Liz Twist MP: votes, interests and costs
Liz Twist represents Blaydon and Consett in the House of Commons for Labour and has done since 8 June 2017.
Offices and committees
Liz Twist sits on one committee, according to the Parliament Members API.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Work and Pensions Committee | 22 June 2026 | Current |
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Levelling Up, Housing, Communities and Local Government) | Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities | 28 November 2023 | 30 May 2024 |
| Shadow Minister (Scotland) | Scotland Office | 4 December 2021 | 5 September 2023 |
| Opposition Whip (Commons) | Whips Office (Commons) | 12 February 2020 | 5 September 2023 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Health Bill | 11 June 2026 | 16 July 2026 |
| Finance (No. 2) Bill | 10 May 2023 | 18 May 2023 |
| UK Infrastructure Bank Bill [Lords] | 16 November 2022 | 22 November 2022 |
| Financial Services and Markets Bill | 12 October 2022 | 3 November 2022 |
| Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [HL] | 19 January 2022 | 27 January 2022 |
| Finance (No.2) Bill | 8 December 2021 | 11 January 2022 |
| Judicial Review and Courts Bill | 27 October 2021 | 23 November 2021 |
| National Insurance Contributions Bill | 16 June 2021 | 22 June 2021 |
| Compensation (London Capital & Finance plc and Fraud Compensation Fund) Bill | 8 June 2021 | 15 June 2021 |
| Standing Orders Committee (Commons) | 12 April 2021 | 30 May 2024 |
| Scottish Affairs Committee | 4 May 2020 | 21 February 2023 |
| Procedure Committee | 2 March 2020 | 23 April 2024 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 ebba154b1897.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests lists 3 entries for Liz Twist: Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP (1), Miscellaneous (1), Land and property (within or outside the UK) (1). The most recent was registered on 26 January 2026. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
UNISON - £2,000.00
- 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: Contribution towards printing costs for publication.
- Value of the benefit: £2,000.00
- Name of the donor: UNISON
- Status of the donor: Trade Union
Co-Chair, UNISON group of Labour MPs
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2024-10-14
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Residential in Maine et Loire
- Location of the land or property: Maine et Loire
- A description of the property: house
- The number of properties this interest relates to: 1
- Country in which the land or property is located: France
- The type of property: Residential
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 29 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 £245,440 for Liz Twist in 2024-25 against a budget of £250,820. The figure for 2023-24 was £224,772. IPSA lists office spending of £26,727 in the same year. 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 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £245,439.55 | £224,771.94 | £203,445.02 |
| Office costs: spent | £26,727.20 | £25,003.28 | £25,624.56 |
| Accommodation: spent | £22,771.75 | £22,312.41 | £20,030.26 |
| Winding-up: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £10,100.91 | £7,288.53 | £6,698.74 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £33,020, staffing £250,820, accommodation £29,290 (Standard non-London area budget; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Blaydon and Consett CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Senior Caseworker ×2 (permanent full time), Senior Administrative Officer (permanent part time), Senior Communications/Office Manager (permanent full time), Constituency Assistant (permanent full time), Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Administrative Officer/Comms Officer (casual), Caseworker (casual), Administrative Officer/Comms Officer (permanent full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
How Liz Twist voted in the House of Commons: 571 recorded votes since 4 July 2024, as published by the Commons Votes API. Of these, 60 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. Below, the latest 30 on bills and motions. On 21 October 2026 Liz Twist voted No on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 29 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 Liz Twist since 4 July 2024. The latest 9 were addressed to Department for Education, Women and Equalities, Department of Health and Social Care and 2 other departments.
Special Educational Needs: Surveys
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including acquired brain injury as a specific category in the special educational needs survey.
Poverty: Children
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help reduce levels of inequality for children in poverty.
Respiratory Diseases: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the potential impact of increasing national pulmonary rehabilitation referral rates on (a) clinical outcomes for patients, (b) NHS emergency admission rates …
Respiratory Diseases: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve the 37% referral rates of eligible patients for pulmonary rehabilitation.
Respiratory Diseases: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he make an assessment of the potential merits of a Modern Service Framework for respiratory health to help improve referral and take up rates of pulmonary rehabilitation.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps are being taken to improve access to pulmonary rehabilitation for adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease living in Blaydon and Consett constituency.
Living Wage and Minimum Wage
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what progress he has made with Cabinet colleagues on helping reduce the number of employers underpaying the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage.
Employment: Suicide
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of promoting the document entitled BS 30480 Suicide and the workplace: Intervention, prevention and support for people affected by suicide, publi …
Energy: Reform
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with Ofgem on reforming the energy market.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 2c6f99557919. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Liz Twist.
2024 general election
Liz Twist won Blaydon and Consett at the general election of 4 July 2024 with 21,160 votes (50.1%), a majority of 11,153 over David Ayre (Reform UK). Result as published: Lab hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Blaydon and Consett 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.