Jon Pearce MP
Biography
Jon Pearce MP was announced as UK Special Envoy for Post-Holocaust Issues on 26 January 2026.
Jon has been the Labour Member of Parliament for High Peak, covering the Peak District in Derbyshire, since July 2024. A graduate of Newcastle University, Jon worked as a lawyer for some 16 years specialising in employment and discrimination law. He was elected to Parliament at the 2024 general election.
In Parliament, Jon sat as a Member of the Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee, before becoming Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer in September 2025.
UK Special Envoy for Post-Holocaust Issues
The special envoy will:
- promote His Majesty’s Government’s (HMG) policy on post-Holocaust issues internationally, including raising awareness of the importance of Holocaust remembrance, education and research, working with ministers and officials to deliver HMG’s international post-Holocaust issues policy objectives
- work with international partners, other special envoys and experts on post-Holocaust issues including representing the UK in appropriate international fora including as Head of the UK Delegation to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance and at the Special Envoy’s meeting on Antisemitism
- press for progress internationally on Holocaust-era property and art restitution issues. Drive forward implementation of the Terezin Declaration, including through the implementation of the Washington Principles on Nazi-Confiscated Art
- raise awareness of HMG’s international action on post-Holocaust issues with domestic stakeholders, including the Jewish community
- represent the UK at Holocaust commemoration events both in the UK and internationally as necessary, including Holocaust Memorial Day, observed annually on 27 January
View the full terms of reference for the special envoy role.
Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, and Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government