Jon Trickett, MP for Normanton and Hemsworth
Jon Trickett has been an MP since 1996.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office) (Cabinet Office) | 2017 to 2020 | |
| Campaigns and Elections Chair (Cabinet Office) | 2016 to 2017 | |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) | 2016 | |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills) | 2016 | |
| Shadow Lord President of the Council (Office of the Leader of the House of Commons) | 2016 to 2020 | |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and Shadow Minister for the Constitutional Convention (Department for Communities and Local Government) | 2015 to 2016 | |
| Shadow Minister without Portfolio and Deputy Party Chair (Cabinet Office) | 2013 to 2015 | |
| Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office (Cabinet Office) | 2011 to 2013 |
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| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office) (Cabinet Office) | 2010 to 2011 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Public Administration Committee | 2010 | |
| Public Accounts Committee | 2001 to 2006 | |
| Education & Employment | 2001 |
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.
Jon Trickett has 1 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Miscellaneous | Visiting Fellow of Northumbria University. This is an unpaid role. | 6 Mar 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.
Jon Trickett asked 42 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.
34 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
Jon Trickett represents Normanton and Hemsworth. 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
Jon Trickett won with 48% of the votes, and Callum Bushrod (Reform UK) came second with 29%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Trickett | Labour | 17,275 | 47.5% |
| Callum Bushrod | Reform UK | 10,613 | 29.2% |
| Alice Hopkin | Conservative | 4,995 | 13.7% |
| Ashton Howick | Green Party | 2,147 | 5.9% |
| Craig Dobson | Liberal Democrat | 1,319 | 3.6% |
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 Jon Trickett took part in 213 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Jon Trickett voted the same way as their party in 209 of the 211 votes where parties gave instructions (99%), and went the other way in 2.
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 | Against | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | Against | 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
Times they voted against their party (2)
| Date | Vote | They voted | Most of their party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Apr | Crime and policing: changes from the House of Lords | Against | For |
| 10 Mar | Courts and tribunals: the first main vote | Against | For |
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 | 96% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 97% | 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