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Derek Twigg

Labour Widnes and Halewood

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.

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

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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

Oral Questions

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

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Closure motion

11 Sept 2026

You

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading

11 Sept 2026

You

1 AYE3 NO

Representation of the People Bill

4 votes · 2 Sept 2026

NOReport Stage: New Clause 65

You

NOReport Stage: New Clause 67

You

NOReport Stage: New Clause 88

You

AYEThird Reading

You

AYE

Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026

15 Jul 2026

You

AYE

Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots

15 Jul 2026

You

3 NO

Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage

3 votes · 14 Jul 2026

NOAmendment 3

You

NOAmendment 199

You

NOAmendment 19

You

1 AYE1 NO

Immigration and Asylum Bill

2 votes · 13 Jul 2026

NOReasoned Amendment to Second Reading

You

AYESecond Reading

You

AYE

Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026

8 Jul 2026

You

AYE

Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

8 Jul 2026

You

AYE

Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026

8 Jul 2026

You

3 NO

Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee

3 votes · 1 Jul 2026

NONew Clause 2

You

NONew Clause 4

You

NONew Clause 5

You

Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness

23 Jun 2026

You

AYE

Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment

23 Jun 2026

You

Opposition Day: Puberty blockers

23 Jun 2026

You

3 NO

Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee

3 votes · 9 Jun 2026

NOAmendment 20

You

NONew Clause 12

You

NONew Clause 4

You

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Financial Interests(1)

Miscellaneous

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Date interest arose: 30 October 2024

Registered 17 July 2025

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Derek in Parliament

Written Questions111 Oral Questions13 Early Day Motions2

UNAUTHORISED DISCLOSURE OF BRIEFING PAPERS RELATING TO THE HILLSBOROUGH DISASTER

38 signatures

That this House regrets the recent serious leak of selective sections of particular briefing papers relating to the Hillsborough disaster in 1989 and the way in which it was initially reported; recognises the commendable work of the Hillsborough Independent Panel in sifting throu

19 Mar 2012

ATOS ORIGIN AND BT

22 signatures

That this House expresses grave concern that Liverpool-based former employees of Atos Origin have had to wait many months in uncertainty about their employment status following the transfer of their contract to BT; and calls on Atos Origin and BT to stop the unseemly squabbling o

27 Jul 2010