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Josh Fenton-Glynn

Labour MP for Calder Valley

Elected 2024-07-04

Constituency outline of Calder Valley with neighbours greyed
Calder Valley
£152.1K Expenses claimed · rank #856 of 650
£0 Donations received
1 Declared interests
0 Red flags

How They Voted

VOTED FOR Employer National Insurance Increase
VOTED AGAINST VAT on Private Schools
VOTED FOR Illegal Migration Act Repeal
VOTED AGAINST Assisted Dying Bill
VOTED FOR Water Company Regulation
VOTED FOR House of Lords Hereditary Peers
VOTED AGAINST Defence Spending 2.5% GDP

Recent Public Statements

Latest verbatim posts and speeches from Josh Fenton-Glynn on Bluesky and gov.uk. Sourced directly from public APIs. No paraphrase, no editorialising.

Bluesky
When Mike Payne was suspended by the Conservative Party for his post on twitter referring to “Muslim Parasites” I thought we in Calderdale had seen the last of him. Calderdale Reform have just made him a cabinet member. Calderdale is better than this www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl...
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🚨 OUT NOW 🚨 Starmer on the brink after May 7 mauling 🌹 Labour MP @joshfg.bsky.social, Persuasion UK's @steveakehurst.bsky.social & Tony Blair Institute's Ryan Wain join @alaintolhurst.bsky.social & @siennarodgers.bsky.social to discuss Keir Starmer's leadership crisis 🎧 Listen now: pod.fo/e/416405
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This week, the APPG on Less Survivable Cancers held its AGM. We're delighted to announce the election of Chair @paulettehamiltonmp.bsky.social, Vice-Chair @charliemaynard.bsky.social and Officers - Lord Moylan and @joshfg.bsky.social. The APPG will continue to work to improve outcomes for LSCs.
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Bluesky
Methodologically more robust than Find Out Now!
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I am told @reform-uk-official.bsky.social have posted Colne Valley flyers for Kirklees to my Calderdale constituents in Outlane. You’d have thought of all people Reform would respect a border!
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Bluesky
Very pleased to see the work I’ve done on sexual misconduct in medicine being featured in the Daily Mail this weekend www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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Bluesky
This week we launched the national cancer plan. It will revolutionise research, care, treatment and survival for cancer sufferers. This has been lauded by doctors and cancer charities alike. I’m proud to be in parliament fighting for our cancer treatment to be the best in the world.
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Bluesky
We just need 45 more defections to make the Lib Dems the official opposition….
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Said One Thing, Voted Another?

Verbatim Hansard contributions placed beside how this MP actually voted. See the full Lie Detector for methodology.

VAT on Private Schools Voted AGAINST
I am proud to have gone to Calder high school in my constituency—the first purpose-built comprehensive school in the north of England. The history of that school and its teachers are fantastic, but the building is not. After years of under-investment in the capital programme and …
VAT: Independent Schools · 2024-10-08
Assisted Dying Bill Voted AGAINST
I have the pleasure of sitting with my hon. Friend on the Health and Social Care Select Committee. I am well aware, as she is, that palliative care is not where it should be. That is one of the reasons I am voting against this Bill today, because we know—as my hon. Friend knows f …
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2025-06-20

Expenses Breakdown

Total: £152,065. Rank: #856 of 650 MPs. Source: IPSA.

Staffing
£97,408
Office
£22,319
Accommodation
£21,682
Travel
£10,657

What They Actually Claimed For

Itemised IPSA claims for the 89 expense lines this MP submitted. Total paid: £161,313. Source: IPSA individualBusinessCosts.

