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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
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 No 74–323
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 No 104–391
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 No 164–311
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 No 144–244
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 No 135–258
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 No 143–249
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 No 85–317
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion Aye 233–94
16 Jun 2026 Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 Aye 262–86
16 Jun 2026 Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 No vote 162–246
16 Jun 2026 Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 No 151–258
16 Jun 2026 Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 No 77–255
15 Jun 2026 Royal Albert Hall Bill [Lords]: Revival No vote 24–37
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill: Third Reading Aye 278–149
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 No 155–279
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 No 167–266
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 No 77–271
9 Jun 2026 Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 Aye 356–86
9 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 No 157–287
9 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 No 94–297
9 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 No 90–290
8 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 No vote 145–251
8 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 No vote 65–251
8 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 No vote 81–266
3 Jun 2026 Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 302–155

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:

Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence. 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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