Dáire Hughes MP: votes, interests and costs
Dáire Hughes represents Newry and Armagh in the House of Commons for Sinn Féin.
Offices and committees
The Members API lists no government or opposition post and no select committee membership for Dáire Hughes (read 15 October 2026).
Register of interests
Dáire Hughes has 3 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, the earliest registered on 6 September 2024 and the latest on 29 September 2026. By category: Visits outside the UK (2), Miscellaneous (1). Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
International visit to Austria between 04 September 2026 and 06 September 2026
- Purpose of the visit: To attend and speak at Volksstimmefest
- Date Member left the UK: 2026-09-04
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2026-09-06
International visit to Italy between 05 June 2026 and 06 June 2026
- Purpose of the visit: To attend and speak at the European Left Alliance’s ‘Tax The Rich’ event.
- Date Member left the UK: 2026-06-05
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2026-06-06
Leas Ard Runaí (Deputy General Secretary) of Sinn Féin. I receive £3,166.00 a month for this role. This is a part-time role.
- The type of interest: Formal role with a party organisation
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 27 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 £124,140 for Dáire Hughes in 2024-25 against a budget of £185,538. IPSA lists office spending of £19,283 in the same year. 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 | £124,139.56 |
| Office costs: spent | £19,282.99 |
| Accommodation: spent | £0.00 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £5,181.22 |
| 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: Newry and Armagh CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Executive Office Manager (permanent full time), Researcher (permanent full time), Constituency Support Manager (permanent full time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent part time), Support Officer (fixed term part time), Senior Caseworker (fixed term full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
The Commons Votes API records no division vote by Dáire Hughes since 4 July 2024 (read 15 October 2026).
Written questions
The Written Questions API lists no written question tabled by Dáire Hughes since 4 July 2024 (read 15 October 2026). Ministers do not table written questions to their own departments.
2024 general election
Dáire Hughes won Newry and Armagh at the general election of 4 July 2024 with 22,299 votes (48.5%), a majority of 15,493 over Pete Byrne (Social Democratic & Labour Party). Result as published: SF hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Newry and Armagh 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.