Official portrait of Mr James Frith

Mr James Frith

Labour MP for Bury North, since 4 July 2024

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

Mr James Frith is the Labour MP for Bury North, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024. He currently holds the Government post of Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care).

Scorecard

75.8% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
436 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
139 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
9 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
6 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
133 Debates spoken in 299 written questions tabled

Ranked 260 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 vote 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 0–44
26 Mar 2025 Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading Aye 366–41
26 Mar 2025 Tobacco and Vapes Bill Report Stage: Amendment 85 No 92–303
26 Mar 2025 Tobacco and Vapes Bill Report Stage: Amendment 1 No 72–304
26 Mar 2025 Tobacco and Vapes Bill Report Stage: New Clause 19 No 159–307
26 Mar 2025 Tobacco and Vapes Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2 No 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.

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: BPI (British Recorded Music Industry) Ltd
Address of donor: Unit 4/4A, Tileyard Studios, Tileyard Road, London N7 9AH
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets and hospitality for The BRITs, in Manchester, value £3,432
Date received: 28 February 2026
Date accepted: 28 February 2026
Donor status: company, registration 01132389
(Registered 7 March 2026)

On the register since 10 Mar 2026

Name of donor: Sky UK Ltd
Address of donor: Grant Way, Isleworth, Middlesex TW7 5QD
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets to the Oval Cricket Ground for England versus India with food, value £432
Date received: 3 August 2025
Date accepted: 3 August 2025
Donor status: company, registration 02906991
(Registered 29 August 2025)

On the register since 2 Sep 2025

Name of donor: PRS for Music Limited
Address of donor: 1st Floor, Golding’s House, 2 Hays Lane London SE1 2HB
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: 2 tickets for Glastonbury and accommodation, value £3,122
Date received: 27 June 2025 to 30 June 2025
Date accepted: 27 June 2025
Donor status: company, registration 03444246
(Registered 18 July 2025)

On the register since 5 Aug 2025

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: March of the Living
Address of donor: PO Box 80430, London NW9 1TA (Registered Charity No: 1138604)
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£450), accommodation (£1050 inc. £350 single supplement), food (£300), transport (£350), security (£250), site entrance (£250) and staff (£200), value £2,850
Destination of visit: Poland
Dates of visit: 12 April 2026 to 16 April 2026
Purpose of visit: An important education tour of Holocaust sites to gain a deeper understanding of the Holocaust.
(Registered 1 May 2026)

On the register since 19 May 2026

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

Name of company or organisation: Pull Together Ltd
Nature of business: Education services company trading as All Together
(Registered 23 July 2024)

On the register since 30 Jul 2025

Name of company or organisation: Lemonade Partners
Nature of business: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Held jointly with or on behalf of: Jointly with my wife
(Registered 23 July 2024)

On the register since 30 Jul 2025

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Debates

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

Money declared to them

1 donation accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £2,850 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.

AcceptedRecipientDonorTypeValue
12 Apr 2026 James Frith sitting MP March of the Living Other Visit £2,850

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 →

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