At a glanceJosh Newbury is a Labour MP for Cannock Chase, and has represented the seat for 2 years. They have cast 485 votes in Commons divisions (84% attendance), tabled 137 written questions and registered 1 financial interest.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Josh Newbury did not vote in 90. 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
Current roles
- Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL] Committee since 24 Jun 2025
- Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee Committee since 28 Oct 2024
- Labour Party since 4 Jul 2024
- Cannock Chase Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Dr Lauren Sullivan
Labour
100.0% · 437 of 437 shared votes
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Ben Goldsborough
Labour
100.0% · 421 of 421 shared votes
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Dr Allison Gardner
Labour
100.0% · 418 of 418 shared votes
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Ms Julie Minns
Labour
100.0% · 416 of 416 shared votes
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Rushanara Ali
Labour
100.0% · 415 of 415 shared votes
Votes least like
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George Freeman
Conservative
0.8% · 2 of 256 shared votes
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Sir Roger Gale
Conservative
1.1% · 3 of 280 shared votes
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Victoria Atkins
Conservative
1.3% · 4 of 297 shared votes
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Sir Mel Stride
Conservative
1.4% · 4 of 279 shared votes
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Sir Oliver Dowden
Conservative
1.6% · 5 of 311 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.
Miscellaneous1
- Trustee of Norton Canes Community Association (Norton Canes Community Centre). This is an unpaid role. (registered 3 Aug 2024)
Written questions
Artificial Intelligence: Job Creation
?To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that AI creates jobs in the UK.
Answer · 1 Jul 2026
AI is already creating new, well-paid jobs. And we have launched the Pro-worker AI Adoption Prize to promote UK organisations that adopt AI in ways that provide workers with new capabilities and create new jobs.To ensure workers can access these jobs, we ...
EU External Trade: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the EU-Mercosur trade agreement on farmers in Northern Ireland.
Answer · 25 Mar 2026
I understand that the EU-Mercosur interim Trade Agreement will apply provisionally from May 2026, and we will monitor its effects on trade and our imports closely. While Northern Ireland has access to the EU Single Market in agricultural goods alongside t...
Adoption
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent meetings her Department has had with victims of forced adoptions in England.
Answer · 23 Feb 2026
My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education has met with members of the Movement for an Adoption Apology, and the Adult Adoptee Movement, to hear first hand the experiences of those affected by historical adoption practices. Their testimoni...
Countryside Stewardship Scheme and Landscape Recovery Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of funding under the (a) Landscape Recovery and (b) Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier scheme has been received by farms smaller than 200 acres.
Answer · 12 Feb 2026
The Landscape Recovery (LR) scheme does not directly award funding to participant land managers. Rather, the scheme awards funding to Projects, when in their development phase, and to a Single Legal Entity when they are in their implementation phase. This...
Housing: Building Alterations
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including wraparound extensions within permitted development rights for householders.
Answer · 11 Feb 2026
The government continues to keep permitted development rights under review.
Further Education: Teachers
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of salary differences between college lecturers and school teachers on recruitment to further education teaching posts for (a) construction
Answer · 16 Feb 2026
Further education (FE) colleges are responsible for setting and negotiating staff pay and terms and conditions within colleges. The government recognises that colleges are facing recruitment challenges in construction and engineering. That is why our targ...
Fish: Exports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress her Department has made on aligning the Fish Export Service with the EU CATCH system.
Answer · 11 Feb 2026
Following the entry into force of the EU’s new CATCH system on 10 January, we have successfully updated the UK’s Fish Exports Service to allow UK exporters to generate compliant documentation. UK Government has engaged extensively with both UK industry an...
Seafood: Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress her Department has made on digitising the catch certificate scheme.
Answer · 11 Feb 2026
UK catch certificates for export are already available digitally through the Fish Export Service. Catch certificates the Government receive from third countries are generally paper-based documents. The Government will consider any opportunities to move to...
