Northern Ireland · 74,240Boundary · 2023

Belfast North

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Apr 2026

Represented by SF since 2024.

Sinn Féin's abstentionist policy means John Finucane has cast zero votes in the House of Commons -- as have all Sinn Féin MPs -- making his Westminster voting record a principled blank rather than a sign of disengagement. This is a long-standing party position rooted in refusing to take an oath of allegiance to the Crown, not individual absenteeism. His most recent public visibility comes from welcoming a £3.75m investment to transform three buildings in North Belfast into a business hub, where he is quoted endorsing the project and praising those involved, though news coverage does not detail a specific advocacy role he played in securing the funding.

Beyond that investment story, Finucane's recent local coverage includes reactive statements following the death of a Belfast woman in a lorry collision in March 2025 -- expressions of condolence and calls for witnesses, without any reported follow-up on road safety policy. No speech data is available from Westminster, and he holds no Commons committee positions, which limits the picture of where he directs his parliamentary energy outside constituency-facing activity.

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2024 GE

Votes less often than 100% of MPs.

Current Member of Parliament

John Finucane

John Finucane

Sinn Féin

John Finucane is the Sinn Féin MP for Belfast North, and has been an MP continually since 12 December 2019.

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Represented by SF since 2024.

2024 General Election

§ 06This week in Westminster.Live · today’s sittingOrder Paper · refreshed daily

Finucane’s scheduled Commons activity this week — whipped divisions, oral questions, debates — drawn from the House of Commons Order Paper.

§ 07The record, at a glance.0 divisions voted

Two readings of the same data. Issue volume shows where Finucane has cast the most ballots — a proxy for engagement, not direction. Notable votes are the moments where the whip was free or where they broke ranks.

Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted · cumulative this Parliament

Not enough division data yet for an issue breakdown.

Notable votes
Free votes and rebellions — moments the MP’s own judgment matters more than the whip

No rebellions or free votes recorded yet.

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