Kirith Entwistle MP: votes, interests and costs
Kirith Entwistle (Labour) is the MP for Bolton North East, elected on 4 July 2024.
Offices and committees
Kirith Entwistle sits on 3 committees, according to the Parliament Members API.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill | 26 June 2025 | Current |
| Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art | 6 February 2025 | Current |
| Modernisation Committee | 9 September 2024 | Current |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill | 26 June 2025 | 2 July 2025 |
| Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] | 26 February 2025 | 11 March 2025 |
| Women and Equalities Committee | 28 October 2024 | 27 October 2025 |
| Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill: Programming sub committee | 23 October 2024 | 31 October 2024 |
| Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill | 23 October 2024 | 31 October 2024 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 92ef4e2d3c75.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests lists 1 entry for Kirith Entwistle: Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP (1). The most recent was registered on 19 May 2026. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Labour Asians Society Ltd - £4,126.79
- How the donation was received: (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Description of the payment: (50% of this donation was passed on to another MP)
- Value of the benefit: £4,126.79
- Name of the donor: Labour Asians Society Ltd
- Status of the donor: Friendly society
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 27 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority publishes Kirith Entwistle's 2024-25 staffing spend as £169,058 (budget £185,538). IPSA lists office spending of £30,244 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 | £169,058.48 |
| Office costs: spent | £30,243.73 |
| Accommodation: spent | £16,557.64 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £9,033.69 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £330.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £26,608 (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 one dependant).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Bolton North East BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Office Manager (permanent part time), Senior Communications Advisor (permanent full time), Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Constituency Support Manager (permanent full time), Caseworker (fixed term full time), Senior Caseworker (fixed term full time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (casual), Caseworker (casual) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
Kirith Entwistle is recorded voting in 486 divisions since 4 July 2024, according to the Commons Votes API. Of these, 56 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The 30 most recent on bills and motions are listed here. On 21 October 2026 Kirith Entwistle voted No on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 27 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Kirith Entwistle has tabled 72 written questions since 4 July 2024, according to the Written Questions API. The latest 10 were addressed to Home Office, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
Domestic Abuse
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle coercive control by ex-partners.
Water: North West
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that (a) parents and (b) local authorities are adequately informed of the risks of Shigella-causing bacterial infections from paddling at beaches in …
Water: North West
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of failures in sewage treatment, storm overflow management, or water quality monitoring on the level cases of Shigella-causin …
Water: North West
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the causes of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli infections linked to seawater exposure at beaches in the North West.
Water: North West
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help reduce the risk of children contracting Shigella infections while paddling at beaches in the North West.
Water: North West
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what data her Department holds on the incidence of Shigella infections associated with recreational water use at UK beaches; and what assessment he has made on how trends in the North …
Local Government Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to support local authorities with Dedicated Schools Grant deficits.
Special Educational Needs: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Government response to the Fair Funding Review consultation published on 20 November 2025, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of cumulative …
Local Government Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Fair Funding Review methodology will take account of historic and projected cost pressures arising from SEND demand and associated Dedicated Schools Grant deficits wh …
Local Government Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of unresolved Dedicated Schools Grant deficits on the ability of local authorities such as Bolton Council to benefit fro …
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 2f63a29ebc59. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Kirith Entwistle.
2024 general election
Kirith Entwistle won Bolton North East at the general election of 4 July 2024 with 16,166 votes (37.3%), a majority of 6,653 over Adele Warren (Conservative). Result as published: Lab gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Bolton North East 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.