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.
1599
Votes Cast
£305,039
Expenses 2024-25
11,153
Majority
50.1%
Vote Share
Expenses (2024-25)
£305,039
Year-on-Year
Election Result(2024 General Election)
Turnout: 42,216 voters
Parliamentary Activity
Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)
9
Written Questions
48
Oral Questions
107
Debates Spoken In⚑
163
Speeches⚑
546
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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1599 votes — page 52 of 64
Draft Rural Development (Rules and Decisions) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
27 Mar 2019
1 AYE1 NOSection 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993
2 votes · 26 Mar 2019
Section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993
2 votes · 26 Mar 2019
2 AYEUK's withdrawal from the EU
2 votes · 14 Mar 2019
UK's withdrawal from the EU
2 votes · 14 Mar 2019
2 AYEUK's withdrawal from the European Union
2 votes · 14 Mar 2019
UK's withdrawal from the European Union
2 votes · 14 Mar 2019
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
(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.
- 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
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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
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Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
- Date interest arose
- 14 October 2024
Registered 11 November 2024
Activity Pulse
Questions asked and motions sponsored by Liz in Parliament
What estimate she has made of the number of families affected by the two-child limit for child tax c
What estimate she has made of the number of families affected by the two-child limit for child tax credits and universal credit since April 2017.
If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
What steps the Government is taking to support women who are experiencing domestic abuse.
What steps the Government is taking to support women who are experiencing domestic abuse.
What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the effect on the Welsh economy of the Government not yet having made a decision on the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon.
What steps he is taking to support the retail sector.
What steps he is taking to support the retail sector.
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
What recent assessment he has made of trends in the size of the UK armed forces.
What recent assessment he has made of trends in the size of the UK armed forces.
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
What assessment she has made of the effect on women’s refuges of proposed reforms to supported housi
What assessment she has made of the effect on women’s refuges of proposed reforms to supported housing.
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