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
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 51: Inheritance tax (pension interests) Aye 364–167
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 50: Inheritance tax (limiting agricultural and business property reliefs etc) Aye 327–182
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 28: Capital gains tax (employee-ownership trusts) Aye 362–164
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 9: Basic rate limit and personal allowance for tax years 2028-29 to 2030-31 Aye 348–176
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 5: Income tax (savings rate for future years) Aye 369–166
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 4: Income tax (dividend rates) No vote 371–166
25 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Third Reading Aye 322–179
25 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 80 No 187–320
25 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 69 No 189–320
25 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 17 No 87–321
24 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 25 No 99–367
24 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 85 No 57–309
24 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 No 74–311
24 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2 No 158–318
19 Nov 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 Aye 326–92
19 Nov 2025 Draft Radio Equipment (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025 deferred division Aye 376–16
18 Nov 2025 Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Second Reading Aye 320–105
18 Nov 2025 Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Opposition Reasoned Amendment No vote 165–327
17 Nov 2025 Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill: Committee: Amendment 5 No 147–318
17 Nov 2025 Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill: Committee: Amendment 4 No 143–318
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 40 No vote 244–132
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 39 No vote 250–133
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 No vote 252–130
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 No vote 254–129
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 33 No vote 257–128

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

The same register on parliament.uk →

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 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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