Rt Hon John Healey MP
Labour
Rawmarsh and Conisbrough
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The Rt Hon John Healey is the Labour MP for Rawmarsh and Conisbrough, and has been an MP continually since 1 May 1997.
He currently holds the Government post of Secretary of State for Defence.
Pay & earnings · 2026
MP base salary
£29,586
/ £93,904 annual
115 days served — year-to-date
· annual rate £93,904
Declared outside earnings
£0
0 registered interests published in 2026
Total (salary + chair + declared)
£29,586
Base salary: House of Commons Library SN02644 / IPSA. Earnings from Register of Interests (API), published during 2026.
Constituencies represented
2024-07-04 → present
Rawmarsh and Conisbrough
current
2010-05-06 → 2024-05-30
Wentworth and Dearne
1997-05-01 → 2010-05-06
Wentworth
Party history
1997-05-01 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
2024-07-05 → present
Secretary of State for Defence
2009-06-05 → 2010-05-06
Minister of State (Department for Communities and Local Government) (Housing)
2007-06-29 → 2009-06-05
Minister of State (Department of Communities and Local Government) (Local Government)
2005-05-10 → 2007-06-28
Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)
2002-05-30 → 2005-05-10
Economic Secretary (HM Treasury)
2001-06-11 → 2002-05-30
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education and Skills)
Opposition posts
2020-04-06 → 2024-05-30
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
2018-01-09 → 2020-04-06
Shadow Secretary of State for Housing
2016-10-07 → 2018-01-09
Shadow Secretary of State for Housing
2015-09-14 → 2016-06-27
Shadow Minister (Communities and Local Government) (Housing and Planning)
2010-10-08 → 2011-10-07
Shadow Secretary of State for Health
2010-05-12 → 2010-10-08
Shadow Minister (Housing)
Committee memberships
1997-07-14 → 1999-11-29
Education & Employment
2004-12-20 → 2009-01-12
Tax Law Rewrite Bills (Joint Committee)
2005-07-20 → 2007-11-19
Public Accounts Committee
2007-11-02 → 2009-10-12
Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
Chair additional salary only applies to specified select committees under Standing Order 122B. Regular members receive no additional pay.
Contact
Parliamentary office
john.healey.mp@parliament.uk
020 7219 4031 · House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
020 7219 4031 · House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
john.healey.mp@parliament.uk
01709 875943 · 79 High Street, Wath upon Dearne, Rotherham, S63 7QB
01709 875943 · 79 High Street, Wath upon Dearne, Rotherham, S63 7QB
Website
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