Barnsley North.

A cabinet minister first, local champion second -- Dan Jarvis was appointed to a senior government role in September 2025, raising his profile considerably and shifting much of his activity to ministerial duties. That explains his 41% voting participation rate, roughly half the Commons average, which is typical for ministers who miss votes while attending to departmental business. Where he has voted, he has backed the government without exception -- 100% Labour alignment across all recorded votes, including blocking the opposition's attempt to refer Keir Starmer to the Privileges Committee in April 2026.

His 896 parliamentary contributions span crime, defence, and technology as the dominant topics -- a pattern that fits a minister with security responsibilities. His stance profile shows strong alignment with workers' rights and housing development, but he sits notably above his Labour colleagues on armed forces welfare (100% versus the party's 49%) and on being tough on crime (60% versus 26%). He falls below party average on local democracy and has not voted in line with the pro-climate-action position in roughly two thirds of relevant votes, which is a meaningful deviation worth noting.

Locally, coverage has been positive -- he has championed miners' pension claims at the Treasury, welcomed pothole repair funding, and backed water quality legislation as directly relevant to Barnsley North. His former career as an Army officer and paratrooper directly informs his consistent focus on defence and armed forces welfare in Parliament. No rebel votes are on record, and no committee memberships are listed, reflecting his executive rather than scrutiny role.