Andy McDonald

MP since 29 Nov 2012

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Andy McDonald is the Labour MP for Middlesbrough and Thornaby East, and has been an MP continually since 29 November 2012.

1792

Votes Cast

£296,890

Expenses 2024-25

9,192

Majority

47.2%

Vote Share

Expenses (2024-25)

£296,890

Staffing£238,313
Office£26,576
Accommodation£24,264
Travel£7,737

Year-on-Year

2024-25£296,890
2023-24£248,467
2022-23£216,956
2021-22£206,311
2020-21£195,158
2019-20£190,180
2018-19£187,027
2017-18£181,476
2016-17£177,798
2015-16£179,169
2014-15£163,453
2013-14£164,137
2012-13£42,084

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 34,407 voters

Labour
16,238 votes47.2%
Reform UK
7,046 votes20.5%
Conservative
6,174 votes17.9%
Workers Party of Britain
2,007 votes5.8%
Green Party
1,522 votes4.4%
Liberal Democrat
1,037 votes3.0%
Independent
383 votes1.1%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

406

Written Questions

21

Oral Questions

141

Debates Spoken In

233

Speeches

501

Divisions Voted

Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.

Voting Record

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7 AYE

Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill

7 votes · 9 Mar 2026

3 NO

Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee

3 votes · 23 Feb 2026

2 NO

Opposition Day

2 votes · 28 Jan 2026

3 NO

Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill

3 votes · 27 Jan 2026

Financial Interests(1)

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

Solicitor (not currently employed as such). (Registered 28 December 2012)

Registered 28 December 2012

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Andy in Parliament

Employment Tribunals Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department (a) collects and (b) publishes data on the outcomes of employment tribunal enforcement actions taken under (i) the employme

AnsweredDepartment for Business and Trade23 Oct 2025

Employment Tribunals Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to take steps to improve its monitoring of tribunal award payments to ensure employer compliance.

AnsweredDepartment for Business and Trade23 Oct 2025

Employment Tribunals Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the proposed budget for the Fair Work Agency for tackling non-payment of tribuna

AnsweredDepartment for Business and Trade23 Oct 2025

Employment Tribunals Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how his Department expects the Fair Work Agency to coordinate with (a) HMRC, (b) the Insolvency Service and (c) other existing enforcement bodies

AnsweredDepartment for Business and Trade23 Oct 2025

Employment Tribunals Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that workers are informed about the enforcement options available to recover unpaid tribunal aw

AnsweredDepartment for Business and Trade23 Oct 2025

Overseas Investment: Israeli Settlements

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has considered barring (a) financial institutions, (b) banks and (c) other corporations headquartered in the UK from investing in settl

AnsweredDepartment for Business and Trade16 Sept 2025

Trade Agreements: Israel

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of (a) revising the UK-Israel Trade and Partnership Agreement to explicitly prohibit the impor

AnsweredDepartment for Business and Trade16 Sept 2025

Trade Agreements: Israel

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what consideration has the UK given to the suspension of the UK-Israel Trade and Partnership Agreement contingent upon Israel’s compliance with th

AnsweredDepartment for Business and Trade16 Sept 2025

Import Controls: Israeli Settlements

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of taking legislative steps to prevent the importation of goods from the illegal territories i

AnsweredDepartment for Business and Trade16 Sept 2025

Import Controls: Israeli Settlements

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to differentiate between goods and services from (a) illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

AnsweredDepartment for Business and Trade16 Sept 2025
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