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
25 Mar 2025 Great British Energy Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 Aye 314–198
25 Mar 2025 Non Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 Aye 319–166
25 Mar 2025 Non Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 14 Aye 320–179
25 Mar 2025 Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 13 Aye 320–180
25 Mar 2025 Non Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 Aye 316–180
25 Mar 2025 Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 Aye 322–117
25 Mar 2025 Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 Aye 316–183
25 Mar 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 21B Aye 314–196
25 Mar 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 8B Aye 313–194
25 Mar 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5B Aye 311–192
25 Mar 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1B Aye 312–190
24 Mar 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Second Reading Aye 330–74
19 Mar 2025 Opposition Day: Winter Fuel Payment No 177–293
19 Mar 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill Motion to Disagree with Lords Amendment 21 No vote 316–187
19 Mar 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to Disagree with Lords Amendment 8 No vote 316–189
19 Mar 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 No vote 313–190
19 Mar 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 3 Aye 314–187
19 Mar 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 Aye 310–183
19 Mar 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 1 Aye 307–182
18 Mar 2025 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Third Reading Aye 382–104
18 Mar 2025 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: Amendment 210 No 167–324
18 Mar 2025 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: Amendment 209 No 107–324
18 Mar 2025 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: New Clause 34 No 77–315
18 Mar 2025 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 No 77–313
17 Mar 2025 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: Amendment 171 No 65–317

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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