Adam Jogee is the Labour Party MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme, having first been elected to parliament at the 2024 general election.

In the 2024 general election, Jogee gained the Newcastle-under-Lyme seat for Labour. He received 15,992 votes (40.4%), while the Conservative candidate, Simon Tagg, received 10,923 votes (27.6%). The Reform UK candidate, Neill Walker, secured 8,865 votes (22.4%). Jogee was duly elected with a majority of 5,069 votes.

The Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency is located in North Staffordshire. Historically a Labour stronghold held by the party for a century from 1919, it was won by the Conservative Party in 2019.

Jogee’s immediate predecessor as the MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme was Aaron Bell of the Conservative Party. Bell represented the seat from 2019 to 2024.

Political Career

Jogee currently serves as a parliamentary private secretary (PPS) in the Department for Education. A PPS acts as an unpaid parliamentary assistant, providing a link between the senior frontbencher and backbench MPs. The role is widely regarded as the first step on the ministerial ladder. Although they cannot speak for the government in debates, a PPS is bound by collective responsibility and becomes part of the so-called “payroll vote”, expected to support the official line in all divisions. Jogee was appointed to this role in July 2026, following the Labour leadership contest and Andy Burnham’s elevation as prime minister.

In February 2026, Jogee introduced a private member’s bill (PMB) under the 10-minute rule procedure to require the government to publish proposals to increase the use of British-made bricks in construction projects.

Jogee argued that the British-Made Bricks (Proposals) Bill would ensure that the needs of the government’s housebuilding targets would be met by domestic manufacturers rather than “second-rate imports.”

He told the commons: “My bill is about ensuring that communities in our industrial heartlands are not forgotten or left behind and are given the opportunity once again to show what they are made of.”

He added: “It is bonkers that we are relying on second-rate imports when British-made bricks are of the highest quality and build resilient, long-lasting homes and buildings…

“The government must invest in further support so that we can safeguard jobs in communities like mine in our industrial heartlands, support our local economies and ensure that the British brick industry is fighting fit.”

In March 2025, Jogee led a commons backbench business debate to mark St Patrick’s Day.

Jogee said for “nations across the globe, St Patrick’s day is a day of celebration, acknowledgment and togetherness.”

The Labour MP said he was proud of his own “roots in Northern Ireland. My late grandmother’s father was of good, solid County Down stock.”

Jogee went on to praise the “island of Ireland’s contribution to one of our most beloved institutions: the great British pub.”

He told the commons: “Despite our often complicated shared history, it is a shared history none the less; one that has seen the fates of all the people who live across these islands, whether in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland or in the Republic of Ireland, bound together time and again.”

He added: “After those terrible decades of tragedy and conflict, we now have peace on these islands because all sides came together, they compromised and they negotiated. There lies a lesson for all of us.”

In the first session of Northern Ireland Office oral questions after the 2024 election, Jogee referred to the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) MPs, Claire Hanna and Colum Eastwood, as his “honourable friends”.

The MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme said: “It is very good to see my honourable friends the members for Foyle [Eastwood] and for Belfast South and Mid Down [Hanna] on the government benches.”

The SDLP and Labour are sister parties and, following the 2024 general election, the two SDLP MPs decided to sit on the government benches in the House of Commons.

Jogee has sat as a member of the House of Commons Northern Ireland affairs select committee (2024-2026).

Jogee has been listed as a member of the all-party parliamentary groups (APPGs) for Australia and New Zealand (ANZAC) and the Pacific Islands, Commonwealth (co-chair), foreign affairs (chair), international trade and investment and Ireland and the Irish in Britain (chair).

Jogee delivered his maiden speech on 29 July 2024 during a debate on the Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill.

In it, he said: “My journey to this place started in the former British Empire. My maternal grandfather arrived in the United Kingdom from Jamaica, to serve king and country and to help fight fascism. He docked in Liverpool in 1941 and, after meeting my grandmother, built a life in Staffordshire, the county I am proud to represent today.

“My Dad, who is here in the gallery, moved here from the then Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, in 1979 and had the luck to meet, and the wisdom to marry, my Mum, a good Staffordshire woman, born and bred. She is also here in the gallery. I would not be here without either of them.”

He added: “My election – the first black man to represent anywhere in the west midlands – says so much about who we are in 2024 and what our nation means.

“I am proud of my Englishness and my Britishness, and of the simple truth that, in our United Kingdom, you can be anything you want to be with the right support, a work ethic, real opportunities and a good heart.

“I am not defined by my colour, but I am very, very proud of it, and Labour governments are key to building the kind of enabling environment that means that success and a good life are available to all. It is that passion for sharing opportunity that drives me every day.”

Before entering parliament, Jogee had a long career in local government in London. He was elected as a Labour councillor for the Hornsey ward on Haringey London Borough Council in 2014, serving until 2024. He served as mayor of Haringey from 2020 to 2021.

