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Mark Sewards MP @markjsewards.bsky.social · 1d

⏰Open Surgery Reminder⏰

This Saturday, from 10am until 12pm at Gildersome Meeting Hall.

All residents of Leeds South West & Morley welcome.

I rotate my weekly surgeries between 11 different locations, please contact my team for details.

[email protected]

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Mark Sewards MP @markjsewards.bsky.social · 2d

Got to say I’m feeling those hills now, especially that final climb up Queen Street, not sure my right knee will ever be the same. I will train next year… Thanks to Morley Town Cryer, Steven Holt, for seeing us off and to the Morley Mayor, Carol Edwards, for welcoming us at the finishing line.

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Mark Sewards MP @markjsewards.bsky.social · 2d

Pleased to finish my first Morley 10K as a member of Morley Running Club, never forgetting, of course, the 10K mud run I did alongside Veterans In Need Together earlier this year.

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Mark Sewards MP @markjsewards.bsky.social · 2d

A very special mention to the firefighters who ran the whole course in full kit, oxygen tanks and all! The did this in support of the Fire Fighters Charity, please check them out and consider supporting their cause.

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Mark Sewards MP @markjsewards.bsky.social · 2d

Massive well done to everyone who organised and took part in the Morley 10K this weekend! Is this the hilliest 10K?

The marshalls and Morley Running Club did such an amazing job, wonderful to see Morley at its best!

So good to run alongside so many people from our communities.

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Mark Sewards MP @markjsewards.bsky.social · 6d

I’m horrified by today's attack at a synagogue in Manchester.

The fact that this has taken place on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish religious calendar, is despicable.

My thoughts are with the Jewish community and the loved ones of all those affected.

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Mark Sewards MP @markjsewards.bsky.social · 7d

🍃SEPTEMBER 2025 UPDATE🍂

📥Cases opened for residents: 482
📤Cases closed for residents: 806

My team and I continue to complete as many individual support requests from residents as we can. Please contact us and we will always try to help.

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Mark Sewards MP @markjsewards.bsky.social · 8d

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Mark Sewards MP @markjsewards.bsky.social · 9d

We know how important they will be as we shift more support directly into local communities. I look forward to working with them again in the future on this specific point.

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Mark Sewards MP @markjsewards.bsky.social · 9d

We discussed the crucial role played by community pharmacies, the challenges they face and the need for more detail and clarity about pharmacies in the NHS 10-Year Plan.

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Mark Sewards MP @markjsewards.bsky.social · 9d

I now have a better understanding of just how essential this impressive logistical operation is in quickly supplying the medicines everyone needs to almost every corner of the country.

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Mark Sewards MP @markjsewards.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you to the team at Alliance Healthcare in Millshaw business park, just next to the White Rose Centre, for the invite to meet your dedicated workers and tour the site.

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Mark Sewards MP @markjsewards.bsky.social · 11d

Busy open surgery in Morley this morning, thank you to everyone who came along. Lots done and lots to do.

I hold weekly surgeries in Leeds South West & Morley, rotating around 11 different locations.

October schedule below!

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Mark Sewards MP @markjsewards.bsky.social · 12d

Very pleased to support the East Ardsley United Cricket Club 7th annual beer festival!

Open all weekend, please show your support.

Proud to sponsor this event alongside your Labour Councillors in Ardsley and Robin Hood.

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Mark Sewards MP @markjsewards.bsky.social · 12d

Thank you to Rachel from NAFD and to Meike, Lauren, Daniel and Alison from Co-op Funeralcare for your time. It was very clear from my visit to the Co-op's Leeds site just how much care and attention their staff give to the deceased and their families.

Mark Sewards MP @markjsewards.bsky.social · 12d

As previously confirmed, I have secured a meeting between Ministry of Justice Minister Alex Davies-Jones and Cody, Liam and Zoe. This is just the first step towards introducing a new law that will properly regulate the funeral industry.

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Mark Sewards MP @markjsewards.bsky.social · 12d

Given both organisations' expertise in this area, I was really interested in their calls for the Human Tissue Authority to be given an expanded role as the enforcer for a set of national, statutory regulations. I will take these suggestions forward to ministers.

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Mark Sewards MP @markjsewards.bsky.social · 12d

It's time to regulate the funeral industry.

I had very productive meetings with the National Association of Funeral Directors (NAFD) and with the largest single provider of funerals in the UK, Co-op Funeralcare.

They were both unambiguous about their support for regulation of the funeral sector.

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Mark Sewards MP @markjsewards.bsky.social · 13d

£20 MILLION secured for Farnley ✅

£2m a year for the next decade. And the best part? Local people will decide how it’s spent.

Complete my survey to have your say on how this historic investment should be spent 👇

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Mark Sewards MP @markjsewards.bsky.social · 14d

Door-to-door conversations are for life, not just for election time.

Wonderful to take Education Secretary, @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social, around Wortley to meet residents alongside an amazing team of volunteers.

Bridget has my full support to be Deputy Leader of @teamlabouruk.bsky.social.

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Bridget Phillipson MP @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social · 15d

Really enjoyed spending time in Wortley with @markjsewards.bsky.social speaking with local members and residents.

We won’t beat Reform by standing on the sidelines.

As Deputy Leader, with a seat in Cabinet, I’ll unite our party, deliver change and take the fight to Reform.

Photograph showing Rt Hon Bridget Phillipson MP out campaigning in Wortley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, September 2025.

Photograph showing Rt Hon Bridget Phillipson MP out campaigning with activists in Wortley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, September 2025.

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Mark Sewards MP @markjsewards.bsky.social · 15d

⏰Open Surgery Reminder⏰

This Saturday, from 10am until 12pm at Morley Labour Rooms.

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.

[email protected]

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Mark Sewards MP @markjsewards.bsky.social · 17d

I was really pleased to join the Leeds Diving Club at Elland Road stadium to celebrate the incredible work of their divers, the coaches, the committee and everyone involved in this success story which includes lots of people living in our constituency. More on this soon.

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Mark Sewards MP @markjsewards.bsky.social · 17d

We continued our weekly door-to-door conversations, this week in Farnley along with an amazing team and local councillors Adrian McCluskey and Kate Haigh.

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Mark Sewards MP @markjsewards.bsky.social · 17d

Congratulations to my caseworker Jade on her stunning victory in one of the charity bingo matches for St John Ambulance at Bruntcliffe Club. She liked her prizes. Big thank you and huge well done to the organisers for a successful event.

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