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Andy McDonald

Labour MP for Middlesbrough and Thornaby East, since 29 November 2012

Andy McDonald is the Labour MP for Middlesbrough and Thornaby East, and has been an MP continually since 29 November 2012.

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Scorecard

86.1% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
494 Votes cast out of 575 divisions, plus 1 as teller
80 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
19 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
4 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
598 Debates spoken in 1329 written questions tabled

Ranked 75 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
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 49 Aye 332–160
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 48 Aye 328–160
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 47 Aye 327–164
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 46 Aye 314–178
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 23 Aye 329–163
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 8 Aye 316–172
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 7 Aye 330–158
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 Aye 326–160
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill: Third Reading Aye 362–87
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 10 No 153–300
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 23 No 158–297
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 58 No 92–364
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2 No 69–300
9 Sep 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Second Reading Aye 330–179
9 Sep 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Reasoned Amendment No 116–333
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 64 Aye 335–160
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 53 Aye 401–96
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 39 Aye 325–171
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 Aye 404–98
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 19 Aye 336–158
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 18 Aye 402–97
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 Aye 398–93
4 Sep 2025 House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 Aye 338–74
4 Sep 2025 House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 Aye 331–73
4 Sep 2025 House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 Aye 336–77

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: Middlesbrough Football & Athletic Company (1986) Ltd
Address of donor: Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough TS3 6RS
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets to the Middlesbrough vs Southampton match, including hospitality (the amount is estimated), value £250
Date received: 9 May 2026
Date accepted: 9 May 2026
Donor status: company, registration 01947851
(Registered 8 June 2026)

On the register since 16 Jun 2026

Name of donor: Middlesbrough Football & Athletic Company (1986) Ltd
Address of donor: Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough TS3 6RS
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets to the Southampton vs Middlesbrough football match, including hospitality (the amount is estimated), value £250
Date received: 12 May 2026
Date accepted: 12 May 2026
Donor status: company, registration 01947851
(Registered 8 June 2026)

On the register since 16 Jun 2026

Name of donor: Middlesbrough Football & Athletic Company (1986) Ltd
Address of donor: Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough TS3 6RS
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets, including hospitality, for the Hull City v Middlesbrough football match at Wembley Stadium (estimated amount), value £1,250
Date received: 23 May 2026
Date accepted: 23 May 2026
Donor status: company, registration 01947851
(Registered 15 June 2026)

On the register since 16 Jun 2026

8. Miscellaneous

Solicitor (not currently employed as such).
(Registered 28 December 2012)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

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Debates

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

Money declared to them

No donations to this member appear on the Electoral Commission's register for this Parliament. Only donations above the statutory thresholds have to be declared, and the match is made on name — search the register directly if you are checking a specific one.

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 →

Machine-readable: JSON for this MP.

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