Derek Twigg

MP since 1 May 1997

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Derek Twigg is the Labour MP for Widnes and Halewood, and has been an MP continually since 1 May 1997.

1371

Votes Cast

£227,917

Expenses 2024-25

16,425

Majority

61.6%

Vote Share

Expenses (2024-25)

£227,917

Staffing£179,687
Accommodation£26,560
Office£12,727
Travel£8,942

Year-on-Year

2024-25£227,917
2023-24£191,643
2022-23£168,932
2021-22£158,275
2020-21£136,427
2019-20£135,368
2018-19£119,016
2017-18£116,679
2016-17£111,884
2015-16£109,630
2014-15£110,862
2013-14£99,876
2012-13£111,039
2011-12£123,853
2010-11£33,211

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 38,116 voters

Labour
23,484 votes61.6%
Reform UK
7,059 votes18.5%
Conservative
3,507 votes9.2%
Green Party
2,058 votes5.4%
Liberal Democrat
1,593 votes4.2%
Workers Party of Britain
415 votes1.1%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

86

Written Questions

0

Oral Questions

69

Debates Spoken In

113

Speeches

351

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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3 NO

Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage

3 votes · 14 Jul 2026

1 AYE1 NO

Immigration and Asylum Bill

2 votes · 13 Jul 2026

3 NO

Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee

3 votes · 1 Jul 2026

3 NO

Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee

3 votes · 9 Jun 2026

4 NO

Armed Forces Bill Committee

4 votes · 2 Jun 2026

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Financial Interests(1)

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

Date interest arose
30 October 2024

Registered 17 July 2025

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Derek in Parliament

Asylum: Deportation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, further to her oral answer of 17 November 2025, Official Report column 524, what steps she will take to stop asylum seekers who have committed cr

AnsweredHome Office2 Jan 2026

Ministry of Defence: Departmental Expenditure Limits

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the underspend and overspend was for (a) Capital Departmental Expenditure Limit and (b) Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit for the (i) Royal Navy,

AnsweredMinistry of Defence12 Dec 2025

Army: Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where were the Army's MAN Logistic Support Vehicle built; and what is the age of the vehicles.

AnsweredMinistry of Defence3 Dec 2025

Army: Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his estimate is for carrying out the necessary repairs for the fleet of MAN Logistic Support Vehicles; and how long will it be before the whole fleet is

AnsweredMinistry of Defence3 Dec 2025

Ajax Vehicles: Noise

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, What times scale he has been given for the noise and vibration issues with the Ajax vehicle to be resolved.

AnsweredMinistry of Defence3 Dec 2025

Ajax Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate his Department has made of the cost in (a) time and (b) resource to (i) the Army and (ii) his Department of dealing with problems with t

AnsweredMinistry of Defence3 Dec 2025

Armed Forces: Cost Effectiveness

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what amount of financial savings the (a) Royal Navy, (b) Army, and (c) Royal Air Force have been asked to make in financial years (i) 2025-26 and (ii) 2026-2

AnsweredMinistry of Defence1 Dec 2025

Armed Forces: Cost Effectiveness

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what amount of financial savings the (a) Royal Navy, (b) Army, and (c) Royal Air Force have been asked to make in (i) 2025-26 and (ii) 2026-27.

AnsweredMinistry of Defence24 Nov 2025

Local Government Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Fair Funding Review will ensure that the most deprived areas of the country will receive the biggest increases

AnsweredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government24 Nov 2025

Housing: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, How many housing development applications refused by local authorities have had decisions subsequently been overturned by p

AnsweredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government18 Nov 2025
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