David Baines
MP since 4 Jul 2024
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David Baines is the Labour MP for St Helens North, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.
393
Votes Cast
£136,662
Expenses 2024-25
12,169
Majority
52.6%
Vote Share
Expenses (2024-25)
£136,662
Election Result(2024 General Election)
Turnout: 40,474 voters
Parliamentary Activity
Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)
31
Written Questions
2
Oral Questions
43
Debates Spoken In⚑
50
Speeches⚑
393
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.
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2 NONational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee
2 votes · 21 Jan 2026
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee
2 votes · 21 Jan 2026
3 AYEDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
3 votes · 20 Jan 2026
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
3 votes · 20 Jan 2026
2 AYE4 NOFinance (No. 2) Bill Committee
6 votes · 13 Jan 2026
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee
6 votes · 13 Jan 2026
2 NOOpposition Day
2 votes · 7 Jan 2026
Opposition Day
2 votes · 7 Jan 2026
1 AYE1 NOFinance (No. 2) Bill
2 votes · 16 Dec 2025
Finance (No. 2) Bill
2 votes · 16 Dec 2025
4 NOPension Schemes Bill
4 votes · 3 Dec 2025
Pension Schemes Bill
4 votes · 3 Dec 2025
Financial Interests(1)
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
the Chairman to meet the Board and Jockey Club members which included two tickets to a race day with hospitality
Invitation from the Chairman to meet the Board and Jockey Club members which included two tickets to a race day with hospitality
7 September 2024
£672
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
the Chairman to meet the Board and Jockey Club members which included two tickets to a race day with hospitality
Invitation from the Chairman to meet the Board and Jockey Club members which included two tickets to a race day with hospitality
7 September 2024
- Name of donor
- Haydock Park Racecourse
- Address of donor
- Haydock Park Racecourse, Newton-Le-Willows, Merseyside, WA12 0HQ
- Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
- Invitation from the Chairman to meet the Board and Jockey Club members which included two tickets to a race day with hospitality, value £672
- Date received
- 7 September 2024
- Date accepted
- 7 September 2024
- Donor status
- company, registration 00056182
Registered 4 March 2025
Activity Pulse
Questions asked and motions sponsored by David in Parliament
Personal Independence Payment: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of Personal Independence Payment recipients are in work in (a) St Helens North constituency, (b) St Helens Local Authority, (c) the
Heart Diseases: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) increase capacity on children's heart units and (b) ensure that children requiring treatment receiv
Children: Speech and Language Disorders
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) providing funding for speech and language interventions earlier than reception age and (b) he
Agriculture: Capital Investment
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) financial incentives and (b) other support for (i) farmers and (ii)
Small Businesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department (a) is taking and (b) plans to take to help support the growth of small businesses.
Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to (a) review the surplus arrangements and (b) transfer the investment reserve fund to members of the Mineworker
Pension Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled You could get Pension Credit – Week of Action to drive take up, published on 1 September
Curriculum: Reform
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to reform the national curriculum.
Poverty: St Helens North
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data her Department holds on the number and proportion of children living in poverty in St Helens North constituency in (a) 2024 and (b) 2010.
Schools: St Helens North
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to the public purse was of funding state schools in St Helens North constituency in (a) 2024 and (b) 2010.
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