December 2025 and (b) 30 June 2024.
Andy McDonald: Whether the Independent Review of Public Order and Hate Crime Legislation will be published before Consideration of Lords Amendments to the Crime and Policing Bill.
John Cooper: What assessment she has made of the potential impact of the European Convention on Human Rights on levels of illegal immigration.
Tony Vaughan: What steps she is taking to help support refugee integration.
Mary Kelly Foy: What plans her Department has to help tackle antisocial behaviour.
Bayo Alaba: What recent steps her Department has taken to help tackle threats to national security in the context of the war in Iran.
Kirith Entwistle: What steps her Department is taking to help tackle coercive control by ex-partners.
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Parliamentary Debates
Labour Together and APCO Worldwide: Cabinet Office Review 13 speeches (1,558 words) Tuesday 24th February 2026 - Lords Chamber Northern Ireland Office Mentions: 1: None Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, my honourable friend the Member for Makerfield, Josh Simons - Link to Speech 2: Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD - Life peer) My Lords, the serious questions about the behaviour of Josh Simons, who is now a Minister, and the inappropriateness - Link to Speech 3: Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Lab - Life peer) The investigation that is currently under way is about the actions of Josh Simons as a Minister. - Link to Speech 4: Lord Young of Acton (Con - Life peer) their privacy.Two current Labour Peers are directors of Labour Together and were directors when Josh Simons - Link to Speech
Labour Together and APCO Worldwide: Cabinet Office Review 82 speeches (7,244 words) Monday 23rd February 2026 - Commons Chamber Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: Darren Jones (Lab - Bristol North West) Friend the Member for Makerfield (Josh Simons), who was previously the director of Labour Together.As - Link to Speech 2: Alex Burghart (Con - Brentwood and Ongar) Member for Makerfield (Josh Simons), paid a PR agency to investigate the “backgrounds and motivations - Link to Speech 3: Jeremy Corbyn (Ind - Islington North) Member for Makerfield (Josh Simons)? - Link to Speech 4: John McDonnell (Lab - Hayes and Harlington) Member for Makerfield (Josh Simons)? - Link to Speech
Point of Order 3 speeches (453 words) Thursday 12th February 2026 - Commons Chamber Mentions: 1: Nusrat Ghani (Con - Sussex Weald) Jones, Secretary Liz Kendall, Secretary Lisa Nandy, Dan Jarvis, Samantha Dixon, Chris Ward and Josh Simons - Link to Speech
Environment Agency: Waste Crime 18 speeches (8,649 words) Thursday 12th February 2026 - Grand Committee Mentions: 1: Lord Katz (Lab - Life peer) My colleague in the other place, Josh Simons MP, has been complaining and campaigning long and hard on - Link to Speech

Written Answers
Identity Cards: Digital Technology Asked by: Lord Kempsell (Conservative - Life peer) Monday 2nd February 2026 Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology: To ask His Majesty's Government what the full responsibilities of the Minister for Digital ID are. Answered by Baroness Lloyd of Effra - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip) Josh Simons MP has been appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, serving as a joint Minister between the Cabinet Office and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT). Minister Simons is responsible for supporting and providing assurance to the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in the Cabinet Office and the Secretary of State for DSIT on the design and cross-government delivery of the digital ID programme. He will work closely with Minister Murray, Minister of State for Digital Government and Data, who retains ownership of related areas including data policy and other Government Digital Products.

Written Answers

Identity Cards: Digital Technology
Asked by: Lord Kempsell (Conservative - Life peer)
Monday 2nd February 2026

Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask His Majesty's Government what the full responsibilities of the Minister for Digital ID are.

Answered by Baroness Lloyd of Effra - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

Josh Simons MP has been appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, serving as a joint Minister between the Cabinet Office and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT).

Minister Simons is responsible for supporting and providing assurance to the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in the Cabinet Office and the Secretary of State for DSIT on the design and cross-government delivery of the digital ID programme. He will work closely with Minister Murray, Minister of State for Digital Government and Data, who retains ownership of related areas including data policy and other Government Digital Products.

Non-Departmental Publications - News and Communications
Mar. 03 2026 Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street Source Page: Appointments: 3 March 2026 Document: Appointments: 3 March 2026 (webpage) News and Communications Found: Background: Josh Simons MP and Ashley Dalton MP have left Government.
Feb. 28 2026 Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street Source Page: Letter from the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards and exchange of letters between the Prime Minister and Josh Simons MP Document: (PDF) News and Communications Found: Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards and exchange of letters between the Prime Minister and Josh Simons
Feb. 28 2026 Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street Source Page: Letter from the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards and exchange of letters between the Prime Minister and Josh Simons MP Document: (PDF) News and Communications Found: Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards and exchange of letters between the Prime Minister and Josh Simons
Feb. 28 2026 Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street Source Page: Letter from the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards and exchange of letters between the Prime Minister and Josh Simons MP Document: (PDF) News and Communications Found: Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards and exchange of letters between the Prime Minister and Josh Simons
Feb. 28 2026 Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street Source Page: Letter from the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards and exchange of letters between the Prime Minister and Josh Simons MP Document: Letter from the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards and exchange of letters between the Prime Minister and Josh Simons MP (webpage) News and Communications Found: Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards and exchange of letters between the Prime Minister and Josh Simons