Mark Sewards MP
@markjsewards.bsky.social
Labour MP for Leeds South West and Morley.
Oscar & Arthur’s dad, Alice’s husband.
Please send all messages to mark.sewards.mp@parliament.uk
Oscar & Arthur’s dad, Alice’s husband.
Please send all messages to mark.sewards.mp@parliament.uk
A wonderful weekend of events back home in Leeds to round off another busy week in Parliament 🧵
February 16, 2026 at 10:57 AM
A wonderful weekend of events back home in Leeds to round off another busy week in Parliament 🧵
Supporting Leeds United 🤍💙💛
The Elland Road expansion will bring enormous benefits to South Leeds.
We should amplify and extend these by completing the West Yorkshire Mass Transit project as soon as possible.
My question in Parliament 👇
The Elland Road expansion will bring enormous benefits to South Leeds.
We should amplify and extend these by completing the West Yorkshire Mass Transit project as soon as possible.
My question in Parliament 👇
February 13, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Supporting Leeds United 🤍💙💛
The Elland Road expansion will bring enormous benefits to South Leeds.
We should amplify and extend these by completing the West Yorkshire Mass Transit project as soon as possible.
My question in Parliament 👇
The Elland Road expansion will bring enormous benefits to South Leeds.
We should amplify and extend these by completing the West Yorkshire Mass Transit project as soon as possible.
My question in Parliament 👇
‼️Reminder:✌️two walk-in surgeries this week!
Any resident of Leeds South West & Morley is welcome to attend any surgery.
I continue to rotate around 13 different locations in the constituency, almost every week of the year.
Email for details of future surgeries:
📧mark.sewards.mp@parliament.uk
Any resident of Leeds South West & Morley is welcome to attend any surgery.
I continue to rotate around 13 different locations in the constituency, almost every week of the year.
Email for details of future surgeries:
📧mark.sewards.mp@parliament.uk
February 11, 2026 at 5:06 PM
‼️Reminder:✌️two walk-in surgeries this week!
Any resident of Leeds South West & Morley is welcome to attend any surgery.
I continue to rotate around 13 different locations in the constituency, almost every week of the year.
Email for details of future surgeries:
📧mark.sewards.mp@parliament.uk
Any resident of Leeds South West & Morley is welcome to attend any surgery.
I continue to rotate around 13 different locations in the constituency, almost every week of the year.
Email for details of future surgeries:
📧mark.sewards.mp@parliament.uk
Leeds South West & Morley resident Chloe Cheung has to live with a £100,000 bounty on her head for telling the truth about the regime in Hong Kong.
We must use every diplomatic tool at our disposal to remove it.
We must use every diplomatic tool at our disposal to remove it.
February 10, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Leeds South West & Morley resident Chloe Cheung has to live with a £100,000 bounty on her head for telling the truth about the regime in Hong Kong.
We must use every diplomatic tool at our disposal to remove it.
We must use every diplomatic tool at our disposal to remove it.
On the road in Gorton and Denton 🌹
Go and win this Angeliki!
Go and win this Angeliki!
February 8, 2026 at 2:08 PM
On the road in Gorton and Denton 🌹
Go and win this Angeliki!
Go and win this Angeliki!
恭喜發財!
A privilege to open two special Lunar New Year events in Leeds this weekend, attended by many of our Hong Kong neighbours from Leeds South West & Morley.
Thank you to everyone who attended my surgery in New Farnley too. If you missed it, I have two more next week, please email for details.
A privilege to open two special Lunar New Year events in Leeds this weekend, attended by many of our Hong Kong neighbours from Leeds South West & Morley.
Thank you to everyone who attended my surgery in New Farnley too. If you missed it, I have two more next week, please email for details.
February 8, 2026 at 11:36 AM
恭喜發財!
A privilege to open two special Lunar New Year events in Leeds this weekend, attended by many of our Hong Kong neighbours from Leeds South West & Morley.
Thank you to everyone who attended my surgery in New Farnley too. If you missed it, I have two more next week, please email for details.
A privilege to open two special Lunar New Year events in Leeds this weekend, attended by many of our Hong Kong neighbours from Leeds South West & Morley.
Thank you to everyone who attended my surgery in New Farnley too. If you missed it, I have two more next week, please email for details.
