Matthew Patrick MP: votes, interests and costs
Matthew Patrick (Labour) is the MP for Wirral West, elected on 4 July 2024.
Offices and committees
Matthew Patrick sits on one committee, according to the Parliament Members API.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Sporting Events Bill | 15 October 2026 | Current |
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Northern Ireland Office) | Northern Ireland Office | 7 September 2025 | 22 July 2026 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Football Governance Bill [HL] | 14 May 2025 | 17 June 2025 |
| Foreign Affairs Committee | 21 October 2024 | 16 December 2024 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 9b47a8fdb9c5.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests API returned no entries for Matthew Patrick when read on 28 October 2026.
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 Matthew Patrick's 2024-25 staffing spend as £134,537 (budget £185,538). IPSA lists office spending of £24,904 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 | £134,537.08 |
| Office costs: spent | £24,904.45 |
| Accommodation: spent | £4,852.09 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £10,682.33 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £14,527 (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 to 6 December 2024, and for an MP who owns their property and is claiming the associated costs only (such as utilities) from 7 December 2024).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Wirral West CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Office Manager (fixed term full time), Senior Caseworker (fixed term part time), Caseworker ×2 (permanent full time), Parliamentary Assistant ×2 (permanent full time), Senior Administrative Officer (casual), Executive Assistant (casual), Parliamentary Assistant (fixed term full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
The Commons Votes API records 508 votes by Matthew Patrick in divisions since 4 July 2024. Of these, 59 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 21 October 2026. On 21 October 2026 Matthew Patrick voted 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
Since 4 July 2024, 10 written questions have been tabled by Matthew Patrick, the parliamentary record shows. The latest 10 were addressed to Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Home Office, Wales Office and 2 other departments.
Hamas: Hostage Taking
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps his Department is taking to help secure the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza.
Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many days Border Force implemented a red rating for expected numbers of small boat crossings in the Channel in the (a) 2021-22, (b) 2022-23 and (c) 2023-24 financial years; and in the 2024-25 f …
Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions a small boat was recorded as entering UK waters with more than (a) 50, (b) 60, (c) 70 and (d) 80 people on board in (i) 2021-22, (ii) 2022-23, (iii) 2023-24 and (iv) 2024-25.
Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many days Border Force would have implemented a red rating for expected numbers of small boat crossings in the Channel in (a) 2021-22, (b) 2022-23, and (c) 2023-24, if the existing methodology …
Undocumented Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) visits were made to premises where illegal working was suspected to be taking place and (b) arrests were made at those premises by immigration enforcement teams in (i) 2018-19, (ii) 2019- …
Undocumented Workers: Fines
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many civil penalties were issued for incidents of illegal working in (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20, (c) 2020-21, (d) 2021-22, (e) 2022-23, (f) 2023-24 and (g) 2024-25; and what the total value of those …
Clean Energy: Wales
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on support for clean energy projects in Wales.
Universal Credit: Domestic Abuse
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to (a) ensure victim-survivors of domestic abuse can access split payments for Universal Credit and (b) minimise the risk that applying for a split payments could alert perpetra …
Overseas Trade: Sub-Saharan Africa
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to (a) reduce barriers to and (b) promote trade with countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
UK Trade with EU
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to remove barriers to trade with the EU.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 56a6ed586836. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Matthew Patrick.
2024 general election
At the 4 July 2024 general election Wirral West returned Matthew Patrick with a majority of 9,998: 23,156 votes, 46.4% of those cast, against 13,158 for Jenny Johnson. Result as published: Lab hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Wirral West 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.