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
Further Education: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase pay in the further education sector.
TGI Fridays: Closures and Redundancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had recent discussions with D&D London on its announcement of closures and redundancies at its TGI Fridays stores.
Kinship Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress her Department has made on implementing the national kinship care strategy in schools
Foster Care and Kinship Care: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to provide the same level of access to (a) training and (b) support to (i) kinship and (ii) foster carers.
Kinship Care: Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing the same rights to leave for kinship carers as are are in place for adoption le
Energy: Standing Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has had recent discussions with Ofgem on (a) the level of standing charges for (i) gas and (ii) electricity in the North East
Foster Care and Kinship Care: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will provide additional funding to equalise allowances between foster and kinship families.
Kinship Care: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will provide the same access to (a) health and (b) therapeutic support for children in kinship care as those in formal care settings.
Kinship Care: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made a recent comparative assessment of the educational needs of (a) children in kinship care and (b) other children.
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors: Sexual Dysfunction
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research his Department is undertaking on permanent antidepressant induced sexual dysfunction.
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