❄️🕙FEBRUARY SURGERIES🕛🗓️
As always, any resident in Leeds South West & Morley is welcome to show up to any walk in surgery, or book any appointment, no matter the location.
To book an appointment or find out more, please email mark.sewards.mp@parliament.uk or just turn up to the walk in surgeries.
As always, any resident in Leeds South West & Morley is welcome to show up to any walk in surgery, or book any appointment, no matter the location.
To book an appointment or find out more, please email mark.sewards.mp@parliament.uk or just turn up to the walk in surgeries.
UK Parliament
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February 5, 2026 at 5:04 PM
❄️🕙FEBRUARY SURGERIES🕛🗓️
As always, any resident in Leeds South West & Morley is welcome to show up to any walk in surgery, or book any appointment, no matter the location.
To book an appointment or find out more, please email mark.sewards.mp@parliament.uk or just turn up to the walk in surgeries.
As always, any resident in Leeds South West & Morley is welcome to show up to any walk in surgery, or book any appointment, no matter the location.
To book an appointment or find out more, please email mark.sewards.mp@parliament.uk or just turn up to the walk in surgeries.
🧊January Highlights🎆
📥Cases opened for residents: 728
📤Cases closed for residents: 847
⏳Cases we are currently working on: 486
Please contact us and we will always try to help:
📧mark.sewards.mp@parliament.uk
Detailed highlights on my website:
www.marksewards.co.uk/latest-news/...
📥Cases opened for residents: 728
📤Cases closed for residents: 847
⏳Cases we are currently working on: 486
Please contact us and we will always try to help:
📧mark.sewards.mp@parliament.uk
Detailed highlights on my website:
www.marksewards.co.uk/latest-news/...
January Update — Mark Sewards MP
Highlights from another busy month!
www.marksewards.co.uk
February 3, 2026 at 1:44 PM
🧊January Highlights🎆
📥Cases opened for residents: 728
📤Cases closed for residents: 847
⏳Cases we are currently working on: 486
Please contact us and we will always try to help:
📧mark.sewards.mp@parliament.uk
Detailed highlights on my website:
www.marksewards.co.uk/latest-news/...
📥Cases opened for residents: 728
📤Cases closed for residents: 847
⏳Cases we are currently working on: 486
Please contact us and we will always try to help:
📧mark.sewards.mp@parliament.uk
Detailed highlights on my website:
www.marksewards.co.uk/latest-news/...
Thank you and goodbye Finlay!
My former Office Manager, Finlay Ferguson, has departed for a big new role.
Huge thank you Finlay for all of your tireless work. We wish you all the very best for the future!
He even did a 10k mud run with me for Veterans In Need Together...
My former Office Manager, Finlay Ferguson, has departed for a big new role.
Huge thank you Finlay for all of your tireless work. We wish you all the very best for the future!
He even did a 10k mud run with me for Veterans In Need Together...
February 1, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Thank you and goodbye Finlay!
My former Office Manager, Finlay Ferguson, has departed for a big new role.
Huge thank you Finlay for all of your tireless work. We wish you all the very best for the future!
He even did a 10k mud run with me for Veterans In Need Together...
My former Office Manager, Finlay Ferguson, has departed for a big new role.
Huge thank you Finlay for all of your tireless work. We wish you all the very best for the future!
He even did a 10k mud run with me for Veterans In Need Together...
Huge thank you to everyone who came to a busy surgery in Morley today, and thanks again for your patience as we worked through every case.
Now at Elland Road for Leeds v Arsenal… no place like home #lufc
Now at Elland Road for Leeds v Arsenal… no place like home #lufc
January 31, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Huge thank you to everyone who came to a busy surgery in Morley today, and thanks again for your patience as we worked through every case.
Now at Elland Road for Leeds v Arsenal… no place like home #lufc
Now at Elland Road for Leeds v Arsenal… no place like home #lufc
🕙Morley Walk-in Surgery🕛
Saturday, from 10am until 12pm, at Morley Labour Rooms, LS27 8HY.
I now rotate my weekly surgeries between 13 different locations across the constituency, please contact my team for details about any future surgery:
📧mark.sewards.mp@parliament.uk
Saturday, from 10am until 12pm, at Morley Labour Rooms, LS27 8HY.
