Chris McDonald
Labour MP for Stockton North, since 4 July 2024
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
Chris McDonald is the Labour MP for Stockton North, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024. He currently holds the Government posts of Minister of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade), and Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care).
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Voting record
590 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.
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.
1. Employment and earnings
Role, work or services: Editor
Until: 14 December 2025.
Payer: Millennium Steel Publishing (Publishing scientific and technological journals for industry.), private address
(Registered 3 August 2024; updated 14 December 2025)
Payment expected: £3,000
Completed or provided on: 14 December 2025. Hours: 42 hrs.
(Registered 14 December 2025)
2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
Name of donor: GMB Union
Address of donor: 22 Stephenson Way, London NW1 2HD
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000
Date received: 27 March 2026
Date accepted: 27 March 2026
Donor status: trade union
(Registered 27 March 2026)
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
Name of donor: Royal Navy
Address of donor: Royal Navy Headquarters NE & IOM, East Brunswick Dock, 80 Sefton Street, HMS Eaglet, Liverpool L3 4DZ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets for dinner and attendance at the Edinburgh Royal Military Tattoo, value £1,503
Date received: 15 August 2026
Date accepted: 15 August 2026
Donor status: other (Royal Navy)
(Registered 15 September 2026)
8. Miscellaneous
Professor in Practice at the Durham University Business School. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 1 September 2025
(Registered 8 September 2025)
Trustee of the Redhills CIO Charity based in Durham. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest ended: 1 May 2025
(Registered 10 July 2024; updated 2 May 2025)
Professional registration with the Engineering Council as a Chartered Engineer.
(Registered 3 August 2024)
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Debates
159 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:
- Goods Trading: Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill
- Small Modular Reactors: Jobs
- Topical Questions
- Ceramics Industry
- British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme
- Private Sector Investment: Lancashire
- Steel Tariffs
- Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill
- Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill
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 →
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