Labour Party MP for High Peak.
A steady Labour loyalist with a strong local footprint, Jon Pearce has spent much of 2025-26 anchoring his parliamentary work to High Peak's economic needs. His most visible interventions include hosting cement industry leaders at Westminster and helping secure £28.6 million for the Peak Cluster carbon capture project — linking a major local employer to the government's net zero agenda. He has also organised three successive jobs fairs in the constituency, with a fourth planned, drawing more than 50 employers. In parliament, he raised the case of mothers with cancer seeking to delay maternity leave directly with ministers, after hosting campaigners in Westminster.
Pearce votes with Labour on every recorded division — a 100% party-line record across 447 votes — and participates at 79%, modestly below the Commons average. His stance profile marks him as a consistent supporter of workers' rights and progressive taxation, and he backed both the extended employment tribunal time limits and the 2026 carbon budget. His speeches cluster around economy and jobs, defence, and community and culture, with social care and immigration also featuring. Compared with the Labour average, he is notably more supportive of assisted dying access (+28 percentage points above his party) and armed forces welfare (+23 points), and more favourable to local democratic accountability.
His news coverage over the past 90 days spans environment, culture and sport, and cost-of-living topics, though sentiment scores are neutral across all categories — suggesting routine local reporting rather than controversy or standout moments. He holds no committee seats, which limits his formal scrutiny role. No rebel votes appear in the data, making him one of the more reliable government supporters on the Labour benches, though his local campaigning record suggests genuine constituency engagement beyond the division lobbies.
Jon Pearce is the Labour MP for High Peak, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.
Top eight by total divisions voted, this parliament. Volume measures engagement, not direction — see Notable Votes for free-vote moments and rebellions.
Source · The Public Whip · Hansard
Moments where the whip was free, or where Pearce broke ranks. Free votes are the truer signal of personal stance.
No rebellions or free votes recorded yet.
Source · Hansard
“Emphasises harm to young people is occurring now; calls on platforms to implement recommendations immediately rather than waiting for government action.”
“Strongly supports proscription of all three; emphasises Palestine Action's violence, intimidation, and antisemitic harassment campaign as justifying terrorist designation.”
“Supports government action on state-backed terrorism; seeks updates on implementation of Hall's report to improve conviction rates, particularly given arrests in his constituency.”
“Strongly supports amendment 141 to shorten parachute payment protected period; argues parachute payments are primary source of systemic unsustainability and must be addressed urgen…”
Pearce holds no select-committee seat this session. New 2024-intake MPs typically wait one term before being appointed.
| Department | Qs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Social Care | 16 | 24.6% |
| Department for Education | 15 | 23.1% |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 8 | 12.3% |
| Treasury | 6 | 9.2% |
| Department for Work and Pensions | 4 | 6.2% |
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 4 | 6.2% |
| Department for Transport | 2 | 3.1% |
| Department for Culture, Media and Sport | 2 | 3.1% |
What assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Victims’ Right to Review scheme pilot on victims of rape and serious sexual offences.
I recently announced the extension of the Victims Right to Review scheme beyond the West Midlands to the North West, Yorkshire and Humberside, and Wales. I am carefully reviewing the impact of the pilot scheme ahead of decisions on a potent…read full →
What fiscal steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help lower energy bills.
Energy bills are too high. The previous Government left Britain dependent on the roller coaster of gas prices and left families paying around £1.7 billion on their bills for their failed energy efficiency ‘ECO’ scheme This is why we are scr…read full →
What steps she is taking to help increase prosecution rates in cases of violence against women and girls.
This government is committed to halving violence against women and girls. This is my numberone priority as Solicitor General. The CPS’s focus on tackling VAWG is driving an increase in charges across a range of VAWGoffences. For adult rap…read full →
Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an estimate of the time taken for Iran to construct a nuclear weapon.
We are carefully monitoring Iran's nuclear programme and call on Iran to halt and reverse its nuclear escalation. In March, the International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed that Iran has increased its enriched uranium stockpile and enrichme…read full →
Tarmac Cement Ltd 24 March 2026 |
Trevor Chinn 3 September 2025 |
Mr Trevor Chinn 19 June 2025 |
Jon Mendelsohn 28 July 2025 |
Mark Adlestone 26 June 2025 |
Source · Members API · Last amended 29 Apr 2026
| Category | £ | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Staffing | 148,344 | 79.5% |
| Office Costs | 17,363 | 9.3% |
| Accommodation | 11,766 | 6.3% |
| MP Travel | 5,019 | 2.7% |
| Staff Travel | 3,814 | 2.0% |
| Total · 89 claims | 186,586 | 100% |
Source · IPSA · FY 24_25
Nothing tabled for Pearce on the published Order Paper this week.
| Year | Constituency | Votes | Share | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | High Peak | 22,533 | 45.8% | Won |
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jon PearceWON | Lab | 22,533 | 45.8 |
Showing the MP’s own row only. Full result table: see High Peak →