Alan Strickland MP: votes, interests and costs
Alan Strickland represents Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor in the House of Commons for Labour.
Offices and committees
The Members API lists no current government, opposition or committee post for Alan Strickland; earlier posts are below.
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [HL] | 5 March 2025 | 20 March 2025 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 39cd9c7a8814.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests lists 1 entry for Alan Strickland: Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP (1). The most recent was registered on 31 July 2026. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
London North Eastern Railway (LNER) - £3,044.00
- How the donation was received: (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: To support my MP summer school for local students from University Technical College South Durham, LNER provided 5 complimentary first class tickets for the students and 3 upgrades for my staff accompanying the students to provide supervision as they were under 18
- Value of the benefit: £3,044.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-07-08
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-07-08
- Name of the donor: London North Eastern Railway (LNER)
- Status of the donor: Company
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 28 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
IPSA, the body that sets and pays MPs' business costs, records staffing spending of £122,949 for Alan Strickland in 2024-25 against a budget of £185,538. Office costs came to £25,668 of a £30,426 budget. Budgets for that year run from the MP's election on 4 July 2024, as IPSA's reason column states. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £122,949.07 |
| Office costs: spent | £25,668.48 |
| Accommodation: spent | £14,362.93 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £11,630.83 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £21,667 (Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area from 5 July 2024).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Communications Officer (permanent part time), Office Manager (permanent full time), Senior Researcher (permanent part time), Senior Caseworker (permanent full time), Researcher (permanent full time), Caseworker (permanent full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
How Alan Strickland voted in the House of Commons: 548 recorded votes since 4 July 2024, as published by the Commons Votes API. Of these, 56 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. Below, the latest 30 on bills and motions. The most recent, on 21 October 2026, was a No on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 28 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
The Written Questions API lists 4 written questions from Alan Strickland since 4 July 2024. Departments in the latest 4: Attorney General; Church Commissioners; Department for Culture, Media and Sport; Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.
Crown Prosecution Service: North East
To ask the Solicitor General, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Crown Prosecution Service's performance in the North East.
Cemeteries: County Durham
To ask the Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, if the Church will take steps to improve the maintenance of Quarrington Hill Graveyard in County Durham.
Sports: Facilities
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the availability of grassroots sports facilities.
Ukraine: Military Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to support Ukraine.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 43e0bdb1ef7d. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Alan Strickland.
2024 general election
The House of Commons Library records a majority of 8,839 for Alan Strickland in Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor in July 2024, from 18,394 votes on a turnout of 55.2%. Result as published: Lab gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor figures
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.