Jonathan Edward Gullis (born 9 January 1990) is a former British politician and former teacher who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Stoke-on-Trent North from 2019 to 2024.

[1][2][3] He was previously appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for School Standards by Liz Truss in September 2022 but was dismissed shortly after Rishi Sunak became Prime Minister in October 2022.

[5] He studied International Relations with Law at Oxford Brookes University and obtained a PGCE in secondary citizenship at the Institute of Education (now part of UCL).

[15] In October 2020, after voting against a Labour Party Opposition Day Motion to extend free school meals until Easter 2021, Gullis said that he would not address a "baying mob" in response to rumours of a protest during his visit to a church foodbank.

[16] In October 2020, Gullis stated on his Facebook page that research by the National Maritime Museum into the Royal Navy's links to slavery was "leftwing ideological nonsense".

[17] In November 2020, following an interim report on the connections between colonialism and properties now in the care of the National Trust, including links with historic slavery, Gullis was among the signatories of a letter to The Telegraph from the "Common Sense Group" of Conservative MPs.

[20][21][22] In October 2021, Gullis suggested at a fringe meeting during the Conservative Party conference that people using the term "white privilege" should be reported to the Home Office as extremists.

According to the Stoke Sentinel, Gullis was "bellowing with his mouth wide open and appearing to rock backwards and forwards" in the Commons during Prime Minister's Questions, following a statement from the Leader of the SNP group, Ian Blackford, that implied over a million people had been plunged into poverty as a result of Conservative party policy.

[28][29] After Gullis' behaviour in the Commons went viral, the Speaker of the House Lindsay Hoyle was interviewed by The Times where he said he wanted members to stop "screaming and shouting" in the chamber.

[38] In December 2022, on BBC Radio 4's The World at One programme, Gullis defended the government's plan to offshore the processing of asylum seekers to Rwanda.

[43] In October 2024, Gullis told the BBC that he had been unable to find permanent employment since losing his seat in July, stating that he believed this was related to his poltical views.

[44] In March 2020, as part of a mental health awareness campaign run by the Stoke Sentinel, Gullis said that he has suffered with depression, self-harm and suicidal thoughts during periods of his life.