Ian Lavery
MP since 6 May 2010
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Ian Lavery is the Labour MP for Blyth and Ashington, and has been an MP continually since 6 May 2010.
1813
Votes Cast
£309,158
Expenses 2024-25
9,173
Majority
49.6%
Vote Share
Expenses (2024-25)
£309,158
Year-on-Year
Election Result(2024 General Election)
Turnout: 40,401 voters
Parliamentary Activity
Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)
158
Written Questions
47
Oral Questions
125
Debates Spoken In⚑
201
Speeches⚑
493
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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1813 votes — page 5 of 73
3 AYEChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill
3 votes · 15 Apr 2026
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill
3 votes · 15 Apr 2026
9 AYE1 NOCrime and Policing Bill
10 votes · 14 Apr 2026
Crime and Policing Bill
10 votes · 14 Apr 2026
2 NOOpposition Day Motion
2 votes · 24 Mar 2026
Opposition Day Motion
2 votes · 24 Mar 2026
5 AYENational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill
5 votes · 23 Mar 2026
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill
5 votes · 23 Mar 2026
2 NOOpposition day motion
2 votes · 18 Mar 2026
Opposition day motion
2 votes · 18 Mar 2026
Financial Interests(2)
(b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
QTS Data Centres
Provision of venue and refreshments for a conference on Artificial Intelligence.
6 February 2026
£7,276
(b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
QTS Data Centres
Provision of venue and refreshments for a conference on Artificial Intelligence.
6 February 2026
- Name of donor
- QTS Data Centres
- Address of donor
- 14-15 Conduit Street, London WIS2XJ
- Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
- Provision of venue and refreshments for a conference on Artificial Intelligence., value £7,276
- Date received
- 6 February 2026
- Date accepted
- 6 February 2026
- Donor status
- company, registration 15777119
Registered 17 March 2026
Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses
Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses
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Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses
Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses
- Name
- Hilary Lavery
- Relationship
- Spouse
- Role
- Senior Secretary
- Working pattern
- Full time
Activity Pulse
Questions asked and motions sponsored by Ian in Parliament
Primary Education: North East
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what measures are in place to ensure that children from low-income families in the North East have access to high-quality early years education; and what a
Schools: North East
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support is available to schools to tackle the challenges faced by pupils living in poverty, including access to (a) free school meals, (b) mental heal
Drugs: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she is taking steps to promote the use of (a) biological safety cabinets, (b) closed-system drug-transfer devices and (c) engineering contr
Hazardous Substances: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to review the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations to ensure that hazardous medicinal products with reproto
Hazardous Substances: Health Professions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to require NHS employers to provide ongoing (a) training and (b) health surveillance for all staff who (i) handle and (ii) otherw
Health Professions: Hazardous Substances
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has commissioned research into the potential impact of occupational exposure to hazardous medicinal products among nurs
Government Departments: Cybersecurity
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how the cyber risk to Government has changed in the last 5 years; how his Department's approach to cyber security has changed in t
Counter-terrorism
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to educate communities on the rise of far right extremism.
Racial Hatred and Religious Hatred: Blyth and Ashington
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) race and (b) religious hate crimes took place in Blyth and Ashington constituency between September (i) 2024 and (ii) 2025.
Trials
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce the time taken for victims to wait for cases to be heard.
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