About Ian
In Parliament
I was first elected as MP for Liverpool West Derby on 12 December 2019 and then for a second time on 4 July 2024. In the 2024 General Election I received 25,302 votes, equal to 66.6% of votes cast.
I am immensely proud to be the Parliamentary lead on the Hillsborough Law Now Campaign and the Right To Food Campaign - which you can read more about on this website.
In the 2019-2024 Parliament I sat on the Housing, Communities & Local Government Select Committee which scrutinised the policy, administration and spending of the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. I also sat on the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Committee which scrutinised the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs.
Hillsborough Law Now Campaign
I am immensely proud to lead the Hillsborough Law Now Campaign in Parliament. Our inaugural Parliamentary meeting heard from campaigners on Hillsborough, Grenfell, Blood Contamination, Covid-19 Bereavement, Nuclear Test veterans and from fellow Parliamentarians and legal experts.
MP of the Year 2022
In March 2022 I was named MP of The Year at the Patchwork Foundation MP Awards in Parliament. At a ceremony in Westminster hosted and presented by Patchwork Patron, Mr Speaker, Rt Hon Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP, I was honoured to win Overall MP of The Year, the foundation’s top honour.
Fans Supporting Foodbanks
In 2015 I co-founded Fans Supporting Foodbanks, a volunteer community initiative by football fans to tackle food poverty in Liverpool, formed by representatives of Everton FC and Liverpool FC supporters’ groups.
Food collections take place outside every home game at Anfield and Goodison Park, with fans of Liverpool FC, Everton FC and visiting teams providing as much as 30% of donations to North Liverpool foodbanks.
Follow Fans Supporting Foodbanks on social media at Twitter @SFoodbanks and Facebook @FansSupportingFoodbanks.