Steve Witherden is the Labour MP for Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024. Sits on the Welsh Affairs Committee.
Overall, across health & social care this Parliament
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Ranks 334th of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 26%. 19 contributions since 2024-10-31.
What they’ve raised
Steve Witherden has primarily engaged through 19 debate speeches across a wide range of health and social care topics, with particular emphasis on children's health, mental health, and education-related wellbeing issues. Drawing on his background as a secondary school teacher and his experience with learning difficulties, he has frequently linked educational policy to child health outcomes, advocating for curriculum reform and support for students with SEND. He has also raised specific health priorities including type 1 diabetes screening, cross-border healthcare access for Welsh constituents, and end-of-life care regulation.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
Record by topic
- Mental health155th of 86721.0
- Learning disability & autism249th of 89815.0
- Unpaid carers91st of 2776.0
- Maternity & neonatal130th of 4276.0
- Hospital discharge / bed-blocking40th of 1323.0
- Children's health55th of 1533.0
- Assisted dying184th of 3473.0
- Cancer355th of 613
What they’ve said
“…rauma of living in insecure, temporary and often dangerous conditions can have lifelong impacts on physical and mental health, housing stability and economic prospects.”
Rough Sleeping: Families with Children · 2026-03-11 · Read on Hansard ↗
“Some 17,600 people in Wales are known to be living with type 1 diabetes. Like England, we do not yet have a national screening programme. In 2018, the Cardiff and Vale university health board introduced a series of quality improvement initiatives to support earlier diagnoses.”
Type 1 Diabetes: Infant Testing · 2026-03-09 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…nto 15 years of temporary, precarious status risks destabilising the workforce even further, increasing delayed hospital discharges and placing yet more pressure on unpaid family carers? We must retain the five-year route to ILR, halt the retrospective application of these changes and honour the terms that workers orig…”
Indefinite Leave to Remain · 2026-02-02 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Years later, many remain burdened by unimaginable debt, some disgusting smears, declining mental health and the loss of homes, businesses and livelihoods. I was an advocate for some of these under-represented people in my previous role as the NASUWT national executive member for the six counties of north Wales.”
Covid-19: Financial Support · 2026-01-15 ·