Speeches in the chamber
16 Jul 2026 Sir David Amess Summer Adjournment
Like many colleagues who have spoken, I pay tribute to Sir David Amess. Today, I make a speech that I never thought I would have to make, to pay tribute to a good friend, Councillor Shanika Mahendran, who passed away on 1 July at the ag…
16 Jul 2026 Local Government Reorganisation
Like many in Cannock Chase, I am glad that this reorganisation, which no one asked for and no one voted for, is finally nearing its conclusion. It is fair to say there was not a whole lot of consensus on council boundaries in Staffordshire…
9 Jul 2026 Agri-tech Sector
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee recently had the privilege of visiting New Zealand. We met an Innovate UK delegation promoting incredible British agri-tech innovations like cups that enable substrate-free hydroponics, veg…
9 Jul 2026 Agri-tech Sector
8. What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support the agri-tech sector.
9 Jul 2026 Lobular Breast Cancer: Moon Shot Project
It is a real pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Hobhouse. Thank you for the reminder. I very sincerely thank the hon. Member for Horsham (John Milne) for leading the effort to secure this debate and for his incredibly powerful spe…
6 Jul 2026 Environmental Protection
Cannock Chase knows all too well the impact of waste crime, and especially that of fly-tipping. Residents of Norton Canes and Little Wyrley in particular find that our country lanes, easily accessible from Walsall and Wolverhampton, are bl…
6 Jul 2026 Civil Service Pensions
A constituent of mine who served for 44 years in the civil service contacted me in May and said that, despite assurances given to Ministers that call wait times were down to a couple of minutes, she had waited that day for an hour and 40 m…
1 Jul 2026 Points of Order
On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I seek your guidance on how we can ensure that all Members of this House observe the courtesy of letting other Members know when they will be in their constituency. Last Friday, the hon. Member fo…
30 Jun 2026 Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026
Like the hon. Gentleman, I have previously been a local councillor, so I understand the importance of planning committees and of local democracy around planning decisions, but I find the idea that local councillors will have no ability to …
29 Jun 2026 Animal Abusers
I will never miss an opportunity to thank the RSPCA, including in Leeds South West and Morley and the East Ardsley centre. My hon. Friend is right that RSPCA staff and volunteers often face abuse themselves because many people are rightly …
29 Jun 2026 Animal Abusers
It is a pleasure to speak with you in the Chair, Dr Murrison, for what I think is the first time. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Burton and Uttoxeter (Jacob Collier) for, as always, introducing the debate so thoughtfully as a member…
25 Jun 2026 Business of the House
Last month, my constituent Kyle Pusey was recognised with Cannock Chase district council’s youth endeavour award for his years of outstanding volunteering at Norton Canes library. Kyle is known for being polite, hard-working and always wil…
24 Jun 2026 Farming Road Map and Profitability Review
The road map is a very welcome step forward that will give our farmers certainty for the future. I particularly welcome what the Secretary of State had to say on co-operatives, which could go a long way to redressing the current power imba…
24 Jun 2026 Farming: Financial Sustainability
I thank my hon. Friend the Member for North Northumberland (David Smith) for securing the debate. I have been applying for a debate on this subject for many months, so it is great that we are having one. I warmly welcome the new farming Mi…
23 Jun 2026 Household Budgets
The Chancellor will know that I have raised the need to take action on the costs faced by farmers and families alike, both of which she has done. The great British summer savings scheme will be a brilliant help with the cost of giving kids…
23 Jun 2026 Household Budgets
14. What steps she has taken to help support households with the cost of living.
1 Jun 2026 Health Bill
Before becoming an MP, I worked in communications in our NHS. Combined with numerous stories from my constituents, that gives me a view of the NHS at its best, but also where things do not work as they should. Very few of our constituents …
21 May 2026 Middle East: Economic Response
The Chancellor’s announcement of a £120 million support package for ceramics will of course be welcomed in Stoke-on-Trent, but also in Rugeley in my constituency, which is home to many workers at the Armitage Shanks factory in the constitu…
20 May 2026 Engagements
Q6. Trump’s war in Iran means that the world will have to contend with a spike in inflation throughout this year. Many of my constituents struggle to afford their weekly shop, while our farmers struggle to make a living by producing wha…
19 May 2026 Energy Security
After the increase to the time limit, I think I will buy a lottery ticket tonight, Madam Deputy Speaker. Having worked in energy, I am all too aware that it has not always been high on the political agenda, but since the invasion of Ukr…
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Expenses
Contact & offices
01543 384681
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
11 Market Street, Hednesford, Staffordshire, WS12 1AY
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Josh Newbury, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Josh Newbury?
Josh Newbury is a Member of Parliament representing Cannock Chase in the House of Commons. See Josh Newbury's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Josh Newbury represent?
Josh Newbury sits as Labour. See Josh Newbury's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Josh Newbury represent?
Josh Newbury is the Member of Parliament for Cannock Chase. See Josh Newbury's official Parliament profile.
How long has Josh Newbury been an MP?
Josh Newbury has served in the House of Commons for 2 years. See Josh Newbury's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Josh Newbury?
Josh Newbury has 1 entry in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Josh Newbury's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.