Jessica Morden, MP for Newport East
Jessica Morden has been an MP since 2005. Currently: Speaker's Conference (2024); Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament; Liaison Committee (Commons).
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Wales) (Wales Office) | 2023 to 2024 | |
| Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons (Office of the Leader of the House of Commons) | 2021 to 2023 | |
| Shadow Vice Chamberlain of HM Household (Whip) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2020 to 2023 | |
| Opposition Whip (Commons) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2015 to 2020 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Speaker's Conference (2024) | 2024 to now | Now |
| Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament | 2024 to now | Now |
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 2024 to now | Now |
| Committee of Selection | 2024 to now | Now |
| Committee of Selection | 2024 to now | Now |
| Child Support (Enforcement) Bill | 2023 | |
| Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill | 2022 | |
| Welsh Grand Committee | 2022 to 2024 |
Show the other 21
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Dormant Assets Bill [HL] | 2021 to 2022 | |
| Standing Orders Committee (Commons) | 2021 to 2024 | |
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 2020 to 2024 | |
| Administration Committee | 2020 to 2023 | |
| Statutory Instruments (Select Committee) | 2020 to 2024 | |
| Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) | 2020 to 2024 | |
| Statutory Instruments (Select Committee) | 2020 to 2024 | |
| Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) | 2020 to 2024 | |
| Liaison Committee Sub-committee on the effectiveness and influence of the select committee system | 2019 | |
| Statutory Instruments (Select Committee) | 2018 to 2019 | |
| Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) | 2018 to 2019 | |
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 2018 to 2019 | |
| Statutory Instruments (Select Committee) | 2018 to 2019 | |
| Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) | 2018 to 2019 | |
| Administration Committee | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Committee of Selection | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission | 2015 to 2017 | |
| Welsh Affairs Committee | 2010 to 2015 | |
| Justice Committee | 2007 to 2010 | |
| Welsh Affairs Committee | 2005 to 2007 |
Political Interests
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Jessica Morden has 5 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Green Man Festival Ltd - £594.00 | 4 Sep 2026 |
| Miscellaneous | Observing member of the Labour Party National Executive Committee and National Policy Forum | 15 Sep 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | Chair of Community Union Parliamentary group. This is an unpaid role. | 15 Sep 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | Ex officio Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party | 15 Sep 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | Member of the BGIPU Executive Committee. This is an unpaid role. | 19 Nov 2024 |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Jessica Morden asked 20 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
86 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Jessica Morden represents Newport East. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Labour
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Jessica Morden won with 42% of the votes, and Tommy Short (Reform UK) came second with 19%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jessica Morden | Labour | 16,370 | 42.5% |
| Tommy Short | Reform UK | 7,361 | 19.1% |
| Rachel Buckler | Conservative | 6,487 | 16.8% |
| Jonathan Clark | Plaid Cymru | 2,239 | 5.8% |
| Lauren James | Green Party | 2,092 | 5.4% |
| John Miller | Liberal Democrat | 2,045 | 5.3% |
| Pippa Bartolotti | Independent | 1,802 | 4.7% |
| Mike Ford | Heritage Party | 135 | 0.4% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Jessica Morden took part in 203 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Jessica Morden voted the same way as their party in 201 of the 201 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | For | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | For | Free vote |
| 10 Sep | Social housing: an attempt to block it | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 99% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this