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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
2 Jul 2025 Draft Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Suitability for Fixed Term Recall) Order 2025 deferred division Aye 333–168
2 Jul 2025 Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 deferred division Aye 338–79
1 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading Aye 335–260
1 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading No 149–328
30 Jun 2025 Draft Marking of Retail Goods Regulations 2025 No vote 315–4
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading against party line No 314–291
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 against party line No 274–224
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 against party line No 275–209
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 against party line Aye 223–269
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 against party line Aye 213–266
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 against party line Aye 208–261
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill: Third Reading No vote 312–95
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 130 No vote 178–313
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 121 No vote 114–310
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 88 No vote 178–313
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 43 No vote 147–305
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 No vote 102–390
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 No 117–379
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 Aye 379–137
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 No 89–428
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 No 189–328
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 175 No 184–336
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 174 No 194–335
13 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 No vote 259–216
13 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 No vote 230–256

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 4 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

Machine-readable: JSON for this MP.

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