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A · Overview
Issue volume
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Taxation | 85 | |
| Economy | 77 | |
| Employment | 48 | |
| Crime & Policing | 43 | |
| Education | 38 | |
| Welfare and Benefits | 24 | |
| Housing | 24 | |
| Constitution and Democracy | 22 |
Speech topics
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Other | 1 | — |
| Economy Jobs | 7 | 6,484 |
| Local Government | 3 | 4,406 |
| Fiscal Policy | 3 | 3,785 |
| Cost Of Living | 2 | 2,313 |
| Education | 2 | 2,184 |
| Social Care | 1 | 2,115 |
| Culture Community | 1 | 1,986 |
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.
| Date | Division | Whip | MP voted |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Jun 2025 | Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1Vote on a package of government new clauses to the Crime and Policing Bill at Report Stage, covering measures including: criminalising organ… | Rebelled | No |
| 13 Jun 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14Vote on whether to strengthen the advertising ban in the Assisted Dying Bill by requiring that any advertising restrictions also cover situa… | Free vote | Aye |
| 13 Jun 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2Vote on New Clause 2 to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, debated alongside related amendments including provisions on guidance,… | Free vote | Aye |
C · Speeches
| Date | Contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 16 Mar 2026 | Member Defections: Automatic By-electionsForgive me; my view, and that of the Government, is very clear. It is for each hon. Member to decide; it is not for the Government or Parliament to have a mechanism that forces peo… Mp PerformanceOther | 488 |
| 16 Mar 2026 | Member Defections: Automatic By-electionsI, for one, feel robbed of your contribution to this debate, Sir Roger; I think it would have been fascinating. It genuinely has been a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship an… Mp PerformanceOther | 558 |
| 16 Mar 2026 | Member Defections: Automatic By-electionsThe hon. Gentleman is very impatient, because I was barely getting started on my speech. I will address that, because it is an important question that we have to challenge ourselve… Mp PerformanceOther | 918 |
| 16 Mar 2026 | Member Defections: Automatic By-electionsThe hon. Gentleman raises a really important point. There is always a balance and a trade-off, which we all make as MPs, between that judgment and a sense of shared and collective … Mp PerformanceOther | 482 |
| 05 Mar 2026 | Topical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for that really important question. We have undertaken an arm’s length body review, and it is making serious progress. We have already seen NHS England remov… TechnologyEconomy JobsDefence | 71 |
| 02 Mar 2026 | Public Right to a Vote of No ConfidenceI recognise the hon. Member’s distinction, and I think he is absolutely right. I very much enjoy the role of our fourth estate, but there are many who constantly seek upheaval and … Mp PerformanceEconomy JobsFiscal Policy | 657 |
| 02 Mar 2026 | Public Right to a Vote of No ConfidenceThat is absolutely on the record. But the reason that we had those general elections was because of the chaos and instability that the hon. Member’s Government brought about, inclu… Mp PerformanceEconomy JobsFiscal Policy | 113 |
| 02 Mar 2026 | Public Right to a Vote of No ConfidenceIt is, as always, a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Barker. I thank the hon. Member for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (John Lamont) for introducing the debate, … Mp PerformanceEconomy JobsFiscal Policy | 360 |
| 02 Mar 2026 | Public Right to a Vote of No ConfidenceSorry—that is a manifesto pledge that we are implementing. I thank the hon. Gentleman for the clarity. There is also the National Wealth Fund, to support investment in our national… Mp PerformanceEconomy JobsFiscal Policy | 368 |
| 04 Feb 2026 | Civil Service Pension Scheme: AdministrationIt is always a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Lewell. I draw Members’ attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests: I have a civil service p… Social CareEconomy JobsCost Of Living | 1,401 |
