Liz Twist

MP since 8 Jun 2017

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Liz Twist is the Labour MP for Blaydon and Consett, and has been an MP continually since 8 June 2017.

1585

Votes Cast

£305,039

Expenses 2024-25

11,153

Majority

50.1%

Vote Share

Expenses (2024-25)

£305,039

Staffing£245,440
Office£26,727
Accommodation£22,772
Travel£10,101

Year-on-Year

2024-25£305,039
2023-24£279,376
2022-23£255,799
2021-22£244,775
2020-21£229,678
2019-20£181,201
2018-19£192,229
2017-18£154,333

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 42,216 voters

Labour
21,160 votes50.1%
Reform UK
10,007 votes23.7%
Conservative
6,052 votes14.3%
Green Party
2,589 votes6.1%
Liberal Democrat
2,273 votes5.4%
Social Democratic Party
135 votes0.3%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

9

Written Questions

44

Oral Questions

99

Debates Spoken In

141

Speeches

532

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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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

Armed Forces Bill Report Stage

3 votes · 22 Jun 2026

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Financial Interests(3)

(a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation

UNISON

£2,000 contribution towards printing costs for publication.

£2,000
Name of donor
UNISON
Address of donor
UNISON Centre, 130 Euston Road, London NW1 2AY
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
£2,000 contribution towards printing costs for publication.
Donor status
trade union

Registered 26 January 2026

Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year

Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year

Type of land/property
Residential property (house)
Number of properties
1
Location
Maine et Loire, France

Registered 7 July 2017

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

Date interest arose
14 October 2024

Registered 11 November 2024

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Liz in Parliament

Special Educational Needs: Surveys

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including acquired brain injury as a specific category in the special educational needs survey.

Department for Education16 Jun 2026

Poverty: Children

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help reduce levels of inequality for children in poverty.

AnsweredWomen and Equalities23 Apr 2026

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps are being taken to improve access to pulmonary rehabilitation for adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease living in Blayd

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care12 Feb 2026

Respiratory Diseases: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he make an assessment of the potential merits of a Modern Service Framework for respiratory health to help improve referral and take u

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care12 Feb 2026

Respiratory Diseases: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve the 37% referral rates of eligible patients for pulmonary rehabilitation.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care12 Feb 2026

Respiratory Diseases: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the potential impact of increasing national pulmonary rehabilitation referral rates on (a) clinical o

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care12 Feb 2026

Living Wage and Minimum Wage

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what progress he has made with Cabinet colleagues on helping reduce the number of employers underpaying the National Minimum Wage and National Liv

AnsweredDepartment for Business and Trade4 Dec 2025

Employment: Suicide

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of promoting the document entitled BS 30480 Suicide and the workplace: Intervention, preve

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care20 Nov 2025

Energy: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with Ofgem on reforming the energy market.

AnsweredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero12 Nov 2025

Migrant Workers: Physiotherapy

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will provide a breakdown by nation of origin of the number of physiotherapists granted visas in the last 12 months.

AnsweredHome Office20 Jul 2023
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