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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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Scorecard

78.3% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
449 Votes cast out of 575 divisions, plus 1 as teller
125 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
6 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
158 Debates spoken in 9 written questions tabled

Ranked 206 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.

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)

On the register since 16 Dec 2025

Payment expected: £3,000
Completed or provided on: 14 December 2025. Hours: 42 hrs.
(Registered 14 December 2025)

On the register since 16 Dec 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)

On the register since 14 Apr 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)

On the register since 15 Dec 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)

On the register since 13 May 2025

Professional registration with the Engineering Council as a Chartered Engineer.
(Registered 3 August 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

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Debates

158 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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