At a glanceDan Jarvis is a Labour MP for Barnsley North, and has represented the seat for 15 years, 4 months. They currently serve as Secretary of State for Defence. They have cast 228 votes in Commons divisions (40% attendance), tabled 3,020 written questions and registered 5 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Dan Jarvis did not vote in 347. A rebellion is a vote against the way most of their own party voted; free votes, where no party line applies, are left out.
Party-loyalty figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Biography
He currently holds the Government post of Secretary of State for Defence.
Current roles
- Secretary of State for Defence Government post · Ministry of Defence since 11 Jun 2026
- Barnsley North Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
- Labour Party since 3 Mar 2011
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Andrew Cooper
Labour
100.0% · 225 of 225 shared votes
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Alex Mayer Labour 100.0% · 224 of 224 shared votes
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Josh Dean
Labour
100.0% · 223 of 223 shared votes
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Sir Mark Tami
Labour
100.0% · 221 of 221 shared votes
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Steve Yemm
Labour
100.0% · 221 of 221 shared votes
Votes least like
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Sir Geoffrey Cox
Conservative
0.0% · 0 of 96 shared votes
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Alan Mak
Conservative
0.6% · 1 of 161 shared votes
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Robbie Moore
Conservative
0.6% · 1 of 158 shared votes
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Saqib Bhatti
Conservative
0.6% · 1 of 154 shared votes
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Alex Burghart
Conservative
0.6% · 1 of 154 shared votes
Alignment figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Register of financial interests
From the official Register; shown as registered.
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP1
- OPD Group Ltd - £15,000.00 (registered 17 Dec 2025)
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources2
- Barnsley Football Club - £300.00 (registered 22 May 2026)
- Barnsley Football Club - £450.00 (registered 21 May 2026)
Miscellaneous2
- Unpaid Director of Barnsley TUC Training Ltd, a local education charity. (registered 20 Feb 2025)
- Trustee of Barnsley TUC Training Ltd, a local education charity. This is an unpaid role. (registered 20 Feb 2025)
Written questions
Oppression
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May to Question 26458 on Oppression, if he will publish his speech to the Hong Kong Symposium on 27 April 2024.
Answer · 24 May 2024
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Oppression
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 May 2024 to Question 24982 on Oppression, if he will publish the details of future reforms made to the systems and processes for tackling transnational repression.
Answer · 20 May 2024
The UK will not tolerate transnational repression (TNR) and will stand up for the rights of all people to live here safely and freely. The National Security Act 2023 strengthens our legal powers to counter foreign interference, and provides the security s...
Oppression
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 May to Question 24982 on Oppression, on what date his Department announced new training for front line officers.
Answer · 20 May 2024
The UK will not tolerate transnational repression (TNR) and will stand up for the rights of all people to live here safely and freely. The National Security Act 2023 strengthens our legal powers to counter foreign interference, and provides the security s...
Oppression
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 May 2024 to Question 24982 on Oppression, what his expected timetable is for the publication of his Department's review on transnational repression.
Answer · 20 May 2024
The UK will not tolerate transnational repression (TNR) and will stand up for the rights of all people to live here safely and freely. The National Security Act 2023 strengthens our legal powers to counter foreign interference, and provides the security s...
Music Venues: Security
To ask the Prime Minister, whether he plans to meet with Figen Murray to discuss Martyn's Law.
Answer · 20 May 2024
My thoughts continue to be with all the victims of the terrible attack that took place in Manchester Arena in 2017. I pay tribute to Figen Murray for her courage and the bravery of her campaigning in Martyn’s memory.I spoke to Figen Murray after becoming ...
Subversion: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will commission a report on the potential impact of AI on (a) democracy and (b) elections.
Answer · 17 May 2024
The Government takes the threat disinformation and AI digitally manipulated content poses very seriously.We have already seen examples of AI-driven election interference across the globe targeting elected leaders and seeking to influence democratic debate...
Immigration Controls: ICT
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the adequacy of security at passport e-gates.
Answer · 20 May 2024
It has never been Government practice, for reasons of law enforcement, to comment on operational issues relating to border security and immigration controls. This includes offering commentary on the performance of border systems and of ePassport Gates dat...
Immigration Controls: ICT
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Minister for Legal Migration and the Border's Oral Statement of 8 May 2024 on Passport e-Gates Network Outage, Official Report, column 592, if he will publish a report of the inv
Answer · 20 May 2024
It has never been Government practice, for reasons of law enforcement, to comment on operational issues relating to border security and immigration controls. This includes offering commentary on the performance of border systems and of ePassport Gates dat...
Speeches in the chamber
6 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
I am not aware of the detail that the hon. and learned Member raises, but if he would like to write to me, I will look very carefully at it.
6 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
It is a fair question. I am looking very closely at the detail, and I will discuss it with our American allies.
