Mark Ferguson MP: votes, interests and costs
Mark Ferguson represents Gateshead Central and Whickham in the House of Commons for Labour. Current post: Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office), held since 22 July 2026.
Offices and committees
Mark Ferguson holds this post, according to the Parliament Members API.
Ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office) | Cabinet Office | 22 July 2026 | Current |
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assistant Whip | Whips Office (Commons) | 7 September 2025 | 22 July 2026 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Finance (No. 2) Bill | 15 January 2026 | 3 February 2026 |
| Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) Bill | 9 June 2025 | 11 June 2025 |
| Planning and Infrastructure Bill | 24 April 2025 | 22 May 2025 |
| Committee on Standards | 28 October 2024 | 3 March 2025 |
| Committee of Privileges | 28 October 2024 | 3 March 2025 |
| Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) | 14 October 2024 | 3 March 2025 |
| Statutory Instruments (Select Committee) | 14 October 2024 | 3 March 2025 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 bc739c4b72a8.
Register of interests
Mark Ferguson has 5 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, the earliest registered on 20 October 2025 and the latest on 7 May 2026. By category: Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP (4), Miscellaneous (1). Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Lord (David) Sainsbury - £20,000.00
- 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
- Value of the benefit: £20,000.00
- Name of the donor: Lord (David) Sainsbury
- Status of the donor: Individual
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: Donation to support my campaigning
- Value of the benefit: £2,000.00
- Name of the donor: UNISON
- Status of the donor: Trade Union
Lord (David) Sainsbury - £20,000.00
- 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
- Value of the benefit: £20,000.00
- Name of the donor: Lord (David) Sainsbury
- Status of the donor: Individual
Governor, Larkspur Community Primary School
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2025-11-11
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
UNISON - £900.00
- How the donation was received: (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Accommodation at 2025 Labour Party Conference
- Value of the benefit: £900.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2025-09-29
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2025-09-29
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2025-09-30
- Name of the donor: UNISON
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 £137,088 for Mark Ferguson in 2024-25 against a budget of £185,538. IPSA lists office spending of £27,763 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 | £137,087.74 |
| Office costs: spent | £27,763.17 |
| Accommodation: spent | £10,781.62 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £16,318.05 |
| 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: Gateshead Central and Whickham BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Executive Office Manager (permanent full time), Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Senior Caseworker (permanent full time), Office Manager/Senior Parl Assistant (permanent full time), Constituency Support Officer (fixed term part time), Intern (fixed term part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
The Commons Votes API records 557 votes by Mark Ferguson in divisions since 4 July 2024. Of these, 62 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The latest 30 votes on bills and motions are below, from 14 July 2026 to 20 October 2026. On 20 October 2026 Mark Ferguson voted Aye on "Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 24 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Since 4 July 2024, 23 written questions have been tabled by Mark Ferguson, the parliamentary record shows. The latest 10 were addressed to Department for Transport, Scotland Office, Department for Culture, Media and Sport and 3 other departments.
Driving Instruction: Qualifications
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps she has taken to help reduce waiting lists for Approved Driving Instructor exams; and what recent progress her Department has made in reducing those backlogs.
Trade Agreements: India
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the UK-India free trade agreement on Scotland.
Voluntary Work: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of workplace safeguarding rights for volunteers in the third sector.
Transport: Infrastructure
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the (a) total cost to the public purse for, (b) proportion of her Department’s total expenditure that was spent on and (c) spend per head for transport infrastructure in (a) the No …
Georgia: Democracy
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support democracy in Georgia.
Roads: Infrastructure
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what comparative estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of spending on road infrastructure in (a) the North East and (b) England over the last 15 years by (i) percentage of total Departmental spe …
Futibatinib
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the NHS supply of Futibatinib.
Futibatinib
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding is available for patients to receive the immunotherapy drug Futibatinib through the NHS; and what criteria his Department uses to determine whether a patient is eligible for any fundin …
Schools: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average funding per pupil was in mainstream schools in (a) Gateshead Central and Whickham constituency, (b) the North East Combined Authority Area and (c) England in each of the last five years.
Teachers: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of qualified teacher status on the quality of teaching.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 153c626f33d5. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Mark Ferguson.
2024 general election
At the 4 July 2024 general election Gateshead Central and Whickham returned Mark Ferguson with a majority of 9,644: 18,245 votes, 45.4% of those cast, against 8,601 for Damian Heslop. Result as published: Lab hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Gateshead Central and Whickham figures
Statements and pledges on this site
Official corrections
Records in which Mark Ferguson corrected an answer or the Commons record, or which the UK Statistics Authority addressed to Mark Ferguson:
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.