Chris McDonald MP: votes, interests and costs
The Member of Parliament for Stockton North is Chris McDonald (Labour). The Members API lists the post of Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) from 23 July 2026.
Offices and committees
The Members API lists 2 current posts for Chris McDonald.
Ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) | Department of Health and Social Care | 23 July 2026 | Current |
| Minister of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade) | Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade | 21 July 2026 | Current |
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) | Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | 11 September 2025 | 21 July 2026 |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) | Department for Business and Trade | 11 September 2025 | 21 July 2026 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Great British Energy Bill | 11 September 2024 | 15 October 2024 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 2c6fa5cbad51.
Register of interests
Entries in the register for Chris McDonald, as the MP registered them: Miscellaneous (3), Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (1), Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP (1), Employment and earnings (1). Latest registration 15 September 2026. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Royal Navy - £1,503.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Two tickets for dinner and attendance at the Edinburgh Royal Military Tattoo
- Value of the benefit: £1,503.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-08-15
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-08-15
- Name of the donor: Royal Navy
- Status of the donor: Other
- Description of donor status, where this could not be covered by defined options: Royal Navy
GMB Union - £2,000.00
- How the donation was received: (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Value of the benefit: £2,000.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-03-27
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-03-27
- Name of the donor: GMB Union
- Status of the donor: Trade Union
Professor in Practice at the Durham University Business School. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2025-09-01
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Editor - Millennium Steel Publishing
- Type of work or service being provided: Editor
- Date the agreement ended: 2025-12-14
- Name of the payer: Millennium Steel Publishing
- Brief description of the payer's business: Publishing scientific and technological journals for industry.
- Payment expected for services on 14 December 2025 - £3,000.00
Professional registration with the Engineering Council as a Chartered Engineer.
- The type of interest: Other
Trustee of the Redhills CIO Charity based in Durham. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest ended: 2025-05-01
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 28 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
In 2024-25 Chris McDonald's office spent £151,019 on staff, from a staffing budget of £185,538, according to IPSA. Office costs came to £27,893 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 | £151,019.32 |
| Office costs: spent | £27,893.04 |
| Accommodation: spent | £22,351.77 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £16,667.56 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £31,549 (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, with an uplift to cover the cost of two dependants).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Stockton North CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Chief of Staff (permanent full time), Office Manager/Senior Parl Assistant (permanent full time), Senior Casework Team Leader/Manager (permanent full time), Administrative Manager (permanent full time), Constituency Support Officer (permanent full time), Caseworker (permanent full time), Caseworker (fixed term part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
How Chris McDonald voted in the House of Commons: 490 recorded votes since 4 July 2024, as published by the Commons Votes API. Of these, 57 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 20 October 2026, was an Aye on "Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading".
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 9 written questions from Chris McDonald since 4 July 2024. Departments in the latest 9: Northern Ireland Office; Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office; Ministry of Defence; Attorney General; and others.
Terrorism: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to his oral contribution of 26 February 2025, Official Report, column 765 and the judgment in R v Adams (Appellant) (Northern Ireland) [2020] UKSC 19, what steps he is taking to address th …
India: Pakistan
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage India to meet its obligations under the Indus Waters Treaty.
Infrastructure: Seas and Oceans
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to protect critical undersea infrastructure.
Offensive Weapons: Prosecutions
To ask the Solicitor General, what steps she is taking to help ensure the effective prosecution of cases involving the use of offensive weapons.
Disabled Facilities Grants
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase the maximum application amount for the Disabled Facilities Grant.
Minerals
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made a comparative assessment of the (a) effectiveness and (b) extent of the UK's list of critical minerals and the list used by (a) the European Union and (ii) other jurisdictions.
Minerals
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he plans to review the list of critical minerals; what criteria he plans to use to assess which materials will be included; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of including c …
National Wealth Fund
What progress she has made with Cabinet colleagues on establishing a National Wealth Fund.
Royal Mail: Universal Service Obligation
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment he has made of the proposals by prospective buyers of Royal Mail.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 97257d01de12. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Chris McDonald.
2024 general election
At the 4 July 2024 general election Stockton North returned Chris McDonald with a majority of 7,939: 17,128 votes, 45.8% of those cast, against 9,189 for John McDermottroe. Result as published: Lab hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Stockton North figures
Statements and pledges on this site
Official corrections
Records in which Chris McDonald corrected an answer or the Commons record, or which the UK Statistics Authority addressed to Chris McDonald:
- Chris McDonald corrected a written answer on Satellite Communications: Finance
- Chris McDonald corrected a contribution in the Commons record
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.