Our Team
Ben Carter
Executive DirectorBen leads SERA, bringing over two decades of experience in campaigning, political strategy and fundraising. He is privileged to have supported environmental action, policy change, and grassroots engagement across the UK.
Laura Clarke
Research and Politics OfficerLaura leads our policy and research work and acts as our parliamentary officer. Laura has delivered research, policy and advocacy for the labour movement, not-for-profits
and social research institutes in the UK, Europe and Australia.
Joanna Oliver
Operations ManagerJoanna provides operational support to SERA, working with members and the Executive. Joanna has an established background in the ecological and environmental sectors, with expertise in events and office management.
Member MPs
We are delighted to have seen so many members elected in 2024. SERA members in parliament are champions for the environment.
| Name | Constituency | Region | Government Role (where allocated) |
| Alex Baker MP | Aldershot | South East | |
| Brian Leishman MP | Alloa & Grangemouth | Scotland | |
| Laura Kyrke-Smith MP | Aylesbury | South East | |
| Sean Woodcock MP | Banbury | South East | |
| Luke Murphy MP | Basingstoke | South East | |
| Liam Conlon MP | Beckenham & Penge | London | |
| Laurence Turner MP | Birmingham Northfield | West Midlands | |
| Sam Rushworth MP | Bishop Auckland | North East | |
| Tom Hayes MP | Bournemouth East | South West | |
| Peter Swallow MP | Bracknell | South East | |
| Ruth Cadbury MP | Brentford & Isleworth | London | |
| Kerry McCarthy MP | Bristol East | South West | |
| Darren Jones MP | Bristol North West | South West | Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister and Minister for Intergovernmental Relations |
| Callum Anderson MP | Buckingham & Bletchley | South East | |
| James Frith MP | Bury North | North West | |
| Perran Moon MP | Camborne, Redruth & Hayle | South West | |
| Daniel Zeichner MP | Cambridge | Eastern | |
| Julie Minns MP | Carlisle | North East | |
| Rachel Blake MP | Cities of London & Westminster | London | |
| Becky Gittins MP | Clwyd East | Wales | |
| Melanie Ward MP | Cowdenbeath & Kirkcaldy | Scotland | |
| Peter Lamb MP | Crawley | South East | |
| Natasha Irons MP | Croydon East | London | |
| Katrina Murray MP | Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & Kirkintilloch East | Scotland | |
| Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP | Doncaster North | Yorkshire & Humberside | Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero |
| Sonia Kumar MP | Dudley | West Midlands | |
| Alex Mayer MP | Dunstable & Leighton Buzzard | Eastern | |
| Deirdre Costigan MP | Ealing Southall | London | Assistant Whip |
| Blair McDougall MP | East Renfrewshire | Scotland | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Business and Trade |
| Polly Billington MP | East Thanet | South East | |
| Tom Rutland MP | East Worthing & Shoreham | South East | |
| Chris Murray MP | Edinburgh East & Musselburgh | Scotland | |
| Feryal Clark MP | Enfield North | London | Parliamentary Under Secretary. Department for Science, Innovation and Technology |
| Steve Race MP | Exeter | South West | |
| Seema Malhotra MP | Feltham & Heston | London | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Equalities) in the Department for Education & in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office |
| Claire Hazelgrove MP | Filton & Bradley Stoke | South West | |
| Tony Vaughan MP | Folkestone & Hythe | South East | |
| Mark Ferguson MP | Gateshead Central & Whickham | North East | Assistant Whip |
| Matthew Pennycook MP | Greenwich & Woolwich | London | Minister of State (Minister for Housing and Planning) |
| Dame Meg Hillier MP | Hackney South & Shoreditch | London | |
| Alex Ballinger MP | Halesowen | West Midlands | |
| Imogen Walker MP | Hamilton & Clyde Valley | Scotland | Assistant Whip |