I now rotate my weekly surgeries between 13 different locations across the constituency, please contact my team for details about any future surgery:
📧mark.sewards.mp@parliament.uk
January 29, 2026 at 7:38 AM
🕙Morley Walk-in Surgery🕛
Saturday, from 10am until 12pm, at Morley Labour Rooms, LS27 8HY.
I now rotate my weekly surgeries between 13 different locations across the constituency, please contact my team for details about any future surgery:
📧mark.sewards.mp@parliament.uk
Saturday, from 10am until 12pm, at Morley Labour Rooms, LS27 8HY.
I now rotate my weekly surgeries between 13 different locations across the constituency, please contact my team for details about any future surgery:
📧mark.sewards.mp@parliament.uk
On Holocaust Memorial Day we remember the six million Jewish men, women and children murdered during the Holocaust.
We pay tribute to the survivors who tell their stories today.
I signed the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Book of Commitment on behalf of the people of Leeds South West & Morley.
We pay tribute to the survivors who tell their stories today.
I signed the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Book of Commitment on behalf of the people of Leeds South West & Morley.
January 27, 2026 at 8:14 AM
On Holocaust Memorial Day we remember the six million Jewish men, women and children murdered during the Holocaust.
We pay tribute to the survivors who tell their stories today.
I signed the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Book of Commitment on behalf of the people of Leeds South West & Morley.
We pay tribute to the survivors who tell their stories today.
I signed the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Book of Commitment on behalf of the people of Leeds South West & Morley.
On Thursday, the trial of Chow Hang‑tung, Albert Ho and Lee Cheuk‑yan begun in Hong Kong. Their “crime” was organising peaceful candlelight vigils to remember the victims of Tiananmen Square, a tradition kept alive for over 30 years before it was banned.
January 24, 2026 at 7:19 PM
On Thursday, the trial of Chow Hang‑tung, Albert Ho and Lee Cheuk‑yan begun in Hong Kong. Their “crime” was organising peaceful candlelight vigils to remember the victims of Tiananmen Square, a tradition kept alive for over 30 years before it was banned.
NATO's Article 5 has only ever been invoked once; when the US was attacked on 9/11.
The UK answered the call and 457 British service personnel were killed, with many more injured.
Donald Trump's comments are a disgrace.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
The UK answered the call and 457 British service personnel were killed, with many more injured.
Donald Trump's comments are a disgrace.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
Downing Street says Trump 'wrong' to claim Nato troops avoided Afghanistan front line
Veterans and bereaved families call the comments insulting, as the prime minister's spokesperson says
www.bbc.co.uk
January 23, 2026 at 2:49 PM
NATO's Article 5 has only ever been invoked once; when the US was attacked on 9/11.
The UK answered the call and 457 British service personnel were killed, with many more injured.
Donald Trump's comments are a disgrace.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
The UK answered the call and 457 British service personnel were killed, with many more injured.
Donald Trump's comments are a disgrace.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
🎆Should the law change on fireworks?🎆
My contribution to the Westminster Hall debate👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ldo...
My contribution to the Westminster Hall debate👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ldo...
Fireworks - Sale of Fireworks 19-01-26
YouTube video by Mark Sewards MP
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January 21, 2026 at 11:14 AM
🎆Should the law change on fireworks?🎆
My contribution to the Westminster Hall debate👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ldo...
My contribution to the Westminster Hall debate👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ldo...
Thank you to all the residents in East Ardsley who took the time to speak with me at my surgery at St Michael’s Church.
Also very important to spend time on the doors in East Ardsley with your Labour councillors!
If there’s anything I can help with, please email me: mark.sewards.mp@parliament.uk
Also very important to spend time on the doors in East Ardsley with your Labour councillors!
If there’s anything I can help with, please email me: mark.sewards.mp@parliament.uk
January 18, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Thank you to all the residents in East Ardsley who took the time to speak with me at my surgery at St Michael’s Church.
Also very important to spend time on the doors in East Ardsley with your Labour councillors!
If there’s anything I can help with, please email me: mark.sewards.mp@parliament.uk
Also very important to spend time on the doors in East Ardsley with your Labour councillors!