| 04 Feb 2026 | Civil Service Pension Scheme: AdministrationI appreciate the hon. Gentleman’s flagging that point, and I was coming to that. I have taken the quite unusual step of bringing a print-out for colleagues, which will be available… Social CareEconomy JobsCost Of Living | 715 |
| 12 Jan 2026 | Call for General ElectionI appreciate the hon. Member’s attempt to reiterate the speech that he made, but I would have thought that he would be grateful that there are 3,250 children in Keighley who will b… Fiscal PolicyEconomy JobsLocal Government | 154 |
| 12 Jan 2026 | Call for General ElectionIt is, as always, a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Huq. I thank the hon. Member for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (John Lamont) for moving the motion on behalf … Fiscal PolicyEconomy JobsLocal Government | 969 |
| 12 Jan 2026 | Call for General ElectionThe hon. Gentleman was in Parliament when 2,300 jobs in the steel industry were lost overnight in my constituency. We had to deal with the consequences of that. His party know all … Fiscal PolicyEconomy JobsLocal Government | 769 |
| 12 Jan 2026 | Call for General ElectionThe hon. Member got up and talked about the glass being half-empty. If we are restoring trust in politics, it is important that we remind people about all the things that are happe… Fiscal PolicyEconomy JobsLocal Government | 368 |
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 | Claims | Paid (£) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office Costs | 128 | 23,733 | 10.6% |
| Accommodation | 16 | 17,846 | 8.0% |
| Staffing | 28 | 170,258 | 76.0% |
| MP Travel | 0 | 6,537 | 2.9% |
| Staff Travel | 0 | 5,516 | 2.5% |
| Dependant Travel | 0 | 59 | 0.0% |
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent | Accommodation | 8 | 15,127 |
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 67 | 5,375 |
| Rent | Office Costs | 9 | 5,338 |
| Equipment - purchase | Office Costs | 14 | 5,140 |
| Pooled staffing services | Office Costs | 1 | 3,000 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 22 | 2,366 |
| Hotel - London | Accommodation | 2 | 1,470 |
| Council tax | Accommodation | 1 | 1,124 |
| Equipment - hire | Office Costs | 3 | 684 |
| Landline phone & internet - installation & equipment purchase | Office Costs | 1 | 590 |
| Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Office Costs | 1 | 573 |
| Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Office Costs | 6 | 324 |
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 May 2025 | Staffing Volunteer - agreed arrangement costs | Subsistence | 0 | Repaid |
| 15 May 2025 | Staffing Volunteer - agreed arrangement costs | Subsistence | 0 | Repaid |
| 15 May 2025 | Staffing Volunteer - agreed arrangement costs | Subsistence | 0 | Repaid |
| 15 May 2025 | Staffing Volunteer - agreed arrangement costs | Subsistence | 0 | Repaid |
| 16 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - hire | Other office equipment | 0 | Repaid |
| 01 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Rent | Rent | 679 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Office furniture | 443 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Office furniture | 200 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Rent | 2024-25 [***] rent pro-rata | -623 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Rent | 2024-25 [***] rent pro-rata | -679 | Paid |
| 27 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | Video editing software | 25 | Paid |
| 21 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Internet | 25 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 372 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Staffing Volunteer - agreed arrangement costs | Subsistence | 6 | Paid |
| 19 Mar 2025 | Staffing Volunteer - agreed arrangement costs | Subsistence | 7 | Paid |
| 18 Mar 2025 | Staffing Volunteer - agreed arrangement costs | Subsistence | 17 | Paid |
| 18 Mar 2025 | Staffing Volunteer - agreed arrangement costs | Subsistence | 7 | Paid |
| 12 Mar 2025 | Staffing Volunteer - agreed arrangement costs | Subsistence | 6 | Paid |
| 11 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Rent | Rent | 2,250 | Paid |
| 11 Mar 2025 | Staffing Volunteer - agreed arrangement costs | Subsistence | 8 | 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.