6 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
Last week, I made good on my promise to publish the defence investment plan and do right by our people. Yesterday, I met some of those people deployed on our aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales in the High North. They are deterring our ad…
6 Jul 2026 Support for Veterans
I genuinely want to find a way forward on this that can attract cross-party support, but I remind the shadow Minister and some other Conservative Members that the previous Government’s Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) …
6 Jul 2026 Support for Veterans
I should begin by declaring an interest as a veteran who served in Northern Ireland. This Government are absolutely committed to the troubles Bill, but we are also determined to ensure that everyone involved, including families and veteran…
6 Jul 2026 Support for Veterans
I am grateful to my hon. Friend for the work that she does to champion the service of our Gurkhas, who I am sure the whole House holds in the very highest regard. I was pleased to have the opportunity to meet her in her constituency a few …
6 Jul 2026 Support for Veterans
I am grateful to the hon. Lady for raising that important issue, and I pay tribute to her constituent and the work that he is doing in the constituency. She has made an entirely fair challenge, and of course we will have conversations with…
6 Jul 2026 Support for Veterans
This Government will always stand up for those who have served our country. We are determined to honour our veterans’ service and celebrate the vital role that they play in our society. Last year the Government published a strategy for vet…
6 Jul 2026 Defence Investment Plan
I do not agree with the hon. Gentleman’s analysis of the DIP, not least because it included £20 billion to rapidly increase the Army’s lethality and nearly £64 billion of investment in the UK’s nuclear enterprise. In addition, the defence …
6 Jul 2026 Defence Investment Plan
I have a lot of time for the hon. and gallant Member, but I will take no lessons from Opposition Members on the state of defence housing. He will have heard the commitment I made earlier about the £9 billion of investment that was reiterat…
6 Jul 2026 Defence Investment Plan
My hon. and gallant Friend raises an important point, and I know that he speaks with operational experience on these matters. I hope that he sees and understands the importance that we attach to these matters. I know he understands the imp…
6 Jul 2026 Defence Investment Plan
I am grateful to the hon. Lady for raising that important point, and I pay tribute to those who serve in her constituency. We well understand the importance of having the best possible standard of defence accommodation for those who give s…
6 Jul 2026 Defence Investment Plan
I worked closely with the Prime Minister and the Chancellor to secure more money for our armed forces—a £15 billion increase in my Department’s spending power. That means we will invest £298 billion in defence over the next four years. Of …
6 Jul 2026 Russia: Level of Threat to UK
I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for raising the important issue of support for Ukraine, and while it does appear that we in this House are unable to agree on the defence investment plan, I hope that we can agree on the importance of su…
6 Jul 2026 Russia: Level of Threat to UK
I am sorry to say that that is performative nonsense from the shadow Secretary of State, who should know better. We inherited a Defence budget that was underfunded, overcommitted and simply not fit for the threats we face. This Government …
6 Jul 2026 Russia: Level of Threat to UK
Let me gently respond by saying that we inherited a Ministry of Defence that was underfunded, over-programmed and completely unsuited to the threats that we face now and will face in the future. This Government have committed £298 billion.…
6 Jul 2026 Russia: Level of Threat to UK
With great respect to the hon. Gentleman, what I accept is that in two and a half weeks, we sorted the defence investment plan. That is a good base to build on. That is £15 billion of additional resource, which sits alongside a commitment …
6 Jul 2026 Russia: Level of Threat to UK
I have huge respect for the Chair of the Select Committee. He will have heard my words the other day on the importance of ensuring that defence is the No. 1 spending priority at the next spending review. That is the moment at which we will…
6 Jul 2026 Russia: Level of Threat to UK
I agree with the right hon. Gentleman; the threat that he has outlined is completely unacceptable. It is reckless, and I commend all those serving on the carrier strike group for the decisive action that they took in responding to it. The …
6 Jul 2026 Russia: Level of Threat to UK
As I hope the hon. and gallant Member will acknowledge, we are the third-largest contributor in cash terms to NATO. This weekend, I visited our personnel deployed on NATO operations in the High North, and together with the Prime Minister a…
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Government posts
- Minister of State (Cabinet Office) · Cabinet Office 6 Sep 2025 – 11 Jun 2026
- Minister of State (Home Office) · Home Office 6 Jul 2024 – 11 Jun 2026
Opposition posts
- Shadow Minister (Home Office) (Security) · Home Office 5 Sep 2023 – 30 May 2024
- Shadow Minister (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs) · Foreign and Commonwealth Office 22 Jun 2015 – 14 Sep 2015
- Shadow Minister (Justice) · Ministry of Justice 7 Oct 2013 – 18 Jun 2015
- Shadow Minister (Culture, Media and Sport) · Department for Culture, Media and Sport 7 Oct 2011 – 7 Oct 2013
Committee memberships
- Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill: Programming sub committee 23 Oct 2024 – 31 Oct 2024
- Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill 23 Oct 2024 – 31 Oct 2024
- Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [HL] 28 Feb 2024 – 7 Mar 2024
- Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill 15 Mar 2023 – 23 Mar 2023
- Carer’s Leave Bill 2 Nov 2022 – 9 Nov 2022
- Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Bill 26 Oct 2022 – 2 Nov 2022
- National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) 30 Oct 2017 – 6 Nov 2019
- Business, Innovation and Skills Committee 21 Mar 2011 – 24 Oct 2011
Previous seats
- Barnsley Central · Elected 4 times 3 Mar 2011 – 30 May 2024
Expenses
Contact & offices
0207 219 1082
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
Corporate Mail Room, PO Box 634, Barnsley, S70 9GG
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Dan Jarvis, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Dan Jarvis?
Dan Jarvis is a Member of Parliament representing Barnsley North in the House of Commons. See Dan Jarvis's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Dan Jarvis represent?
Dan Jarvis sits as Labour. See Dan Jarvis's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Dan Jarvis represent?
Dan Jarvis is the Member of Parliament for Barnsley North. See Dan Jarvis's official Parliament profile.
How long has Dan Jarvis been an MP?
Dan Jarvis has served in the House of Commons for 15 years, 4 months. See Dan Jarvis's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Dan Jarvis?
Dan Jarvis has 5 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Dan Jarvis's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.