| Rt Hon John McDonnell MP | Hayes & Harlington | London | |
| David Taylor MP | Hemel Hempstead | Eastern | |
| Joe Morris MP | Hexham | North East | |
| Rt Hon Dame Emily Thornberry MP | Islington South and Finsbury | London | |
| Rosie Wrighting MP | Kettering | East Midlands | |
| Anneliese Midgley MP | Knowsley | North West | |
| Alex Sobel MP | Leeds Central & Headingley | Yorkshire & Humberside | |
| Katie White MP | Leeds North West | Yorkshire & Humberside | Minister for Climate in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero |
| Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP | Leeds West | Yorkshire and Humberside | Chancellor of the Exchequer |
| Gregor Poynton MP | Livingston | Scotland | Assistant Whip |
| Jeevun Sandher MP | Loughborough | East Midlands | |
| Jess Asato MP | Lowestoft | Eastern | |
| Tim Roca MP | Macclesfield | North West | |
| Luke Myer MP | Middlesbrough South & Cleveland East | North East | |
| Kirsty McNeill MP | Midlothian | Scotland | Parliamentary Under Secretary, Scotland Office |
| Emily Darlington MP | Milton Keynes Central | South East | |
| Catherine Fookes MP | Monmouthshire | Wales | |
| Pamela Nash MP | Motherwell, Wishaw & Carluke | Scotland | |
| Adam Jogee MP | Newcastle-under-Lyme | West Midlands | |
| Lucy Rigby MP | Northampton North | East Midlands | Economic Secretary to the Treasury |
| Mike Reader MP | Northampton South | East Midlands | |
| Rachel Taylor MP | North Warwickshire & Bedworth | West Midlands | |
| Miatta Fahnbulleh MP | Peckham | London | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government |
| Marie Tidball MP | Penistone & Stocksbridge | Yorkshire & Humberside | |
| Andrew Pakes MP | Peterborough | Eastern | |
| Fred Thomas MP | Plymouth Moor View | South West | |
| Luke Pollard MP | Plymouth Sutton & Devonport | South West | Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence |
| Fleur Anderson MP | Putney | London | |
| Georgia Gould MP | Queen’s Park & Maida Vale | London | Minister of State (Minister for School Standards) |
| Anna Turley MP | Redcar | North East | Minister of State in the Cabinet Office (Minister without Portfolio) |
| Sir Chris Bryant MP | Rhondda and Ogmore | Wales | Minister of State at the Department for Business and Trade |
| Paul Waugh MP | Rochdale | North West | |
| Jake Richards MP | Rother Valley | Yorkshire & Humberside | Assistant Whip & Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice |
| James Naish MP | Rushcliffe | East Midlands | |
| Alison Hume MP | Scarborough & Whitby | Yorkshire & Humberside | |
| Bill Esterson MP | Sefton Central | North West | |
| Olivia Blake MP | Sheffield Hallam | Yorkshire & Humberside | |
| Kevin McKenna MP | Sittingbourne & Sheppey | South East | |
| Gurinder Singh Josan MP | Smethwick | West Midlands | |
| Samantha Niblett MP | South Derbyshire | East Midlands | |
| Anna Gelderd MP | South East Cornwall | South West | |
| Terry Jermy MP | South West Norfolk | Eastern | |
| Noah Law MP | St Austell & Newquay | South West | |
| Kevin Bonavia MP | Stevenage | Eastern | |
| Chris McDonald MP | Stockton North | North East | Minister for Industry |
| Allison Gardner MP | Stoke-on-Trent South | West Midlands | |
| Jenny Riddell-Carpenter MP | Suffolk Coastal | Eastern | |
| Rt Hon David Lammy MP | Tottenham | London | Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs |
| Danny Beales MP | Uxbridge & South Ruislip | London | |
| Stella Creasy MP | Walthamstow | London | |
| Gen Kitchen MP | Wellingborough & Rushden | East Midlands | |
| Andrew Lewin MP | Welwyn Hatfield | Eastern | |
| Sarah Coombes MP | West Bromwich | West Midlands | |
| James Asser MP | West Ham & Beckton | London | |
| Josh MacAlister MP | Workington and Whitehaven | North West | Minister for Children and Families |
| Beccy Cooper MP | Worthing West | South East | |
| Luke Charters MP | York Outer | Yorkshire & Humberside |