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
18 Mar 2026	Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 deferred division	No vote	368–107
11 Mar 2026	Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading	No vote	292–161
11 Mar 2026	Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6	No vote	175–292
11 Mar 2026	Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5	No vote	172–283
11 Mar 2026	Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11	No vote	174–292
10 Mar 2026	Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading	No vote	304–203
10 Mar 2026	Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading	No vote	203–311
9 Mar 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106	No vote	304–177
9 Mar 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 102	No vote	315–163
9 Mar 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 44	No vote	315–109
9 Mar 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41	No vote	316–171
9 Mar 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38	No vote	307–173
9 Mar 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37	No vote	321–106
9 Mar 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 17	No vote	306–182
9 Mar 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 16	No vote	309–181
2 Mar 2026	Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading	No vote	105–410
24 Feb 2026	Opposition Day: Protections for children from online harms	No vote	69–279
23 Feb 2026	Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading	No vote	361–84
23 Feb 2026	Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill Committee: New Clause 3	No vote	73–256
23 Feb 2026	Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3	No vote	77–280
23 Feb 2026	Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 2	No vote	156–273
23 Feb 2026	Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: Amendment 1	No vote	161–272
11 Feb 2026	Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2026-27	No vote	279–90
11 Feb 2026	Local Government Finance Report (England) 2026-27	No vote	277–143
11 Feb 2026	Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 deferred division	No vote	362–107

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

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

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