At a glanceJosh Fenton-Glynn is a Labour MP for Calder Valley, and has represented the seat for 2 years. They have cast 491 votes in Commons divisions (85% attendance), tabled 198 written questions and registered 2 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Josh Fenton-Glynn did not vote in 83. 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
- Rare Cancers Bill Committee since 26 Jun 2025
- Licensing Hours Extensions Bill Committee since 4 Jun 2025
- Health and Social Care Committee Committee since 21 Oct 2024
- Calder Valley Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
- Labour Party since 4 Jul 2024
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Alan Strickland
Labour
100.0% · 441 of 441 shared votes
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Paul Waugh
Labour (Co-op)
100.0% · 440 of 440 shared votes
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Paulette Hamilton
Labour
100.0% · 434 of 434 shared votes
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Ben Goldsborough
Labour
100.0% · 428 of 428 shared votes
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Mrs Elsie Blundell
Labour
100.0% · 420 of 420 shared votes
Votes least like
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Sir Roger Gale
Conservative
0.7% · 2 of 289 shared votes
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George Freeman
Conservative
0.8% · 2 of 259 shared votes
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Sir Mel Stride
Conservative
1.1% · 3 of 269 shared votes
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Victoria Atkins
Conservative
1.3% · 4 of 302 shared votes
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Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Conservative
1.3% · 2 of 152 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.
Employment and earnings1
- Councillor - Calderdale Council (registered 26 Jul 2024)
Employment and earnings - Ongoing paid employment1
- Agreement - £2,197.40 (registered 26 Jul 2024)
Written questions
Fire and Rescue Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the Fire and Rescue Services on statutory funding for inland water rescues.
Awaiting an answer from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
Drownings: Disadvantaged
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps is she taking with Cabinet colleagues to tackle drowning among children from lower socioeconomic areas.
Awaiting an answer from the Department for Education.
Drownings: Ethnic Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help tackle the rate of drowning for black children, in the context of an increase of 35% since 2020, given black children are three times more likely to drown than white children.
Awaiting an answer from the Department for Education.
Children: Swimming
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that all children have access to swimming lessons and achieve competency, including lifesaving techniques such as float to live.
Awaiting an answer from the Department for Education.
Children: Swimming
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps is her Department taking to ensure that children understand the potential danger of open water swimming.
Awaiting an answer from the Department for Education.
Yorkshire Water: Medical Equipment and Road Signs and Markings
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of Yorkshire Water’s policy of not providing information signage or lifesaving equipment near open water.
Awaiting an answer from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Drownings
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to undertake a coordinated response to prevent avoidable deaths due to drowning.
Awaiting an answer from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Drownings
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will have discussions with the Prime Minister on appointing a minister responsible for drowning prevention.
Awaiting an answer from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Speeches in the chamber
14 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
The public must have confidence that where there is clear misconduct, action will be taken by medical regulators. However, freedom of information requests that I submitted to the General Medical Council found that only 6% of doctors accuse…
13 Jul 2026 State of Climate and Nature
I represent a constituency at the frontline of the climate and nature emergency. Flood risks are part of our daily life. Moors for the Future has demonstrated that restoring peatland can slow waterflow on hills; water passing over restored…
13 Jul 2026 Seasonal Worker Visas
I am currently taking part in the excellent National Farmers’ Union food and farming fellowship. On a recent visit to a vegetable farm, I was told that the numbers of seasonal worker visas are announced far too late in the farming cycle f…
