Sally Jameson is the Labour and Co-operative Party MP for Doncaster Central, having first been elected to parliament at the 2024 general election.

In the 2024 general election for the Doncaster Central constituency, Jameson won 17,515 votes, representing 46.2% of the vote. The Conservative Party candidate, Nick Allen, received 7,964 votes (21.0%), while the Reform UK candidate, Surjit Duhre, secured 7,886 votes (20.8%). Jameson was duly elected with a majority of 9,551 votes.

The Doncaster Central constituency is located in South Yorkshire. It has been represented by Labour MPs since its creation in 1983 and is generally considered a safe Labour seat.

Jameson’s immediate predecessor as the MP for Doncaster Central was Dame Rosie Winterton of the Labour Party. Winterton held the seat from 1997 to 2024.

Political Career

Jameson currently serves as parliamentary secretary in the Cabinet Office and parliamentary under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. She was appointed to this role in July 2026, following the Labour leadership contest and Andy Burnham’s elevation as prime minister.

Jameson is considered to be an ally of Burnham.

Jameson served as a parliamentary private secretary (PPS) in the Home Office from September 2025 to May 2026. 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.

In May 2026, Jameson was among the group of Labour MPs who publicly called for the prime minister, Keir Starmer, to resign or set out a clear timetable for his departure. The move followed the 2026 local elections and devolved elections to the Scottish Parliament and Senedd Cymru.

In a statement, Jameson said: “The message from last week’s elections was stark. Britain faces enormous challenges and we need a Labour government that can deliver change on the scale that my constituents in Doncaster Central and the wider public want to see.

“It is clear that the prime minister no longer has the confidence of the public to lead that change.”

She added: “Therefore it is with regret that I now feel that the prime minister should set out a clear timetable for his departure in September or shortly after. In addition the NEC [Labour National Executive Committee] should ensure that all potential candidates have the opportunity to stand and any timetable, I hope, would reflect this.”

Jameson did not initially state that she had resigned as a PPS. However, the government moved quickly to announce her replacement (Michael Payne).

Jameson was the first frontbencher to call on Starmer to quit following the May 2026 elections.

Jameson previously served as a PPS in the Ministry of Justice (2024-2025).

Jameson delivered her maiden speech on 12 September 2024.

In it, she said: “The Labour government’s commitment to making Britain a clean energy superpower will not only bring down the soaring bills that people in Doncaster face, but bring greater energy security and the opportunity for a new, green industrial future with Great British Energy.

“As a Labour and Co-operative MP, I am particularly proud that, as part of that mission, we will deliver a local power plan that will have the community at its heart in order to empower people and the places where they live.”

She added: “The criminal justice and prison system has highlighted to me the many things that we still need to do to ensure that children get the best start, and one area that needs urgent work is the children’s care system.

“Sadly, there are a disproportionate number of care-experienced people in our criminal justice system, and they make up around a quarter of the overall prison population.”

Before entering parliament, Jameson worked as an election agent for Dame Rosie Winterton, her predecessor as the MP for Doncaster Central.

Political views

Leadership elections

Labour deputy leadership 2025: Jameson was one of 175 Labour MPs who nominated Bridget Phillipson 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.

Phillipson, the serving education secretary, was widely viewed as the candidate favoured by Downing Street and the party leadership. She secured 175 nominations from the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP), comfortably exceeding the 80 required to reach the final ballot. She was ultimately defeated by Lucy Powell.

Factional identity and party tradition

Red Wall Caucus: Jameson is a member of the Labour Red Wall Caucus, a parliamentary pressure group of Labour MPs representing constituencies in the Midlands and Northern England. Formed in November 2024 and led by Bassetlaw MP Jo White, the caucus serves as a voice for the so-called “red wall” seats that returned to Labour en masse at the 2024 general election.

In May 2025, following a series of disappointing local election results for the Labour Party, the caucus issued a statement calling for a shift in government strategy. The group argued that Keir Starmer’s “plan for change” messaging had “fallen on deaf ears”, inviting ministers to “visit our areas, listen and rebuild the social contract between government and the people.”

The statement added: “The demands raised by new MPs from post-industrial towns where infrastructure is poor with years of underinvestment must be taken off the too-difficult-to-do list.

“Breakaway from Treasury orthodoxy otherwise we will never get the investment we desperately need. The government needs to it improve messaging by telling our story and articulating our values in the language that resonates and is heard.”

In a subsequent letter to Nigel Farage, the leader of Reform UK, on 27 August 2025, the MPs said they were elected “with commitments to destroy the criminal smuggling gang networks, ensure that our border is secure… and to quickly remove those who have no entitlement to be here.”

They went on to critique Farage’s deportations plan.

The MPs added: “We believe that migrants who pose a threat to public safety should be tagged, and that we should expand right-to-work checks to crack down on illegal working. We believe sex offenders should never get asylum in the UK. We believe that the criminal people smuggling gangs should be treated like terrorists.”

Labour Growth Group: Jameson has been listed as a member of the Labour Growth Group (LGG) – a vocal faction of backbenchers committed to ensuring economic growth remains the central mission of the government. The group, largely composed of MPs from the 2024 intake, positions itself as the voice of “the builders, not the blockers” and provides organised support for ministers taking on politically difficult decisions in the name of economic expansion.

In an open letter addressed to Keir Starmer, issued upon the group’s founding in July 2024, LGG MPs said it was imperative that “the government grasps the nettle and goes for growth”.

They added: “This absolutely has to start with the sweeping planning reforms to get Britain building again. Under the Tories, planning permissions for new homes hit record lows and housebuilding cratered. Indeed, not once in their 14 years in power did the Conservatives meet their housing targets.

“Energy and transport projects were promised but not built. That’s why we are writing to you to make clear that it’s in the national interest to start delivering on our manifesto promise, including 1.5 million more homes across this parliament at the earliest opportunity.

“A failure to act will not be forgiven by the public. Britain has a housing crisis and a huge infrastructure deficit – without strong and immediate action, this will only worsen.”

Welfare

Welfare vote (July 2025): Jameson 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

Jameson 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 after the bill’s third reading, Jameson said: “I have no moral objections to the principle of assisted dying, but I do believe that it should be a genuinely free choice for those who access it.

“I remain uncertain that the bill contains sufficiently robust safeguards to ensure this.”

Social values and conscience issues

Abortion decriminalisation (2025): Jameson voted in favour of a backbench amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill that sought to decriminalise abortion in England and Wales in June 2025. The amendment, which was passed by a majority of 242 votes, removed women from the threat of prosecution for ending a pregnancy at any stage. As an issue of conscience, MPs were allowed to vote according to their personal beliefs.

Before Politics

Jameson was born and raised in Doncaster.

She worked as a prison officer at HMP/ YOI Moorland, a prison and young offender institution. During her time there, Jameson served as the branch chair of the Prison Officers’ Association (POA).

Jameson was an active campaigner for the Labour Party locally for 12 years before her election.

Personal Life

Jameson lives in her Doncaster Central constituency.

Trivia

Jameson called on the prime minister to resign following the May 2026 local elections and devolved parliament elections.