28 items for review
  • £1,738 Single claim of £1,737.64 for Council tax (Accommodation) on 14/04/2025.
  • £585 Single claim of £585.00 for Hotel - London (Accommodation) on 09/09/2024.
  • £2,750 Single claim of £2,750.00 for Rent (Accommodation) on 11/02/2025.
  • £5,500 Single claim of £5,500.00 for Rent (Accommodation) on 06/11/2024.
  • £2,750 Single claim of £2,750.00 for Rent (Accommodation) on 10/12/2024.
  • £2,750 Single claim of £2,750.00 for Rent (Accommodation) on 12/09/2024.
  • £2,750 Single claim of £2,750.00 for Rent (Accommodation) on 11/03/2025.
  • £2,750 Single claim of £2,750.00 for Rent (Accommodation) on 09/01/2025.
  • £780 Single claim of £780.00 for Hotel - London (MP Travel) on 31/03/2025.
  • £5,907 Single claim of £5,906.69 for Rail (MP Travel) on 31/03/2025.
  • £3,524 Single claim of £3,523.62 for Equipment - purchase (Other office equipment) on 31/03/2025.
  • £2,705 Single claim of £2,705.27 for Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs (Office Costs) on 17/10/2024.
  • £960 Single claim of £960.00 for Moving Fees (Legal costs) on 20/11/2024.
  • £3,000 Single claim of £3,000.00 for Pooled staffing services (Parliamentary Research Service (Labour)) on 03/10/2024.
  • £950 Single claim of £950.00 for Rent (Office Costs) on 01/11/2024.
  • £950 Single claim of £950.00 for Rent (Office Costs) on 24/02/2025.
  • £950 Single claim of £950.00 for Rent (Office Costs) on 15/01/2025.
  • £950 Single claim of £950.00 for Rent (Office Costs) on 03/04/2025.
  • £950 Single claim of £950.00 for Rent (Office Costs) on 03/04/2025.
  • £950 Single claim of £950.00 for Rent (Office Costs) on 09/12/2024.
  • £1,440 Single claim of £1,440.00 for Software & applications (Office Costs) on 20/08/2024.
  • £600 Single claim of £600.00 for Software & applications (Office Costs) on 20/08/2024.
  • £501 Single claim of £500.83 for Stationery & printing (Office Costs) on 11/04/2025.
  • £860 Single claim of £860.00 for Venue hire, meetings & surgeries (Office Costs) on 21/10/2024.
  • £2,284 Single claim of £2,284.00 for Hotel - London (Staff Travel) on 31/03/2025.

Search the top 30 claims paid

Showing 20 of 30 claims. Total paid £153,530

31/03/2025StaffingPayrollFY 24-25
Total Staffing budget payroll costs for the 2024-25 year0
£97,408
31/03/2025MP TravelRailFY 24-25
Aggregated figure for travel during 2024-250
£5,907
06/11/2024AccommodationRentFY 24-25
[***] - 2 MONTHS RENT £5,500 - [***]0
£5,500
31/03/2025Office CostsEquipment - purchaseFY 24-25
Other office equipment0
£3,524
13/05/2025AccommodationCouncil taxFY 25-26
LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMB0
£3,082
03/10/2024Office CostsPooled staffing servicesFY 24-25
Parliamentary Research Service (Labour)0
£3,000
11/02/2025AccommodationRentFY 24-25
0
£2,750
10/12/2024AccommodationRentFY 24-25
0
£2,750
12/09/2024AccommodationRentFY 24-25
[***] - First Month´s Rent -0
£2,750
11/03/2025AccommodationRentFY 24-25
0
£2,750
09/01/2025AccommodationRentFY 24-25
0
£2,750
17/10/2024Office CostsMaintenance, Redecorations & RepairsFY 24-25
Constituency Office Fitting Out [***]0
£2,705
31/03/2025Staff TravelHotel - LondonFY 24-25
Aggregated figure for travel during 2024-2512 nights
£2,284
14/04/2025AccommodationCouncil taxFY 24-25
LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMB [200011782-262]0
£1,738
16/06/2025Office CostsSoftware & applicationsFY 25-26
ELECTED TECHNOLOGIES0
£1,476
20/08/2024Office CostsSoftware & applicationsFY 24-25
ELECTED TECHNOLOGIES0
£1,440
31/03/2025Staff TravelRailFY 24-25
Aggregated figure for travel during 2024-250
£1,234
20/11/2024Office CostsMoving FeesFY 24-25
Legal costs0
£960
01/11/2024Office CostsRentFY 24-25
Constituency Office Rent - November 2024 [***]0
£950
24/02/2025Office CostsRentFY 24-25
Constituency Office Rent - February 2024 [***]0
£950

Year on year

FY 24-25 59 claims £152,065
FY 25-26 30 claims £9,248

Travel

£10,657 paid across 0 trips.

Accommodation

£25,086 paid across 8 nights.

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