13 Jul 2026 Seasonal Worker Visas
11. When she plans to announce the number of seasonal worker visas available for 2027.
6 Jul 2026 Civil Service Pensions
I have been contacted about this issue by 14 constituents and have raised their cases. Only three of them have been resolved; the unresolved ones include bereavement cases, which we were told would be prioritised. I went to the drop-in for…
1 Jul 2026 Flood Insurance: Reform of Flood Re
I thank the Minister for her statement and for her ongoing commitment to flood defences—both the natural flood management in which organisations such as Slow the Flow in my constituency specialise, and the more traditional types that have …
30 Jun 2026 National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation
I echo what was said by my colleague from the Health and Social Care Committee, the hon. Member for Oxford West and Abingdon (Layla Moran). Baroness Amos pointed to workforce challenges and their impact on care and safety, and she noted th…
30 Jun 2026 Family Justice System
Will the Minister reassure me that we remain committed to repealing in this Parliament the presumption of contact in family courts, to bring full justice to the 67 children murdered at the hands of abusive ex-partners with whom contact sho…
25 Jun 2026 Steel Trade Measure
I welcome the Minister’s statement, and particularly the decision to remove products where there is no domestic production. That will make a real difference to specialist manufacturers in Calder Valley, but they are understandably worried …
24 Jun 2026 Nottingham Maternity and Neonatal Services
In her remarks this morning, Donna Ockenden noted that maternal deaths are at a 20-year high, and total clinical negligence costs are greater than the money spent on maternity services. That should give us pause for thought. It is a nation…
10 Jun 2026 Child Contact Arrangements
It is true that the Government do not recognise parental alienation and the syndrome, but courts too often do. In fact, a report released just yesterday by the campaign group Right to Equality that analysed language used in family court ju…
1 Jun 2026 Health Bill
This Bill has to be set in the proper context of the mess that we are clearing up from the previous Government. The Darzi report laid bare the crisis in the NHS. We must learn from that Government’s disastrous reorganisation, because we ca…
1 Jun 2026 Health Bill
My hon. Friend is making some powerful points. I hear again and again from parents that while different commissioning bodies argue about who is responsible, children fall through the cracks. Does she agree that we must urge the Secretary o…
1 Jun 2026 Equality Act 2010: Code of Practice
I try to start from a position of empathy on this topic. I have no idea what it is to experience the pain of being born in a body that does not accord with one’s gender, and I do not know what it is to have the very real fear of assault th…
19 May 2026 High Speed 2 Reset
I welcome the clarity and determination to deliver on HS2. Rail investment is infrastructure investment, which drives growth, but may I urge the Secretary of State to look at driving growth between towns as well as between cities, for exam…
27 Apr 2026 Draft Conservation of Habitats and Species (Offshore Wind) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2026
It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Harris. I am always pleased to take part in a Delegated Legislation Committee, but I am particularly pleased to speak in this one, given that it reminds us that it is imperative that we…
21 Apr 2026 Wind Farms: Protected Peatland
I think my position is fairly clear from what I am saying, but my point—this is the very clear thing—is not about a development in Calderdale, but about the principle of trying to tackle climate change and looking at that in the round with…
21 Apr 2026 Wind Farms: Protected Peatland
It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Alec. I wish hon. Members a happy World Curlew Day--tan, small, slender, often up to its knees in muck and at the risk of extinction in West Yorkshire--I also congratulate the hon. Memb…
21 Apr 2026 Wind Farms: Protected Peatland
My hon. Friend is giving a powerful speech. She is absolutely right that the Government are committed to helping with the rewilding and restoration of our peatland. It is probably worth noting that that is done by the Department for Enviro…
16 Apr 2026 Women’s Health Strategy
I welcome this strategy, having worked on maternity and medical misogyny on the Health and Social Care Committee. I will bring up the thorny issue of sexual health. In a recent sitting of the Committee, we heard that a third of sexual heal…
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
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Frequently asked questions
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Who is Josh Fenton-Glynn?
Josh Fenton-Glynn is a Member of Parliament representing Calder Valley in the House of Commons. See Josh Fenton-Glynn's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Josh Fenton-Glynn represent?
Josh Fenton-Glynn sits as Labour. See Josh Fenton-Glynn's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Josh Fenton-Glynn represent?
Josh Fenton-Glynn is the Member of Parliament for Calder Valley. See Josh Fenton-Glynn's official Parliament profile.
How long has Josh Fenton-Glynn been an MP?
Josh Fenton-Glynn has served in the House of Commons for 2 years. See Josh Fenton-Glynn's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Josh Fenton-Glynn?
Josh Fenton-Glynn has 2 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Josh Fenton-Glynn's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.