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
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) Aye 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 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.

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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