Official portrait of Lola McEvoy

Lola McEvoy

Labour MP for Darlington, since 4 July 2024

Lola McEvoy is the Labour MP for Darlington, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

Scorecard

89.7% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
529 Votes cast out of 590 divisions
61 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
4 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
80 Debates spoken in 40 written questions tabled

Ranked 29 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.4%. 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

590 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
11 Sep 2026 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading against party line No 270–286
11 Sep 2026 Closure motion against party line No 293–218
10 Sep 2026 Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No 77–292
9 Sep 2026 Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 371–100
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 No 162–297
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 No 106–302
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 No 108–357
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 No 79–300
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 No 170–316
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 No 77–317
4 Sep 2026 Motion to sit in private No vote 1–79
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading Aye 411–102
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 No 85–427
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 No vote 105–410
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 No 166–346
15 Jul 2026 Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots deferred division Aye 330–109
15 Jul 2026 Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 deferred division Aye 330–109
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 No 104–412
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 No 102–409
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 No 93–323
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading Aye 264–90
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No 97–358
8 Jul 2026 Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 deferred division No vote 283–182
8 Jul 2026 Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division No vote 317–103
8 Jul 2026 Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 deferred division No vote 369–102

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. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

Name of donor: The YIMBY Initiative Ltd
Address of donor: 12 Old Bond Street, London, W1S 4PW, England
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Provision of a member of staff to support my role as Co-Chair of the Labour Growth Group, shared with Chris Curtis MP, value £2,833.33
Date received: 26 July 2025 to 29 September 2025
Date accepted: 29 August 2025
Donor status: company, registration 15872051
(Registered 11 September 2025)

On the register since 17 Sep 2025

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Built Environment Networking Ltd
Address of donor: 4240 Park Approach, Thorpe Park, Leeds LS15 8GB
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Tickets for me and a staff member to attend one day of UKREiiF (UK Real Estate and Investment Infrastructure Forum) estimated, value £1,600
Date received: 20 May 2026
Date accepted: 20 May 2026
Donor status: company, registration 07110641
(Registered 12 June 2026)

On the register since 16 Jun 2026

8. Miscellaneous

Unpaid membership of a panel that collectively decides on the location of the installation of green plaques in Darlington. The plaques commemorate sites of local industrial historic significance. No official role within the panel nor any veto powers. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 31 January 2025
(Registered 18 November 2025)

On the register since 2 Dec 2025

Co-chair of the Labour Growth Group
Date interest arose: 3 December 2024
Date interest ended: 11 September 2025
(Registered 5 December 2024; updated 12 September 2025)

On the register since 17 Sep 2025

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

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

Money declared to them

2 donations accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £8,499 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
29 Aug 2025 Lola McEvoy sitting MP The YIMBY Initiative Ltd Company Non Cash Staff costs £2,833
30 Jun 2025 Lola McEvoy sitting MP The YIMBY Initiative Ltd Company Non Cash Staff costs £5,666

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 1 Oct 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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