Derek Twigg

MP since 1 May 1997

When contacting this Member, please be respectful. See Parliament’s contact guidance.

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

1377

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)

109

Written Questions

0

Oral Questions

72

Debates Spoken In

118

Speeches

357

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

?

How would you have voted?

Tap AYE or NO on the votes below to see how you compare with Derek.

Aye: 793No: 584

1377 votes — page 1 of 56

1 AYE3 NO

Representation of the People Bill

4 votes · 2 Sept 2026

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

1 / 56Next

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

General Practitioners: Cheshire and Merseyside

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GP vacancies there were in GP practices' in the Cheshire and Merseyside ICB as of 1 June 2025.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care20 Jun 2025

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Radiology

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many radiographers have been in post at Warrington and Halton University Hospitals Trust in each year since 2015.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care20 Jun 2025

Consultants: Cheshire and Merseyside

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many consultant posts are vacant in the each of the acute hospital trusts in the Cheshire and Merseyside ICB.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care20 Jun 2025

Radiology: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many radiographers will be trained in each year until 2030.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care20 Jun 2025

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers who have previously reached a another safe country before arriving in the UK have had their applications (a) approved and

AnsweredHome Office18 Jun 2025

Armed Forces: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military posts allocated for British Armed Forces personnel within NATO remain unfilled as of 1 April 2025.

AnsweredMinistry of Defence11 Jun 2025

Defence Nuclear Enterprise

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the expected change in cost for Defence Nuclear Enterprise until 2033.

AnsweredMinistry of Defence10 Jun 2025

Armed Forces: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of serving personnel in the (a) Navy, (b) Army and (c) RAF were recruited from countries outside the UK in each year since 2015;

AnsweredMinistry of Defence29 Apr 2025

Reserve Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the baseline allocation of reserve services days will be for reservists in the (a) Army Reserve, (b) Maritime Reserve and (c) RAF Reserve in the 2025-26

AnsweredMinistry of Defence29 Apr 2025

Reserve Forces: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Reserve Service Day budget for (a) the army, (b) maritime and (c) the RAF will be subject to in year savings measures for the financial year 2025

AnsweredMinistry of Defence29 Apr 2025
PreviousPage 6 of 12Next

Other Labour MPs

Explore more Members of Parliament sitting for Labour.