Jo Platt MP: votes, interests and costs
Jo Platt represents Leigh and Atherton in the House of Commons for Labour (Co-op).
Offices and committees
Jo Platt sits on 2 committees, according to the Parliament Members API.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee | 21 October 2024 | Current |
| Modernisation Committee | 9 September 2024 | Current |
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office) | Cabinet Office | 10 July 2018 | 6 November 2019 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Crime and Policing Bill | 20 March 2025 | 13 May 2025 |
| Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee | 11 December 2017 | 23 July 2018 |
| Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee | 4 December 2017 | 11 December 2017 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 e3d37c0d938a.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests lists 3 entries for Jo Platt: Miscellaneous (2), Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (1). The most recent was registered on 20 October 2026. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Co-operative Group - £500.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Tickets and hospitality at the Co-op Live to watch President Barack Obama
- Value of the benefit: £500.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-10-15
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-10-15
- Name of the donor: Co-operative Group
- Status of the donor: Friendly society
Director of Pride In Leigh CIC, an organisation that hosts Pride events in Leigh. This is an unpaid role.
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Co-opted Governor for Elysium Training. This is an unpaid role.
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 28 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
IPSA, the body that sets and pays MPs' business costs, records staffing spending of £148,829 for Jo Platt in 2024-25 against a budget of £185,538. IPSA lists office spending of £29,557 in the same year. Budgets for that year run from the MP's election on 4 July 2024, as IPSA's reason column states. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £148,829.31 |
| Office costs: spent | £29,556.65 |
| Accommodation: spent | £16,140.72 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £13,663.55 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £21,667 (Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area from 5 July 2024).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Leigh and Atherton BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Office Manager (casual), Senior Caseworker (casual), Office Manager (permanent full time), Caseworker (permanent full time), Senior Caseworker (permanent full time), Constituency Support Officer (permanent full time), Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Intern (fixed term full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
The Commons Votes API records 492 votes by Jo Platt in divisions since 4 July 2024. Of these, 51 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The latest 30 votes on bills and motions are below, from 2 September 2026 to 21 October 2026. On 21 October 2026 Jo Platt voted No on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 28 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
The Written Questions API lists 231 written questions from Jo Platt since 4 July 2024. The latest 10 were addressed to Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Department for Work and Pensions, Treasury and 3 other departments.
Music Venues
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support grassroot music venues.
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the disparity in support available to people with equivalent mobility needs who develop those needs before reaching State Pension Age and qualify for Personal Indepe …
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has considered transitional protection arrangements for recipients of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) enhanced mobility component who reach State Pension Age before the im …
Music Venues: Tickets
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of reducing VAT on cultural ticketing in Grassroots Music Venues.
Retail Trade: Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities have applied for Government funding to support Trading Standards to tackle illicit activity on high streets; and if he will provide a breakdown by loca …
Long Covid: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if we will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing centrally-funded specialist hubs to support patients with Long Covid across the UK.
Children: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what actions he is taking to ensure every ICB is required to provide specialist post-infection services for children in line with NICE guidance.
ADHD Taskforce
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department's policies of the Report of the independent ADHD Taskforce.
Housing: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what action he is taking in response to the findings in the Department's Quantitative Research Report entitled Demolition and Redevelopment or Retrofit Research, published in Mar …
Railways: North West
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of (a) Northern Powerhouse Rail and (b) the Liverpool–Manchester Railway on (i) economic growth, (ii) productivity and (iii) job creation in the North West …
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 966fe7b3b6f9. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Jo Platt.
2024 general election
The House of Commons Library records a majority of 8,881 for Jo Platt in Leigh and Atherton in July 2024, from 19,971 votes on a turnout of 51.5%. Result as published: Lab gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Leigh and Atherton figures
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.