John Finucane

Sinn Féin MP for Belfast North, since 12 December 2019

John Finucane is the Sinn Féin MP for Belfast North, and has been an MP continually since 12 December 2019.

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Scorecard

0.0% Attendance Sinn Féin MPs do not take their seats, by declared party policy — this figure is not a measure of attendance

0 Votes cast out of 575 divisions

575 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend

0 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Sinn Féin MPs

6 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more

0 Debates spoken in 0 written questions tabled

Not ranked. Sinn Féin MPs stand on a declared policy of not taking their seats at Westminster, and their voters elect them knowing it. Counting that as absenteeism would be a category error, so they are excluded from the ranking.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

Date	Question	Their vote	Result
3 Sep 2025	Opposition day: Hospitality sector	No vote	158–334
3 Sep 2025	Opposition day: Property taxes	No vote	98–335
2 Sep 2025	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Second Reading	No vote	365–164
2 Sep 2025	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Reasoned Amendment	No vote	167–367
16 Jul 2025	Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) deferred division	No vote	333–54
16 Jul 2025	Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 deferred division	No vote	334–54
15 Jul 2025	Opposition Day: Tax	No vote	165–342
15 Jul 2025	Opposition Day: Welfare	No vote	106–440
11 Jul 2025	Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill Report: Amendment 1	No vote	0–47
11 Jul 2025	Motion to sit in private	No vote	1–58
9 Jul 2025	Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading	No vote	336–242
9 Jul 2025	Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38	No vote	149–334
9 Jul 2025	Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8	No vote	130–443
9 Jul 2025	Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 45	No vote	175–401
9 Jul 2025	Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part	No vote	335–135
9 Jul 2025	Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 12	No vote	105–370
9 Jul 2025	Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 50	No vote	103–416
9 Jul 2025	Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39	No vote	35–469
8 Jul 2025	Football Governance Bill [HL]: Third Reading	No vote	415–98
8 Jul 2025	Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: Amendment 18	No vote	178–338
8 Jul 2025	Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: New Clause 3	No vote	86–340
8 Jul 2025	Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: New Clause 1	No vote	167–346
4 Jul 2025	Motion to sit in private	No vote	1–33
2 Jul 2025	Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025	No vote	385–26
2 Jul 2025	Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Motion to insist on 2A and disagree with LA2B and LA2C	No vote	321–158

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

1. Employment and earnings

Role, work or services: Director
Payer: Finucane Toner Ltd (Solicitors), 76-78 Castle St, Belfast BT1 1HD

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

Remuneration: £4,672 a month
From: 1 January 2020.
Hours: 80 hrs a month (between 40 and 80 hours a month)
(Registered 7 January 2020; updated 8 July 2020)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Nafarroako Torturatuen Sarea Elkartea (Association of Torture Victims of Navarre)
Address of donor: Calle Amaya 2C 31002 Pamplona-Navarra (Spain)
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£275.61), accommodation (£119.43) and meals (£73.15), value £468.19
Destination of visit: Spain
Dates of visit: 6 November 2025 to 7 November 2025
Purpose of visit: Panellist at the the International Conference of the Association, titled: TORTURE. Impunity: guarantees for reparation and non-repetition
(Registered 1 December 2025)

On the register since 2 Dec 2025

Name of donor: (1) Friends of Sinn Féin USA (2) Friends of Sinn Féin Canada
Address of donor: (1) Friends of Sinn Féin USA 1212 Floor 5, Avenue of the Americas, New York. USA (2) Friends of Sinn Féin Canada 466 Dupont Street, Toronto, Ontario. M5R 1W6
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): (1) Flights (£1,651.70) and accommodation in San Francisco (£1,433.65), value £3,085.35 (2) Flights (£235.43) and accommodation in Vancouver (£639.02), value £874.45
Destination of visit: United States and Canada
Dates of visit: 16 September 2025 to 21 September 2025
Purpose of visit: The trip was to brief Irish citizens and the wider diaspora on political developments and the potential for Irish Unity.
(Registered 24 September 2025)

On the register since 8 Oct 2025

6. 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: Belfast
(Registered 7 January 2020)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital

Name of company or organisation: Finucane Toner Ltd
Nature of business: Solicitors
(Registered 7 January 2020)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

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Debates

No recorded contributions to debates yet.

Money declared to them

2 donations accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £5,756 in total — from the Electoral Commission's register, which is a separate register from the one above. Money given to their party is not counted here; this is money declared to them.

Accepted	Recipient	Donor	Type	Value
16 Sep 2025	John Finucane sitting MP	Friends of Sinn Féin USA Other	Visit	£3,085
26 Jan 2025	John Finucane sitting MP	Friends of Sinn Féin USA Other	Visit	£2,671

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →

Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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