Portrait of Melanie Onn

Melanie Onn

Labour Sitting MP

MP for Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes · in Parliament since 4 July 2024

Parliamentary office

House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA

Tel: 020 7219 7185

Email: melanie.onn.mp@parliament.uk

Constituency office

Constituency office

Tel: 01472 868229

Website

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Parliamentary participation snapshot

Voting participation
74.6%
471 of 631 divisions
Committee attendance
100.0%
51 meetings attended
Debate contributions
303
in the 7 year window
Written questions
206
in the 7 year window
Committee memberships
2
current

Biography

Melanie Onn is the Labour MP for Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

Parliamentary service

ConstituencyFromToNotes
Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes4 July 2024PresentElected 1 time
Great Grimsby7 May 20156 November 2019Elected 2 times

Party affiliations

PartyFromTo
Labour7 May 2015Present

Election history

ElectionConstituencyDateResult
Great Grimsby

Previous ministerial & opposition roles

RoleTypeFromTo
Shadow Minister (Housing, Communities and Local Government) (Housing)Opposition9 January 201827 March 2019
Shadow Minister (Housing)Opposition3 July 20179 January 2018
Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of CommonsOpposition18 September 201527 June 2016

Voting participation

Participation rate
74.6%
Eligible divisions
631
Divisions voted
471

joint 305th of 650 current MPs (3 tied) · all MPs average 71.4% · Labour average 75.4%

Participation by year

Melanie Onn voting participation by yearPercentage of eligible Commons divisions voted in, per calendar year0%25%50%75%100%2024202520262024: 89.0%89.0%2025: 64.9%64.9%2026: 83.5%83.5%
YearEligible divisionsVotedParticipation
2026236197 83.5%
2025322209 64.9%
20247365 89.0%

By Parliament

ParliamentEligible divisionsVotedParticipation
59th631471 74.6%

Participation counts aye, no or teller votes in Commons divisions held while the MP sat. Absence has many legitimate causes (pairing, illness, parental leave, ministerial or Speaker duties).

Parliamentary activity

Debate contributions
303
Written questions
206
Oral questions
29
Early day motions
0
Bills sponsored
1
Petitions presented
0
Committee meetings attended
51

joint 332nd of 650 current MPs (3 tied) · all MPs average 489 · Labour average 363

Written questions per year
Melanie Onn: Written questions per yearNumber of Written questions recorded per calendar year02550751002024: 343420242025: 868620252026: 86862026
Oral questions per year
Melanie Onn: Oral questions per yearNumber of Oral questions recorded per calendar year051015202024: 4420242025: 101020252026: 15152026

Annual breakdown

YearDebate contributionsDebates participatedWritten questionsOral questionsEDMsBills sponsoredPetitions
2026 141 68 86 15 0 1 0
2025 106 61 86 10 0 0 0
2024 56 37 34 4 0 0 0

Committee memberships

Current committees

CommitteeRoleSinceMeetings attendedAttendance
Energy Security and Net Zero Committee Member 17 March 2025 51 of 51 100.0%
Immigration and Asylum Bill Member 9 September 2026 – no published attendance

joint 1st of 515 current MPs (488 tied) · all MPs average 99.6% · Labour average 99.5%

Committee membership history

3 bill committees served on

Hansard activity

Contributions
303
spoken contributions
Debates participated in
166
distinct debates

joint 351st of 650 current MPs (2 tied) · all MPs average 552 · Labour average 425

Contributions per year
Melanie Onn: debate contributions per yearSpoken contributions recorded in Hansard per calendar year0501001502002024: 565620242025: 10610620252026: 1411412026
Debates participated in per year
Melanie Onn: debates participated in per yearDistinct debates the MP contributed to, per calendar year02550751002024: 373720242025: 616120252026: 68682026

Counts come from the Hansard record for the Commons and Westminster Hall within the dataset window. Individual contributions and topic analysis are not yet part of the dataset; search Hansard for the full record.

Parliamentary timeline

Generated from seat, party, role and committee records.

  1. 2015

    • – Became MP for Great Grimsby
    • – Joined Labour
    • – Appointed (opposition): Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons
  2. 2016

    • – Left role: Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons
  3. 2017

    • – Appointed (opposition): Shadow Minister (Housing)
  4. 2018

    • – Appointed (opposition): Shadow Minister (Housing, Communities and Local Government) (Housing)
    • – Left role: Shadow Minister (Housing)
  5. 2019

    • – Left role: Shadow Minister (Housing, Communities and Local Government) (Housing)
  6. 2024

    • – Became MP for Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes
    • – Joined Committee of Privileges
    • – Joined Committee on Standards
  7. 2025

    • – Joined Energy Security and Net Zero Committee
  8. 2026

    • – Joined Immigration and Asylum Bill

Constituency: Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes

Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes constituency boundary
Area
33.3 km²
Latest election
2024 General Election (4 July 2024)
Result
Lab Gain · majority 4,803
Electorate
76,157 · turnout 48.1%
Postcode areas
DN31, DN32, DN33, DN34, DN35, DN37

Statistics cover 7 November 2019 to 7 November 2026. Source: UK Parliament Members, Committees, Commons Votes, Hansard, Questions and Bills APIs, via the UK Politics Decoded dataset. View this MP’s raw JSON.