At a glanceMr Jonathan Brash is a Labour MP for Hartlepool, and has represented the seat for 2 years. They have cast 427 votes in Commons divisions (74% attendance), tabled 32 written questions and registered 2 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Mr Jonathan Brash did not vote in 148. 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
- Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee Committee since 22 Jun 2026
- Labour Party since 4 Jul 2024
- Hartlepool Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Steve Witherden
Labour
100.0% · 365 of 365 shared votes
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Michael Payne
Labour
100.0% · 337 of 337 shared votes
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Dan Aldridge
Labour
100.0% · 276 of 276 shared votes
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Emily Thornberry
Labour
100.0% · 218 of 218 shared votes
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Lorraine Beavers
Labour
99.7% · 387 of 388 shared votes
Votes least like
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Mr Mark Francois
Conservative
1.2% · 3 of 248 shared votes
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Sir James Cleverly
Conservative
1.4% · 4 of 290 shared votes
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Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Conservative
1.4% · 2 of 140 shared votes
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Sir Roger Gale
Conservative
1.5% · 4 of 264 shared votes
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Andrew Griffith
Conservative
1.5% · 4 of 259 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.
Land and property (within or outside the UK)1
- Property in Spennymoor (registered 25 Jul 2024)
Shareholdings1
- Shares in Hargreaves Brash Property Ltd (registered 25 Jul 2024)
Written questions
Further Education: VAT
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the current VAT arrangements for further education colleges.
Answer · 2 Jul 2026
While VAT is a matter for His Majesty’s Treasury, the department recognises that the VAT status of further education (FE) providers remains an issue of interest to the sector. The government continues to look into the VAT position of FE colleges, noting m...
Arts: North East
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on economic growth in the North East generated by the creative industries following the BBC’s recent announcement of a cut of £500m in its bud
Answer · 28 Apr 2026
The BBC is a vital national institution and an engine of the nations and regions, including the North East of England. In that context, this news is concerning for the BBC workforce who are facing significant uncertainty, and for the sector as a whole. Th...
State Retirement Pensions: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman report on changes to women's State Pension age, published on 21 March 2024, if he will make an assessment of the potential (a) economic a
Answer · 17 Apr 2026
The Government carefully considered the findings of the Ombudsman’s report on the communication of changes to women’s State Pension age, and a detailed response including an Equality Analysis has been deposited in the House Library.
Access to Work Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his department will make an assessment of the potential merits of using some of the additional £1 billion per year allocated for tailored employment support for Disabled people on out of work benefit
Answer · 31 Mar 2026
We are continuing to consider what support we provide in this space in the future. We will make use of the outcomes of the Pathways to Work Green Paper consultation, the Collaboration Committees, and upcoming work of the Independent Disability Advisory Pa...
Access to Work Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Access to Work programme has adequate resources to meet projected demand.
Answer · 31 Mar 2026
Demand for Access to Work has increased significantly since 2019/20, with more than double the number of applications in 2024/25. Since March 2024 we have increased the number of staff working on Access to Work claims by 29% from 500 full time equivalent ...
Access to Work Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Get Britain Working White Paper of 2024, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of increased levels of demand for the Access to Work programme as a result
Answer · 31 Mar 2026
We are continuing to consider what support we provide in this space in the future. We will make use of the outcomes of the Pathways to Work Green Paper consultation, the Collaboration Committees, and upcoming work of the Independent Disability Advisory Pa...
Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Facilities
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to publish a long-term strategy for improving driver welfare facilities.
Answer · 31 Mar 2026
There are no current plans to publish a national strategy on HGV parking and welfare facilities. Work is underway in the Department to improve understanding of lorry parking capacity and demand and driver welfare needs, including a national survey of lorr...
Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with the haulage sector on the safety of drivers using overnight facilities.
Answer · 30 Mar 2026
Department for Transport ministers and officials hold regular discussions with representatives from the logistics and haulage industry to understand the sector’s priorities, including the safety of drivers and overnight facilities. Recent engagement with ...
