Lola McEvoy MP: votes, interests and costs
Lola McEvoy (Labour) is the MP for Darlington, elected on 4 July 2024.
Offices and committees
The Members API lists no current government, opposition or committee post for Lola McEvoy; earlier posts are below.
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Treasury Committee | 21 October 2024 | 27 October 2025 |
| Renters’ Rights Bill | 16 October 2024 | 5 November 2024 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 04e0d799e40b.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests lists 2 entries for Lola McEvoy: Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (1), Miscellaneous (1). The most recent was registered on 12 June 2026. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Built Environment Networking Ltd - £1,600.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Tickets for me and a staff member to attend one day of UKREiiF (UK Real Estate and Investment Infrastructure Forum) estimated
- Value of the benefit: £1,600.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-05-20
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-05-20
- Name of the donor: Built Environment Networking Ltd
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: Built Environment Networking Ltd
Unpaid membership of a panel that collectively decides on the location of the installation of green plaques in Darlington. The plaques commemorate sites of local industrial historic significance. No official role within the panel nor any veto powers. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2025-01-31
- 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)
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority publishes Lola McEvoy's 2024-25 staffing spend as £152,125 (budget £185,538). Office costs came to £27,787 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 | £152,125.23 |
| Office costs: spent | £27,786.65 |
| Accommodation: spent | £5,833.56 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £10,182.19 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £19,692 (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 outside 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: Darlington CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Chief of Staff (fixed term part time), Senior Caseworker (permanent part time), Constituency Support Manager (permanent full time), Administrative Officer/Comms Officer (permanent full time), Caseworker ×2 (permanent part time), Office Manager/Senior Parl Assistant (permanent full time), Caseworker (fixed term part time), Office Manager/Senior Parl Assistant ×2 (fixed term part time), Constituency Support Worker (fixed term part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
Lola McEvoy is recorded voting in 559 divisions since 4 July 2024, according to the Commons Votes API. Of these, 62 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The 30 most recent on bills and motions are listed here. The most recent, on 21 October 2026, was a No on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
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 41 written questions from Lola McEvoy since 4 July 2024. Departments in the latest 10: Department for Transport; Ministry of Justice; Department of Health and Social Care; Department for Work and Pensions; and others.
Electric Bicycles
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many SurRon e-bikes are registered with the DVLA in each constituency, or as close to this geographical breakdown as possible.
Offenders: Electronic Tagging
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will provide an update on his department's work on the national proximity monitoring technology pilot and information on when the pilot is expected to begin.
Continuing Care: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of (a) making it easier for people with degenerative diseases to obtain NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) funding and (b) removing the requirement …
Apprentices: Personal Care Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to support the hair and beauty sector, including in respect of funding and assistance for youth employment and skills programmes to create apprenticeship opportunitie …
Railways: Fares
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what work her Department is undertaking to make rail travel more affordable for those who are ineligible for existing railcards and regularly commute over long distances via rail.
Insulation: Industry
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of adopting EN 17956 Energy Efficiency Class C or above for insulation systems used in industrial applications.
Veterans: Identity Cards
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people have (a) applied for and (b) been issued with a digital Veterans ID Card in Darlington.
Personal Care Services: Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support skills training and apprenticeships in the hair and beauty sector.
Take-away Food: Government Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what support his Department is providing to high street fish and chip shops.
Legal Aid Scheme: Gender Based Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to increase availability of legal aid to people who are victims of violence against women and girls, particularly in relation to people who wish to pursue judicial review.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 99e581f52827. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Lola McEvoy.
2024 general election
The House of Commons Library records a majority of 2,298 for Lola McEvoy in Darlington in July 2024, from 16,621 votes on a turnout of 60.0%. Result as published: Lab gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Darlington 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.