Belfast North / data
John Finucane · Sinn Féin · sitting since 12 Dec 2019 · every division, speech and committee appearance.
Since election
2325days
from 12 Dec 2019
Divisions
0
of 504 possible
Attendance
0%
504 absent / paired
Whip alignment
—%
vs party majority
Speeches
0
0 debates
Written Qs
0
tabled
Committees
0
memberships
Expenses
£278k paid
FY 2024–2025 · 162 claims
Interests
6
4 categories
A · Overview
Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted — engagement only, not direction.
Issue summary unavailable.
Speech topics
Words spoken, by topic. Source: Hansard.
Speech overview unavailable.
B · Notable divisions
Free votes, rebellions and high-salience whipped votes — the moments that distinguish this MP from the party machine. The full division-by-division record will follow once the per-MP archive is wired.
No notable votes recorded for this MP yet.
C · Speeches
No Hansard contributions ingested for this MP yet.
D · Written questions
No written questions tabled by this MP in our records.
E · Committees
No committee memberships recorded for this MP.
F · Expenses
Every business-cost claim reimbursed by IPSA in the current financial year, grouped by category. “Aggregated” rows are IPSA’s own year-end totals for cost types like payroll and rent that aren’t itemised claim-by-claim.
Category breakdown
| Category | Claims | Paid (£) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office Costs | 127 | 20,735 | 7.5% |
| Accommodation | 23 | 8,612 | 3.1% |
| MP Travel | 0 | 14,461 | 5.2% |
| Staff Travel | 0 | 938 | 0.3% |
| Staffing | 0 | 231,945 | 83.4% |
| Dependant Travel | 0 | 1,277 | 0.5% |
Top itemised cost types
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent | Office Costs | 13 | 9,350 |
| Hotel - London | Accommodation | 23 | 8,612 |
| Utilities | Office Costs | 17 | 2,997 |
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 65 | 2,919 |
| Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Office Costs | 11 | 1,996 |
| Business rates | Office Costs | 1 | 1,686 |
| Mobile telephone - contract & usage | Office Costs | 9 | 813 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 4 | 337 |
| Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Office Costs | 1 | 186 |
| Waste disposal, confidential waste & rubbish collection | Office Costs | 1 | 162 |
| Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs | Office Costs | 1 | 144 |
| Equipment - hire | Office Costs | 2 | 78 |
Most recent
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline & internet package | 146 | Paid |
| 03 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Mobile telephone - contract & usage | O2 Mar 25 £76.11 [200012436-3] | 13 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Rent | 2024-25 [***] rent pro-rata | -850 | Paid |
| 28 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Mobile telephone - contract & usage | February 2025 bill £92.96 | 93 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 34 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 33 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 27 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 26 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 20 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 11 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 10 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 7 | Paid |
| 18 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | MICROSOFT MICROSOFT 36 [200011725-5321] | 85 | Paid |
| 13 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Rent | Rent | 850 | Paid |
| 12 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Utilities | Electricity | 159 | Paid |
| 12 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs | Shutter Repair | 144 | Paid |
| 12 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline & internet package | 134 | Paid |
| 08 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | MCAFEE AUTORENEWAL [200011725-4313] | 96 | Paid |
| 07 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | COPY TEXTS [200011725-3147] | 216 | Paid |
| 07 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Hospitality | IRISH FOOD & BEVERAGES [200011725-3148] | 14 | Paid |
G · Register of interests
Every financial interest declared by the MP, grouped under the Register’s official categories. Retracted entries are hidden but counted above.
1. Employment and earnings2 entries
18 Apr 2024
Remuneration: £4,672 a month
From: 1 January 2020.
Hours: 80 hrs a month (between 40 and 80 hours a month)
(Registered 7 January 2020; updated 8 July 2020)
18 Apr 2024
Role, work or services: Director
Payer: Finucane Toner Ltd (Solicitors), 76-78 Castle St, Belfast BT1 1HD
4. Visits outside the UK2 entries
02 Dec 2025
Name of donor: Nafarroako Torturatuen Sarea Elkartea (Association of Torture Victims of Navarre)
Address of donor: Calle Amaya 2C 31002 Pamplona-Navarra (Spain)
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£275.61), accommodation (£119.43) and meals (£73.15), value £468.19
Destination of visit: Spain
Dates of visit: 6 November 2025 to 7 November 2025
Purpose of visit: Panellist at the the International Conference of the Association, titled: TORTURE. Impunity: guarantees for reparation and non-repetition
(Registered 1 December 2025)
08 Oct 2025
Name of donor: (1) Friends of Sinn Féin USA (2) Friends of Sinn Féin Canada
Address of donor: (1) Friends of Sinn Féin USA 1212 Floor 5, Avenue of the Americas, New York. USA (2) Friends of Sinn Féin Canada 466 Dupont Street, Toronto, Ontario. M5R 1W6
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): (1) Flights (£1,651.70) and accommodation in San Francisco (£1,433.65), value £3,085.35 (2) Flights (£235.43) and accommodation in Vancouver (£639.02), value £874.45
Destination of visit: United States and Canada
Dates of visit: 16 September 2025 to 21 September 2025
Purpose of visit: The trip was to brief Irish citizens and the wider diaspora on political developments and the potential for Irish Unity.
(Registered 24 September 2025)
6. Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year1 entry
18 Apr 2024
Type of land/property: Residential property (house)
Number of properties: 1
Location: Belfast
(Registered 7 January 2020)
7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital1 entry
18 Apr 2024
Name of company or organisation: Finucane Toner Ltd
Nature of business: Solicitors
(Registered 7 January 2020)
H · Ward results
Ward-level results have not yet been ingested for this constituency.
I · Demographics
Demographic profile unavailable for this constituency.
J · Public spending
HMT publishes headline spending identifiable by region in PESA. Constituency-level capital allocations (Levelling-Up Fund, Towns Fund, UKSPF, transport capital, BEIS R&D) are published as separate departmental datasets. We are evaluating the cleanest reconciliation for a per-constituency view.