If there’s anything I can help with, please email me: mark.sewards.mp@parliament.uk
🕧 East Ardsley Walk-in Surgery🕑
Saturday, from 12:30pm until 2pm, at St Michael’s Church Hall, WF3 2LJ.
I now rotate my weekly surgeries between 13 different locations across the constituency, please contact my team for details about any future surgery.
📧mark.sewards.mp@parliament.uk
Saturday, from 12:30pm until 2pm, at St Michael’s Church Hall, WF3 2LJ.
I now rotate my weekly surgeries between 13 different locations across the constituency, please contact my team for details about any future surgery.
📧mark.sewards.mp@parliament.uk
January 16, 2026 at 11:52 AM
🕧 East Ardsley Walk-in Surgery🕑
Saturday, from 12:30pm until 2pm, at St Michael’s Church Hall, WF3 2LJ.
I now rotate my weekly surgeries between 13 different locations across the constituency, please contact my team for details about any future surgery.
📧mark.sewards.mp@parliament.uk
Saturday, from 12:30pm until 2pm, at St Michael’s Church Hall, WF3 2LJ.
I now rotate my weekly surgeries between 13 different locations across the constituency, please contact my team for details about any future surgery.
📧mark.sewards.mp@parliament.uk
Northern Powerhouse Rail is a multi-billion pound commitment to the North and I absolutely welcome that the Government will now prioritise Yorkshire as part of Phase 1.
Alongside this, we must also deliver the West Yorkshire Tram, which links Leeds and Bradford, as soon as possible.
Alongside this, we must also deliver the West Yorkshire Tram, which links Leeds and Bradford, as soon as possible.
January 15, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Northern Powerhouse Rail is a multi-billion pound commitment to the North and I absolutely welcome that the Government will now prioritise Yorkshire as part of Phase 1.
Alongside this, we must also deliver the West Yorkshire Tram, which links Leeds and Bradford, as soon as possible.
Alongside this, we must also deliver the West Yorkshire Tram, which links Leeds and Bradford, as soon as possible.
Where are the most dangerous roads in Leeds South West & Morley? People who live here know the answers.
But even when residents know a road is dangerous, we're often told that a fatality has to occur, or that the mean average speed must be higher, before something is done:
But even when residents know a road is dangerous, we're often told that a fatality has to occur, or that the mean average speed must be higher, before something is done:
January 12, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Where are the most dangerous roads in Leeds South West & Morley? People who live here know the answers.
But even when residents know a road is dangerous, we're often told that a fatality has to occur, or that the mean average speed must be higher, before something is done:
But even when residents know a road is dangerous, we're often told that a fatality has to occur, or that the mean average speed must be higher, before something is done:
Thank you so much to everyone who came to my surgery at Drighlington Methodist Church today!
I rotate my weekly surgeries around 11 different locations in Leeds South West & Morley.
Please email me if you want to meet or to raise an issue: mark.sewards.mp@parliament.uk
I rotate my weekly surgeries around 11 different locations in Leeds South West & Morley.
Please email me if you want to meet or to raise an issue: mark.sewards.mp@parliament.uk
January 10, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Thank you so much to everyone who came to my surgery at Drighlington Methodist Church today!
I rotate my weekly surgeries around 11 different locations in Leeds South West & Morley.
Please email me if you want to meet or to raise an issue: mark.sewards.mp@parliament.uk
I rotate my weekly surgeries around 11 different locations in Leeds South West & Morley.
Please email me if you want to meet or to raise an issue: mark.sewards.mp@parliament.uk
🕙Drighlington Walk-in Surgery Reminder🕛
Saturday, from 10am until 12pm, at Drighlington Methodist Church.
I rotate my weekly surgeries between 11 different locations across the constituency, please contact my team for details about any future surgery.
📧mark.sewards.mp@parliament.uk
Saturday, from 10am until 12pm, at Drighlington Methodist Church.
I rotate my weekly surgeries between 11 different locations across the constituency, please contact my team for details about any future surgery.
📧mark.sewards.mp@parliament.uk
January 8, 2026 at 3:02 PM
🕙Drighlington Walk-in Surgery Reminder🕛
Saturday, from 10am until 12pm, at Drighlington Methodist Church.
I rotate my weekly surgeries between 11 different locations across the constituency, please contact my team for details about any future surgery.
