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Patrick Hurley – Southport’s first ever Labour MP

Patrick Hurley campaigning in Southport.

Patrick was elected Southport’s first ever Labour MP in the July 2024 General Election with a decisive majority of 5,789 votes.

Patrick has already been busy working in parliament and back here in Southport, listening to and helping residents. As of the end of January him and his team have worked on around 3,000 cases in the constituency.

Please visit his website – link below – for more details of his work, campaigns, petitions and how to get in touch:

https://patrickhurley.uk/

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Patrick in Parliament

Culture: North of England

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Patrick Hurley received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the British Council’s restructuring plans, including changes to its...

Topical Questions

Work and Pensions

Patrick Hurley made a speech in the House of Commons

The shadow Secretary of State has recently claimed that the Government could save getting on for £2 billion from the welfare bill by bringing in face-to-face assessments. I find this ironic...

Engagements

Patrick Hurley made a speech in the House of Commons

In contrast with the preoccupations of the Leader of the Opposition, my constituents are more concerned with the NHS and waiting lists. Thanks to this Government, across England, waiting lists...

Engagements

Patrick Hurley made a speech in the House of Commons

I thank the Prime Minister for his words in relation to the horrific attack in my constituency, and for the work that the Government are doing as a result. The families affected do not want their...

Topical Questions

Health and Social Care

Patrick Hurley made a speech in the House of Commons

What more can the Government do to ensure that social enterprises delivering NHS services get the same support as internal NHS trusts, and play a bigger role in NHS reform?

NHS: Pay

Department of Health and Social Care

Patrick Hurley received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to extend the 2024-25 NHS pay settlement for staff aligned to Agenda for Change to social enterprises...

Social Enterprises and Community Ownership

Westminster Hall debates

I neglected to declare an interest in my capacity as the chair of the all-party parliamentary group on the social, co-operative and community economy. Does my hon. Friend agree that all Members...

Social Enterprises and Community Ownership

Westminster Hall debates

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir John. My hon. Friend the Member for Leigh and Atherton (Jo Platt) said that ownership matters. She is spot on. Ownership affects who makes...

Maternity Services: Staff

Department of Health and Social Care

Patrick Hurley received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in relation to the staff survey conducted by the National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation team that closed on 9 March 2026, a) how...

Youth Unemployment

Commons debates

Under the previous Government, as the Secretary of State mentioned in his statement, youth employment never reached pre-financial crash levels in any single year, so the country had suffered a...

Ukraine Air Defence: UK Support

Patrick Hurley made a speech in the House of Commons

The Prime Minister’s leadership on Ukraine has been exemplary. Does the Minister agree that that leadership has helped to secure US commitments on security for Ukraine, and that this...

Ukraine Air Defence: UK Support

Patrick Hurley made a speech in the House of Commons

What steps he is taking to increase air defence support to Ukraine.

Co-operative Sector

Patrick Hurley made a speech in the House of Commons

Given the Government’s commitment to growing the co-operative sector, will the Minister commit to working across Government, specifically with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local...

Co-operative Sector

Patrick Hurley made a speech in the House of Commons

What steps he is taking through the Office for the Impact Economy to help increase the size of the co-operative sector.

Small Charity Sector - [Sir Roger Gale in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. In the interests of time, and given your advice, I have cut a huge chunk from my speech, in the hope that we can get more colleagues...

Representation of the People Bill

Commons debates

The hon. Member for Tunbridge Wells (Mike Martin) talked about poisoning the well of politics, and that was a great example of making a partisan point when it was unnecessary to do so. The...

Representation of the People Bill

Commons debates

The hon. Member makes a valid point, and I hope the House listens. It is not healthy for our democracy to be like this. I am not suggesting that individual Members lack legitimacy, but that the...

Representation of the People Bill

Commons debates

There is much in the Bill to welcome. Extending participation, improving voter registration and strengthening the integrity of our elections are all steps in the right direction, but in the time...

Place-based Employment Support Programmes

Westminster Hall debates

I thank you, Dr Murrison, for your exemplary chairing of the debate. I also thank hon. Members who have contributed to the debate. What has come through really clearly is that employment policy...

Place-based Employment Support Programmes

Westminster Hall debates

I agree wholeheartedly with my hon. Friend. Not only can we scale and roll out those programmes, but we can do peer-to-peer learning, so that the best of what works in one part of the country...