John Mann was first elected as Labour Member of Parliament for Bassetlaw in June 2001.

He is very much a “hands-on” Member of Parliament getting involved in issues that directly affect the day to day lives of his constituents.  The campaigns and the issues that he has raised in Parliament are in direct response to concerns that have been raised by Bassetlaw residents.  This has led to John running high profile campaigns on consumer debt, heroin and treatment for addiction, the over zealous staking of grave stones and the double charging by solicitors for miner compensation claims.  In 2003 he ran a successful campaign to keep Bassetlaw Hospital A&E open and in 2006 he won the campaign to stop Bassetlaw Primary Care Trust from being merged into a wider county-wide primary care trust.

John has been Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister for the Olympics: Tessa Jowell and Richard Caborn, then Minister for Sport.  He serves on the influential Treasury Select Committee where he led the campaign for more transparency in the consumer credit industry.

Before entering Parliament he worked for the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers (AEEU), the TUC and TULO. He is a former Chair of Labour Students and just prior to his election he was involved in running the family business.

Since 2005 he has been Chair of the Parliamentary Committee Against Antisemitism and commissioned the All-Party Parliamentary Inquiry into Antisemitism.