Johanna Baxter MP: votes, interests and costs
Johanna Baxter represents Paisley and Renfrewshire South in the House of Commons for Labour.
Offices and committees
The Members API lists no current government, opposition or committee post for Johanna Baxter; earlier posts are below.
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Finance (No. 2) Bill | 15 January 2026 | 3 February 2026 |
| Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Bill | 13 May 2025 | 14 May 2025 |
| Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill | 12 February 2025 | 18 March 2025 |
| Work and Pensions Committee | 21 October 2024 | 22 June 2026 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 bf1221fd278e.
Register of interests
Entries in the register for Johanna Baxter, as the MP registered them: Family members engaged in third-party lobbying (1). Latest registration 4 August 2024. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Mark Henry Glover employed as Lobbyist
- Job title or role: Executive Chairman
- Name of employer: SEC Newgate UK
- Name of the family member acting as a lobbyist: Mark Henry Glover
- Who the family member is directly related to: Related to member directly
- Nature of relationship: Spouse
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 26 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 £80,748 for Johanna Baxter in 2024-25 against a budget of £185,538. Office costs came to £30,342 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 | £80,747.93 |
| Office costs: spent | £30,341.83 |
| Accommodation: spent | £0.00 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £24,124.61 |
| 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: Paisley and Renfrewshire South CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Office Manager/Senior Parl Assistant (casual), Office Manager ×2 (permanent full time), Constituency Support Officer (permanent full time), Senior Caseworker (casual), Office Manager (casual), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Personal Assistant (fixed term full time), Chief of Staff (fixed term part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
How Johanna Baxter voted in the House of Commons: 545 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 26 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Johanna Baxter has tabled 51 written questions since 4 July 2024, according to the Written Questions API. Departments in the latest 10: Department for Work and Pensions; Department of Health and Social Care; Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.
Employment: Migraines
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of migraines as a driver of health related economic activity.
Employment: Migraines
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether migraine has been considered as part of cross government efforts to improve workforce participation among people with long term conditions.
Migraines
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his department is carrying out work alongside other Government departments to address health and employment impacts of migraines.
Migraines
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his department has plans to strengthen national policy recognition of migraine as a serious neurological condition.
Ukraine: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps she is taking to support the return of children forcibly deported from Ukraine.
Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what timeframes his Department will set out to implement the findings of Exercise Pegasus.
Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which minister will be responsible for implementing the findings from Exercise Pegasus.
Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department will publish the report findings from Exercise Pegasus.
Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which health bodies from England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland were involved in Exercise Pegasus.
Disease Control: Immunosuppression
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what engagement did Exercise Pegasus have with providers in the procurement of adequate Personal Protective Equipment for immunocompromised patients.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 cec9079fb9df. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Johanna Baxter.
2024 general election
The House of Commons Library records a majority of 6,527 for Johanna Baxter in Paisley and Renfrewshire South in July 2024, from 19,583 votes on a turnout of 57.7%. Result as published: Lab gain from SNP.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Paisley and Renfrewshire South figures
Statements and pledges on this site
Official corrections
Records in which Johanna Baxter corrected an answer or the Commons record, or which the UK Statistics Authority addressed to Johanna Baxter:
- Johanna Baxter corrected a contribution in the Commons record
- Johanna Baxter 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.