📧mark.sewards.mp@parliament.uk
Saturday, from 10am until 12pm, at Drighlington Methodist Church.
I rotate my weekly surgeries between 11 different locations across the constituency, please contact my team for details about any future surgery.
📧mark.sewards.mp@parliament.uk
Organisations like Leeds Women's Aid do essential work for some of the most vulnerable women in our city.
One of the issues they have raised with me consistently is the amount of time they have to dedicate to making applications for short-term grants. I asked the minister to address this point.
One of the issues they have raised with me consistently is the amount of time they have to dedicate to making applications for short-term grants. I asked the minister to address this point.
January 6, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Organisations like Leeds Women's Aid do essential work for some of the most vulnerable women in our city.
One of the issues they have raised with me consistently is the amount of time they have to dedicate to making applications for short-term grants. I asked the minister to address this point.
One of the issues they have raised with me consistently is the amount of time they have to dedicate to making applications for short-term grants. I asked the minister to address this point.
🎉2025 Summary✅
📥6900 cases opened for residents
📤7368 cases closed for residents
🔊132 spoken contributions
🗣️45 in-person surgeries
🏬Over 200 visits to businesses, charities and local organisations.
I'm here to help: mark.sewards.mp@parliament.uk
www.marksewards.co.uk/latest-news/...
📥6900 cases opened for residents
📤7368 cases closed for residents
🔊132 spoken contributions
🗣️45 in-person surgeries
🏬Over 200 visits to businesses, charities and local organisations.
I'm here to help: mark.sewards.mp@parliament.uk
www.marksewards.co.uk/latest-news/...
December Update and Full Year Stats — Mark Sewards MP
Highlights from another busy month!
www.marksewards.co.uk
January 5, 2026 at 3:14 PM
🎉2025 Summary✅
📥6900 cases opened for residents
📤7368 cases closed for residents
🔊132 spoken contributions
🗣️45 in-person surgeries
🏬Over 200 visits to businesses, charities and local organisations.
I'm here to help: mark.sewards.mp@parliament.uk
www.marksewards.co.uk/latest-news/...
📥6900 cases opened for residents
📤7368 cases closed for residents
🔊132 spoken contributions
🗣️45 in-person surgeries
🏬Over 200 visits to businesses, charities and local organisations.
I'm here to help: mark.sewards.mp@parliament.uk
www.marksewards.co.uk/latest-news/...
Thank you so much to everyone who came to my surgery in Wortley today, the first of 2026!
We'll continue our weekly surgery rotation between a dozen different locations across Leeds South West & Morley, please email for details:
📧mark.sewards.mp@parliament.uk
We'll continue our weekly surgery rotation between a dozen different locations across Leeds South West & Morley, please email for details:
📧mark.sewards.mp@parliament.uk
January 3, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Thank you so much to everyone who came to my surgery in Wortley today, the first of 2026!
We'll continue our weekly surgery rotation between a dozen different locations across Leeds South West & Morley, please email for details:
📧mark.sewards.mp@parliament.uk
We'll continue our weekly surgery rotation between a dozen different locations across Leeds South West & Morley, please email for details:
📧mark.sewards.mp@parliament.uk
🕙Wortley walk-in Surgery Reminder🕛
Tomorrow, from 10am until 12pm, inside St John’s Church.
All residents of Leeds South West & Morley welcome.
I rotate my weekly surgeries between 11 different locations across the constituency, please contact my team for details.
📧mark.sewards.mp@parliament.uk
Tomorrow, from 10am until 12pm, inside St John’s Church.
All residents of Leeds South West & Morley welcome.
I rotate my weekly surgeries between 11 different locations across the constituency, please contact my team for details.
📧mark.sewards.mp@parliament.uk
January 2, 2026 at 2:00 PM
🕙Wortley walk-in Surgery Reminder🕛
Tomorrow, from 10am until 12pm, inside St John’s Church.
All residents of Leeds South West & Morley welcome.
I rotate my weekly surgeries between 11 different locations across the constituency, please contact my team for details.
📧mark.sewards.mp@parliament.uk
Tomorrow, from 10am until 12pm, inside St John’s Church.
All residents of Leeds South West & Morley welcome.
I rotate my weekly surgeries between 11 different locations across the constituency, please contact my team for details.
📧mark.sewards.mp@parliament.uk