Rt Hon John Healey, MP for Rawmarsh and Conisbrough
John Healey has been an MP since 1997. Currently: Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Chancellor of the Exchequer (HM Treasury) | 2026 to now | Now |
| Secretary of State for Defence (Ministry of Defence) | 2024 to 2026 | |
| Minister of State (Department for Communities and Local Government) (Housing) (Department for Communities and Local Government) | 2009 to 2010 | |
| Minister of State (Department of Communities and Local Government) (Local Government) (Department for Communities and Local Government) | 2007 to 2009 | |
| Financial Secretary (HM Treasury) (HM Treasury) | 2005 to 2007 | |
| Economic Secretary (HM Treasury) (HM Treasury) | 2002 to 2005 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education and Skills) (Department for Education and Skills) | 2001 to 2002 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Defence (Ministry of Defence) | 2020 to 2024 | |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Housing (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government) | 2018 to 2020 | |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Housing (Department for Communities and Local Government) | 2016 to 2018 | |
| Shadow Minister (Communities and Local Government) (Housing and Planning) (Department for Communities and Local Government) | 2015 to 2016 | |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Health (Department of Health) | 2010 to 2011 | |
| Shadow Minister (Housing) (Department for Communities and Local Government) | 2010 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission | 2007 to 2009 | |
| Public Accounts Committee | 2005 to 2007 | |
| Tax Law Rewrite Bills (Joint Committee) | 2004 to 2009 | |
| Education & Employment | 1997 to 1999 |
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.
John Healey has 5 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Land and property (within or outside the UK) | Property in Hove | 7 May 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | Executive Committee Member of the British American Parliamentary Group. This is an unpaid role. | 4 Jan 2024 |
| Miscellaneous | Chair of Rotherham 9th Scouts Group. This is an unpaid role. | 11 Apr 2023 |
| Miscellaneous | Member of Goldthorpe Towns Fund Board. This is an unpaid role. | 11 Apr 2023 |
| Family members employed | Jackie Bate employed | – |
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.
John Healey has not asked any written questions in the last 12 months. Government ministers cannot ask them, so this can simply reflect an MP’s role.
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.
92 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
John Healey represents Rawmarsh and Conisbrough. 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
John Healey won with 49% of the votes, and Adam Wood (Reform UK) came second with 29%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Healey | Labour | 16,612 | 49.0% |
| Adam Wood | Reform UK | 9,704 | 28.6% |
| Oliver Harvey | Conservative | 4,496 | 13.3% |
| Tom Hill | Green Party | 1,687 | 5.0% |
| Paul Horton | Liberal Democrat | 1,137 | 3.4% |
| Robert Watson | Workers Party of Britain | 268 | 0.8% |
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 John Healey took part in 98 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
John Healey voted the same way as their party in 98 of the 98 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 13 Jul | Immigration and asylum: the first main vote | For | Same as party |
| 13 Jul | Immigration and asylum: an attempt to block it | Against | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| 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