Labour Party MP for Cannock Chase.
One thing stands out about Josh Newbury: in November 2025 he delivered a speech in the Commons disclosing his own experience as a survivor of male rape. Widely reported and praised, it drew attention to a topic rarely aired in parliament. On assisted dying he has been a consistent rebel — voting against the bill at Third Reading in June 2025, against two of its amendments, and opposing a further requirement to assess palliative care provision. He also broke with his party on a Liberal Democrat motion to require the government to negotiate a UK-EU customs union, voting against where Labour voted in favour.
At 85% voting participation and 97.5% party alignment, Newbury is an engaged but broadly loyal MP. His stances diverge from Labour's average most sharply on assisted dying, where he sits 36 percentage points below his colleagues on supporting access, and 21 points above them on opposing it outright. His voting record shows strong alignment with workers' rights and progressive taxation, and near-zero alignment with positions coded as pro-business, pro-civil-liberties, or anti-tax. He has made 238 contributions across 166 debates, with economy and jobs, local government, and health the dominant topics.
He sits on the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, consistent with agriculture and environment featuring heavily in his speeches. A March 2026 debate he led on NHS provision for hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome patients illustrates a recurring pattern: raising specific healthcare gaps with constituency cases as evidence. Local coverage has been positive, including his opening of a new banking hub in Rugeley. No rebel votes have been recorded in 2026 to date. His voting data goes back to July 2024.
Josh Newbury is the Labour MP for Cannock Chase, 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 Newbury broke ranks. Free votes are the truer signal of personal stance.
| Date | Bill / motion | Vote | Whip |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Dec 2025 | UK-EU customs union (duty to negotiate): Ten Minute Rule Motion | No | Freevs party |
| 20 Jun 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 | Yes | Freevs party |
| 20 Jun 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading | No | Freevs party |
Source · Hansard
“Agri-tech is a key growth area with proven innovations; government should coordinate across Science, Innovation and Technology and Business and Trade departments to accelerate star…”
“Strongly backs the reform; notes Cannock Chase suffers from fly-tipping and waste crime in rural lanes and high streets; welcomes Environment Agency power to revoke permits and tra…”
“Raises a point of order seeking guidance on enforcement of the parliamentary convention that Members must notify colleagues before visiting their constituency, citing Lee Anderson'…”
“Councillors retain meaningful influence by engaging with planning officers before decisions; the regulations do not eliminate democratic input, merely streamline the process for mi…”
Bluesky is the only social platform we ingest at the row level. The strip below is computed by classifying each post for substance (vs reposts, social mentions, scheduling) and then by tone (critical / measured / supportive) per target.
| When | Topic | Tone | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 May | Mp Performance | celebratory | “It was great to be out in a scorching #Makerfield this weekend, pounding the streets for @andyburnham.bsky.social 😎☀️🌡️ Voters in Hindley Green were clear th…” |
Select, joint and other committees Newbury currently sits on. Committee work is where much of the line-by-line scrutiny of bills and departments happens, away from the chamber.
| Committee | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee | Member | Select |
Source · UK Parliament Committees API
Committee seats are where backbenchers shape legislation and hold departments to account. Newbury sits on one.
| Department | Qs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 31 | 22.6% |
| Department of Health and Social Care | 25 | 18.2% |
| Department for Education | 16 | 11.7% |
| Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | 14 | 10.2% |
| Treasury | 8 | 5.8% |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 8 | 5.8% |
| Home Office | 7 | 5.1% |
| Department for Culture, Media and Sport | 6 | 4.4% |
?To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that AI creates jobs in the UK.
AI is already creating new, well-paid jobs. And we have launched the Pro-worker AI Adoption Prize to promote UK organisations that adopt AI in ways that provide workers with new capabilities and create new jobs.To ensure workers can access …read full →
What assessment he has made of the potential impact of the EU-Mercosur trade agreement on farmers in Northern Ireland.
I understand that the EU-Mercosur interim Trade Agreement will apply provisionally from May 2026, and we will monitor its effects on trade and our imports closely. While Northern Ireland has access to the EU Single Market in agricultural go…read full →
What recent meetings her Department has had with victims of forced adoptions in England.
My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education has met with members of the Movement for an Adoption Apology, and the Adult Adoptee Movement, to hear first hand the experiences of those affected by historical adoption practices. …read full →
Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress her Department has made on digitising the catch certificate scheme.
UK catch certificates for export are already available digitally through the Fish Export Service. Catch certificates the Government receive from third countries are generally paper-based documents. The Government will consider any opportuni…read full →
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(Registered 3 August 2024) |
Source · Members API · Last amended 16 Aug 2024
| Category | £ | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Staffing | 72,517 | 66.3% |
| Accommodation | 18,259 | 16.7% |
| Office Costs | 15,589 | 14.2% |
| MP Travel | 2,309 | 2.1% |
| Staff Travel | 739 | 0.7% |
| Total · 153 claims | 109,414 | 100% |
Source · IPSA · FY 24_25
Nothing tabled for Newbury on the published Order Paper this week.
| Year | Constituency | Votes | Share | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Cannock Chase | 15,671 | 36.5% | Won |
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josh NewburyWON | Lab | 15,671 | 36.5 |
Showing the MP’s own row only. Full result table: see Cannock Chase →