Official portrait of Liz Twist

Liz Twist

Labour MP for Blaydon and Consett, since 8 June 2017

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

Scorecard

92.5% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
532 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
43 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
11 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
3 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
721 Debates spoken in 325 written questions tabled

Ranked 13 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
24 Apr 2025 Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill [Lords]: Amendment 2 No 89–230
24 Apr 2025 Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill [Lords]: New Clause 3 No 88–212
23 Apr 2025 Opposition Day: Sewage: Government amendment Aye 301–69
23 Apr 2025 Opposition Day: Sewage: Lib Dem motion No 77–302
23 Apr 2025 Opposition Day: Hospitals No 77–307
2 Apr 2025 The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 Aye 304–105
2 Apr 2025 Infrastructure Planning (Onshore Wind and Solar Generation) Order 2025 Aye 307–100
2 Apr 2025 Draft Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025 deferred division Aye 349–14
1 Apr 2025 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]: Second Reading Aye 303–110
1 Apr 2025 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment on Second Reading No 110–302
31 Mar 2025 Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reduction) (England) Regulations 2025 Aye 296–164
31 Mar 2025 Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [Lords]: Third Reading Aye 304–62
31 Mar 2025 Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [Lords] Report Stage: Amendment 6 No 166–305
31 Mar 2025 Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [Lords] Report Stage: New Clause 4 No 167–306
31 Mar 2025 Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [Lords] Report Stage: New Clause 1 No 168–302
31 Mar 2025 Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15B, 15C, 15D, 15E Aye 302–167
31 Mar 2025 Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 13B Aye 301–167
31 Mar 2025 Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2B Aye 301–104
31 Mar 2025 Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1B Aye 296–170
28 Mar 2025 Motion to sit in private No vote 0–44
26 Mar 2025 Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading No vote 366–41
26 Mar 2025 Tobacco and Vapes Bill Report Stage: Amendment 85 No vote 92–303
26 Mar 2025 Tobacco and Vapes Bill Report Stage: Amendment 1 No vote 72–304
26 Mar 2025 Tobacco and Vapes Bill Report Stage: New Clause 19 No vote 159–307
26 Mar 2025 Tobacco and Vapes Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2 No vote 137–304

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.

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

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)

On the register since 3 Feb 2026

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: Maine et Loire, France
(Registered 7 July 2017)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

8. Miscellaneous

Co-Chair, UNISON group of Labour MPs
Date interest arose: 14 October 2024
(Registered 11 November 2024)

On the register since 13 Nov 2024

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

721 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

No donations to this member appear on the Electoral Commission's register for this Parliament. Only donations above the statutory thresholds have to be declared, and the match is made on name — search the register directly if you are checking a specific one.

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 4 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

Machine-readable: JSON for this MP.

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