Political views

Leadership elections

Labour deputy leadership 2025: Jogee was one of 117 Labour MPs who nominated Lucy Powell for the party’s deputy leadership in September 2025. The election followed the resignation of Angela Rayner, who stepped down as deputy prime minister and deputy party leader after an investigation into her tax affairs. It marked the first time since 2007 that Labour had held a deputy leadership contest while in government.

Powell, the former leader of the House of Commons, was seen as a candidate representing the party’s “soft left”; she was supported by leading soft left figures including Ed Miliband and Andy Burnham. She secured 117 nominations from the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP), above the 80 required, and went on to win the election – defeating Bridget Phillipson with 54.3% of the vote.

Factional identity and party tradition

SERA: Jogee has been listed as a member of the Socialist Environment and Resources Association (SERA) – a socialist society affiliated with the Labour Party. Founded in 1973, SERA is the party’s official environmental campaign group. The organisation campaigns on a wide range of issues, including renewable energy, biodiversity, air quality and the transition to a green economy. SERA describes its member MPs as “champions for the environment”.

Labour Movement for Europe: Jogee was endorsed by the Labour Movement for Europe (LME) in the 2024 general election. Founded in 1981, LME is a pro-European socialist society affiliated with the Labour Party. It campaigns for a close relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union. The organisation refers to itself as the “home of the pro-Europeans in the Labour and trade union movement”.

Electoral reform

Fair elections APPG: Jogee is listed as a supporter of the all-party parliamentary group (APPG) for fair elections – a cross-party group of MPs and peers that campaigns for electoral reform. The group’s stated aims include replacing the first past the post (FPTP) voting system with a form of proportional representation, eliminating “dark money” and “undemocratic influence” from politics, and countering disinformation.

Proportional representation bill: In December 2024, Jogee voted in favour of the Elections (Proportional Representation) Bill – introduced by Liberal Democrat frontbencher Sarah Olney under the 10-minute rule procedure. The bill sought to “introduce a system of proportional representation for parliamentary elections and for local government elections in England”.

A total of 138 MPs supported the bill – with 136 opposed. Notably, 59 Labour MPs backed Olney’s bill.

Introducing the bill, Olney told the House: “First past the post is a broken and unfair system. This summer, the Labour party won a landslide election victory, securing 63% of seats in the House of Commons in return for just 34% of the vote.

“The system leaves millions of voices unheard and creates a divisive, adversarial political climate where collaboration is discouraged and accountability is often sidestepped.”

Welfare

Welfare ‘reasoned amendment’ (June 2025): Jogee was one of the over 120 Labour MPs to sign the reasoned amendment to the government’s flagship welfare bill which aimed to reject the proposed legislation.

The amendment, in the name of senior Labour MP Dame Meg Hillier, objected to the fact that the bill had not been subject to a “formal consultation with disabled people” and that “250,000 people will be pushed into poverty” as a result of it, according to a government impact assessment.

The motion also called on the government to wait for the publication of the review into the Personal Independence Payment (Pip), helmed by minister Sir Stephen Timms, and the independent review, conducted by Sir Charlie Mayfield, into how the employment of disabled people could be boosted.

Welfare vote (July 2025): Jogee voted in favour of the government’s flagship welfare bill at second reading. The vote came after ministers agreed to significant concessions to avoid defeat via a mass rebellion of Labour MPs on 1 July 2025.

Assisted dying

Jogee voted against the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, better known as the assisted dying bill, at both second reading (November 2024) and third reading (June 2025).

In a statement issued shortly before the bill’s third reading, Jogee described the bill as “not fit for purpose”.

He said: “We must be open and honest about the bill being voted on – it’s a dangerous piece of legislation with few genuine safeguards, many unanswered questions and is very likely to do far, far more harm than good.”

Jogee further announced that he would be attending parliament to vote while on compassionate leave.

He added: “Earlier this week, I wrote to the bill’s sponsor and to a number of colleagues who are in favour of the bill to see if they would unofficially pair with me, or help find someone to unofficially pair with me, but regrettably no colleague of mine was willing to do so.

“This is 2025 – it simply isn’t right that I have to choose between being with my wife, and her immediate family, and being in parliament to vote. I am determined to ensure that things change but that’s a fight for another day.

“The exceptional circumstances we find ourselves in mean I have, this afternoon, made my way to parliament to vote against this bill.”

Palestine

Palestinian recognition letter (July 2025): In July 2025, Jogee was among the over 254 MPs to sign a cross-party letter calling for the government to immediately recognise the state of Palestine. The letter called on the prime minister and foreign secretary to recognise Palestine at the UN Conference then taking place in New York.

Before Politics

Adam Habib Jogee was born in Haringey, London in December 1991. He has Jamaican and Zimbabwean heritage. He attended Highgate School.

Jogee studied at SOAS University of London.

Jogee was elected as a councillor at the age of 22. Alongside his council duties, he also worked for Labour MP Ruth Jones, focusing on environmental policy, and tackling waste crime.

Personal Life

Jogee is married.

Trivia

Jogee was elected to Haringey Borough Council while sitting his final-year undergraduate exams at SOAS.