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
516 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
59 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
5 Interests declared 1 at £5,000 or more
80 Debates spoken in 33 written questions tabled

Ranked 28 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
4 Feb 2026 Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 deferred division Aye 392–116
3 Feb 2026 Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading Aye 458–104
28 Jan 2026 Opposition Day: Youth unemployment No vote 91–287
28 Jan 2026 Opposition Day: British Indian Ocean Territory No vote 103–284
28 Jan 2026 Draft Medical Devices (Fees Amendment) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 294–108
27 Jan 2026 Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 1 No 88–310
27 Jan 2026 Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 2 No 61–311
27 Jan 2026 Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 No 91–378
21 Jan 2026 Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 (Remedial) Order 2025 Aye 373–106
21 Jan 2026 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Third Reading Aye 316–194
21 Jan 2026 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 No 195–317
21 Jan 2026 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee: Amendment 5 No 191–326
20 Jan 2026 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 Aye 347–184
20 Jan 2026 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 Aye 347–185
20 Jan 2026 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 Aye 344–182
20 Jan 2026 Sentencing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 7 Aye 319–127
14 Jan 2026 Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 deferred division Aye 301–110
13 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 26 No 172–334
13 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 9 No 181–335
13 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 86 stand part Aye 344–173
13 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 25 No 187–351
13 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 24 No 184–331
13 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 63 Stand part Aye 348–167
12 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 7 No 188–341
12 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 No 185–344

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

£5,666

Name of donor: The YIMBY Initiative Ltd
Address of donor: 12 Old Bond Street, London W1S 4PW
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 Growth, support shared with the other Co-Chair, Chris Curtis MP, value £5,666.66
Date received: 27 June 2025 to 25 July 2025
Date accepted: 30 June 2025
Donor status: company, registration 15872051
(Registered 13 August 2025)

On the register since 12 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 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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