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 16 wards, 39 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coatham | Carl Quartermain | Labour Party | 437 | 04 May 2023 |
| Coatham | Lynne Patricia Rynn | Labour Party | 370 | 04 May 2023 |
| Dormanstown | Ceri Julie-ann Cawley | Labour Party | 355 | 04 May 2023 |
| Dormanstown | Debbie Powlay | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 392 | 04 May 2023 |
| Eston | Christopher Massey | Labour Party | 561 | 04 May 2023 |
| Eston | David Taylor | Conservative and Unionist Party | 632 | 04 May 2023 |
| Eston | Stephen James Martin | Conservative and Unionist Party | 636 | 04 May 2023 |
| Grangetown | Adam Brook | Labour Party | 419 | 04 May 2023 |
| Grangetown | Lynn Marie Pallister | Labour Party | 417 | 04 May 2023 |
| Kirkleatham | Alec David Brown | Labour Party | 559 | 04 May 2023 |
| Kirkleatham | Marian Fairley | Labour Party | 527 | 04 May 2023 |
| Kirkleatham | Peter Grogan | Conservative and Unionist Party | 596 | 04 May 2023 |
| Longbeck | Stephen Crane | Conservative and Unionist Party | 384 | 05 Sept 2024 |
| Newcomen | Carrie Marie Richardson | Labour Party | 529 | 04 May 2023 |
| Newcomen | Janine Craven | Labour Party | 535 | 04 May 2023 |
| Normanby | Curt Martin Pugh | Conservative and Unionist Party | 712 | 04 May 2023 |
| Normanby | Paul Dennis Salvin | Conservative and Unionist Party | 789 | 04 May 2023 |
| Normanby | Paul McInnes | Conservative and Unionist Party | 758 | 04 May 2023 |
| Ormesby | Carole Anne Morgan | Liberal Democrats | 914 | 04 May 2023 |
| Ormesby | Glyn Nightingale | Liberal Democrats | 852 | 04 May 2023 |
| Ormesby | Ian Stuart Hart | Liberal Democrats | 865 | 04 May 2023 |
| Saltburn | Craig Brian Hannaway | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 805 | 04 May 2023 |
| Saltburn | Philip Gordon Thomson | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 1,041 | 04 May 2023 |
| Saltburn | Stuart Michael Smith | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 1,385 | 04 May 2023 |
| South Bank | Izzy Attwood | Labour Party | 499 | 04 May 2023 |
| South Bank | Neil Robert Bendelow | Labour Party | 563 | 04 May 2023 |
| St Germains | Karen King | Liberal Democrats | 1,260 | 04 May 2023 |
| St Germains | Kendra Evans | Liberal Democrats | 819 | 04 May 2023 |
| St Germains | Tristan Paul Learoyd | Liberal Democrats | 1,275 | 04 May 2023 |
| Teesville | Margaret O'Donoghue | Labour Party | 457 | 04 May 2023 |
| Teesville | Peter Darren Chaney | Labour Party | 597 | 04 May 2023 |
| Teesville | Robert Clark | Labour Party | 576 | 04 May 2023 |
| West Dyke | Chris Jones | Liberal Democrats | 705 | 04 May 2023 |
| West Dyke | Malcolm Head | Liberal Democrats | 691 | 04 May 2023 |
| West Dyke | Mary Ovens | Liberal Democrats | 695 | 04 May 2023 |
| Wheatlands | Jack Bradley Symon | Conservative and Unionist Party | 399 | 04 May 2023 |
| Wheatlands | Niall Hargreaves | Conservative and Unionist Party | 448 | 04 May 2023 |
| Zetland | Jade Danielle Lavan | Labour Party | 525 | 04 May 2023 |
| Zetland | Jonny Neal | Labour Party | 494 | 04 May 2023 |
I · Demographics
| Indicator | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Population (2021 Census) | 93,252 | Electorate 70,241 (2024) |
| Median age | 45 | years |
| Degree-educated | 24.2% | level 4 or above |
| Ethnicity (White) | 97.3% | 2021 Census ethnic group |
| Owner-occupied | 63.9% | households |
| Private-rented | 15.6% | households |
| Social-rented | 20.5% | households |
| Employment rate | 49.7% | 16-64 in work |
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.