Josh MacAlister
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
MP since 4 Jul 2024
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Josh MacAlister is the Labour MP for Whitehaven and Workington, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024. He currently holds the Government post of Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education).
484
Votes Cast
£223,568
Expenses 2024-25
13,286
Majority
53.0%
Vote Share
Expenses (2024-25)
£223,568
Election Result(2024 General Election)
Turnout: 41,840 voters
Parliamentary Activity
Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)
41
Written Questions
12
Oral Questions
87
Debates Spoken In⚑
231
Speeches⚑
484
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.
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Children's School and Wellbeing Bill: Motion relating to Lords Amendments 38V to 38X
27 Apr 2026
8 AYEEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
8 votes · 21 Apr 2026
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
8 votes · 21 Apr 2026
4 AYECrime and Policing Bill
4 votes · 20 Apr 2026
Crime and Policing Bill
4 votes · 20 Apr 2026
4 AYEChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill
4 votes · 15 Apr 2026
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill
4 votes · 15 Apr 2026
2 AYECrime and Policing Bill
2 votes · 14 Apr 2026
Crime and Policing Bill
2 votes · 14 Apr 2026
Financial Interests(6)
(a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
Lord (David) Sainsbury
£20,000
£20,000
(a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
Lord (David) Sainsbury
£20,000
- Name of donor
- Lord (David) Sainsbury
- Address of donor
- private
- Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
- £20,000
- Donor status
- individual
Registered 15 July 2025
(a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
Lord (David) Sainsbury
£20,000
£20,000
(a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
Lord (David) Sainsbury
£20,000
- Name of donor
- Lord (David) Sainsbury
- Address of donor
- private
- Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
- £20,000
- Donor status
- individual
Registered 21 March 2026
(b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
Cressida Pollock and Danny Luhde-Thompson
£10,000
11 July 2025
£10,000
(b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
Cressida Pollock and Danny Luhde-Thompson
£10,000
11 July 2025
- Name of donor
- Cressida Pollock and Danny Luhde-Thompson
- Address of donor
- private
- Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
- £10,000
- Date received
- 11 July 2025
- Date accepted
- 11 July 2025
- Donor status
- individual
Registered 15 July 2025
(b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
Ben Kingsley
Approx. 24 hours of in kind support on development of Private Members Bill - further drafting work, attending meetings with other relevant legal experts and with public officials, to finalise the draft Bill in advance of its second reading debate
1 January 2025 to 7 March 2025
£1,900
(b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
Ben Kingsley
Approx. 24 hours of in kind support on development of Private Members Bill - further drafting work, attending meetings with other relevant legal experts and with public officials, to finalise the draft Bill in advance of its second reading debate
1 January 2025 to 7 March 2025
- Name of donor
- Ben Kingsley
- Address of donor
- private
- Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
- Approx. 24 hours of in kind support on development of Private Members Bill - further drafting work, attending meetings with other relevant legal experts and with public officials, to finalise the draft Bill in advance of its second reading debate, value £1,900
- Date received
- 1 January 2025 to 7 March 2025
- Date accepted
- 1 January 2025
- Donor status
- individual
Registered 10 March 2025
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
- Date interest arose
- 5 July 2024
Registered 23 July 2024
Activity Pulse
Questions asked and motions sponsored by Josh in Parliament
Warm Homes Plan
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure the Warm Homes Plan integrates with existing energy efficiency schemes.
Emergency Services Network: Whitehaven and Workington
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans that access to the Croasdale Emergency Services mobile mast in Whitehaven and Workington constituency will be shared with all mobi
Nuclear Power Stations
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many approval processes Great British Nuclear undertake before final decisions are made on (a) technology and (b) sites for new nucl
Nuclear Power Stations
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he will prioritise new nuclear power generation on land designated for new nuclear over other potential uses.
Nuclear Power Stations
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he will prioritise government owned land that remains (a) unused and (b) licensed for new nuclear use in siting decisions for de
Nuclear Power Stations
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether access to existing nuclear expertise is considered in siting decisions for new nuclear power plants.
Nuclear Power Stations
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether the eight sites identified for new nuclear use in the 2011 National Policy Statement are intended for new nuclear use.
Nuclear Power Stations
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, which government sites licensed for new nuclear use have been subject to further detailed assessments since designation.
Moorside Power Station
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether access has been (a) requested and (b) granted to land owned by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority at Moorside for detailed as
Sellafield: Land
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority have sought approval for the purchase of land in West Cumbria in the last ten years.
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