Rt Hon Dan Jarvis, MP for Barnsley North
Dan Jarvis has been an MP since 2011. Currently: Minister of State (Home Office) (Security) (Jointly with the Cabinet Office).
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Minister of State (Home Office) (Security) (Jointly with the Cabinet Office) (Cabinet Office) | 2026 to now | Now |
| Secretary of State for Defence (Ministry of Defence) | 2026 | |
| Minister of State (Cabinet Office) (Cabinet Office) | 2025 to 2026 | |
| Minister of State (Home Office) (Home Office) | 2024 to 2026 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Home Office) (Security) (Home Office) | 2023 to 2024 | |
| Shadow Minister (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs) (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) | 2015 | |
| Shadow Minister (Justice) (Ministry of Justice) | 2013 to 2015 | |
| Shadow Minister (Culture, Media and Sport) (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) | 2011 to 2013 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill: Programming sub committee | 2024 | |
| Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill | 2024 | |
| Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [HL] | 2024 | |
| Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill | 2023 | |
| Carer’s Leave Bill | 2022 | |
| Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Bill | 2022 | |
| National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Business, Innovation and Skills Committee | 2011 |
Countries of interest
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.
Dan Jarvis has 7 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | OPD Group Ltd - £54,213.30 | 20 Jul 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | OPD Group Ltd - £13,500.00 | 17 Jul 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Barnsley Football Club - £300.00 | 22 May 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Barnsley Football Club - £450.00 | 21 May 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | OPD Group Ltd - £15,000.00 | 17 Dec 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | Trustee of Barnsley TUC Training Ltd, a local education charity. This is an unpaid role. | 20 Feb 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | Unpaid Director of Barnsley TUC Training Ltd, a local education charity. | 20 Feb 2025 |
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.
Dan Jarvis 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.
65 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
Dan Jarvis represents Barnsley North. 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
Dan Jarvis won with 50% of the votes, and Robert Lomas (Reform UK) came second with 29%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Jarvis | Labour | 18,610 | 50.4% |
| Robert Lomas | Reform UK | 10,799 | 29.3% |
| Tamas Kovacs | Conservative | 3,083 | 8.4% |
| Tom Heyes | Green Party | 1,805 | 4.9% |
| Penny Baker | Liberal Democrat | 1,336 | 3.6% |
| Neil Fisher | Independent | 616 | 1.7% |
| Tony Devoy | The Yorkshire Party | 603 | 1.6% |
| Janus Polenceusz | English Democrats | 42 | 0.1% |
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 Dan Jarvis took part in 83 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Dan Jarvis voted the same way as their party in 81 of the 81 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 |
| 14 Jul | Accountability of public officials: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 14 Jul | Accountability of public officials: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 14 Jul | Accountability of public officials: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 13 Jul | Immigration and asylum: the first main vote | For | 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% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 99% |
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