Early day motions
| 19 May 2026 | Seven-year anniversary of the mixed-aged couples’ rule | 37 sig. |
| 17 Jul 2024 | Hartlepool Carers' 30th anniversary | 9 sig. |
Speeches in the chamber
14 Jul 2026 Coastal Communities: Isolation and Hidden Deprivation
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Alec. Hartlepool is a town with a proud coastal and industrial heritage, but above all, it is a town of proud people. We spend a great deal of time in this place talking about the conc…
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill
I can say absolutely wholeheartedly that the Home Secretary retains my complete support for seeing this legislation through in full. Does she not agree that, as we take this action forward, it is important not just that the hotels are redu…
13 Jul 2026 Illegal Immigrants: Offshore Detention and Deportation
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Twigg. I am grateful for the opportunity to contribute to the debate, and I am grateful to the 1,744 people in Hartlepool who signed the petition. That is a significant number of my con…
6 Jul 2026 Foreign Interference in UK Politics
I welcome the Minister’s statement. It is integral that the public out there are confident that their politicians are not for sale. It is a shame that a small number of individuals make such actions necessary. I wonder whether the Minister…
6 Jul 2026 Rochdale Grooming Gang: Offender Deportation
Some crimes are so despicable and some individuals so evil that they forfeit their rights and their protections, and we must change the law to ensure that they are never afforded them. Is not the law change required here to ensure that no …
6 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
T5. Hartlepool, like the rest of the north-east, has always been critical to our defence industry, including brilliant Hartlepool companies such as Merlin Flex. Will the Minister outline how the record investment secured by this Labour …
2 Jul 2026 Commonhold and Leasehold Reform: Managing Agents
As I was saying, I welcome the Government’s commitment to leasehold reform, but Ministers must ensure that estate management companies are not treated as an afterthought. The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 provides important powers…
2 Jul 2026 Commonhold and Leasehold Reform: Managing Agents
From the moment I was elected in Hartlepool, my inbox, surgeries and public meetings were filled with people telling me remarkably similar and shocking stories about their estate management companies. That is what I wish to focus my remark…
2 Jul 2026 Business of the House
Ward Jackson primary school in Hartlepool has been named one of the top 10 schools in the world for overcoming adversity on behalf of their pupils. In the words of the award organiser, it is a school where “leaders refuse to let circums…
30 Jun 2026 Steel Tariffs: Northern Ireland
The world has moved on and we no longer live in a free trade utopia, as some might wish. It is clearly difficult to impose protections for our steel industry, but it is the right thing to do. Does the Minister agree that failing to impose…
24 Jun 2026 North Sea Oil and Gas
I fully support more drilling in the North sea and the granting of more licences—I believe that is important for energy security—but I think it is important to be straight with the British people. As things currently stand, that would not …
9 Jun 2026 Healthwatch
While I support the Government’s desire to drive out bureaucracy from the NHS and simplify systems for patients, Healthwatch Hartlepool has done an outstanding job in ensuring that patients’ voices are heard as systems and services are imp…
8 Jun 2026 Immigration Rules: Economic Impact
In Hartlepool we are reversing 30 years of globalisation and taking advantage of the unprecedented falls in immigration, thanks to this Home Secretary, and training our own, whether through our Health and Social Care Academy, our civil eng…
8 Jun 2026 Progression of Bills through Parliament
My hon. Friend used a word that has been used several times today: filibuster. In essence, that means “stop at all costs”. Given that that has been the behaviour of the House of Lords, has it not given up its rights as a revising Chamber i…
4 Jun 2026 Children’s Social Care: Enduring Relationships Strategy
I warmly welcome the Minister’s statement today and pay tribute to him for his enduring commitment to this issue, which started long before he came to this place. Improving the lives of children in care and care leavers must be our highest…
4 Jun 2026 Business of the House
Constituents in Wynyard Mews in Hartlepool are being ridden roughshod over by their estate management company Praxis, just as residents at Marine Point are by Sela management, along with many others across the town. I met Praxis and secure…
4 Jun 2026 Jury Trials
There is considerable scepticism across the House, and among experts outside this place, including in the Criminal Bar Association, about whether restricting jury trials will have any impact on the backlog. Does the Solicitor General under…
3 Jun 2026 Seasonal Hospitality Businesses in Coastal Areas
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stuart. I congratulate the hon. Member for Isle of Wight East (Joe Robertson) on securing this important debate, which matters enormously to communities like Hartlepool. For far too lon…
2 Jun 2026 Topical Questions
Today, X-energy and Centrica’s proposals for advanced modular reactors at Hartlepool reached another major milestone with the submission of an application for a generic design assessment. Given the importance of retaining Hartlepool’s worl…
1 Jun 2026 Topical Questions
My constituent David Hewitt was dismissed from the RAF simply for being gay, and that was just days before the armed forces lifted the ban on LGBT service personnel. Years later, he is still waiting for the restoration of his rank and fina…
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Committee memberships
- Victims and Courts Bill 17 Jun 2025 – 24 Jun 2025
Expenses
Contact & offices
01429 801 424
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
206 York Road, Hartlepool, TS26 9EB
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Mr Jonathan Brash, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Mr Jonathan Brash?
Mr Jonathan Brash is a Member of Parliament representing Hartlepool in the House of Commons. See Mr Jonathan Brash's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Mr Jonathan Brash represent?
Mr Jonathan Brash sits as Labour. See Mr Jonathan Brash's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Mr Jonathan Brash represent?
Mr Jonathan Brash is the Member of Parliament for Hartlepool. See Mr Jonathan Brash's official Parliament profile.
How long has Mr Jonathan Brash been an MP?
Mr Jonathan Brash has served in the House of Commons for 2 years. See Mr Jonathan Brash's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Mr Jonathan Brash?
Mr Jonathan Brash has 2 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Mr Jonathan Brash's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.