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Mark Ferguson

Labour Gateshead Central and Whickham

Voting record

7
Voted for
0
Voted against
2
Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

See Mark Ferguson’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Every Commons division on file for Mark Ferguson — amendments, motions and opposition-day votes as well as bills. Took part in 527 of 590 (89%).

10 Sep 2026 Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading Ayes 77, Noes 292 no vote recorded
4 Sep 2026 Motion to sit in private Ayes 1, Noes 79 no vote recorded
7 Jul 2026 Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners Ayes 115, Noes 0 no vote recorded
23 Jun 2026 Opposition Day: Puberty blockers Ayes 112, Noes 283 no vote recorded
23 Jun 2026 Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness Ayes 108, Noes 307 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 Ayes 144, Noes 244 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 Ayes 135, Noes 258 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 Ayes 143, Noes 249 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 Ayes 85, Noes 317 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion Ayes 233, Noes 94 no vote recorded
15 Jun 2026 Royal Albert Hall Bill [Lords]: Revival Ayes 24, Noes 37 no vote recorded
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill: Third Reading Ayes 278, Noes 149 no vote recorded
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 Ayes 155, Noes 279 no vote recorded
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 Ayes 167, Noes 266 no vote recorded
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 Ayes 77, Noes 271 no vote recorded
9 Jun 2026 Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 Ayes 356, Noes 86 no vote recorded
9 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 Ayes 157, Noes 287 no vote recorded
9 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 Ayes 94, Noes 297 no vote recorded
9 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 Ayes 90, Noes 290 no vote recorded
8 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 Ayes 145, Noes 251 no vote recorded
8 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 Ayes 65, Noes 251 no vote recorded
8 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 Ayes 81, Noes 266 no vote recorded
2 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 Ayes 80, Noes 298 no vote recorded
2 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 Ayes 99, Noes 371 no vote recorded
2 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 Ayes 170, Noes 301 no vote recorded
2 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 Ayes 171, Noes 302 no vote recorded
20 May 2026 King's Speech Motion for an Address Ayes 307, Noes 171 no vote recorded
20 May 2026 King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) Ayes 104, Noes 316 no vote recorded
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 Ayes 277, Noes 150 no vote recorded
12 Jan 2026 Finance (No.2) Bill Committee: Clause 10 stand part Ayes 324, Noes 180 no vote recorded
7 Jan 2026 Opposition Day: Rural communities Ayes 105, Noes 332 no vote recorded
9 Dec 2025 UK-EU customs union (duty to negotiate): Ten Minute Rule Motion Ayes 100, Noes 100 no vote recorded
29 Oct 2025 European Convention on Human Rights (withdrawal): Ten Minute Rule Motion Ayes 96, Noes 154 no vote recorded
11 Jul 2025 Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill Report: Amendment 1 Ayes 0, Noes 47 no vote recorded
11 Jul 2025 Motion to sit in private Ayes 1, Noes 58 no vote recorded
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL]: Third Reading Ayes 415, Noes 98 no vote recorded
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: Amendment 18 Ayes 178, Noes 338 no vote recorded
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: New Clause 3 Ayes 86, Noes 340 no vote recorded
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: New Clause 1 Ayes 167, Noes 346 no vote recorded
4 Jul 2025 Motion to sit in private Ayes 1, Noes 33 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 Ayes 89, Noes 428 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 Ayes 189, Noes 328 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 175 Ayes 184, Noes 336 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 174 Ayes 194, Noes 335 no vote recorded
25 Apr 2025 Closure motion Ayes 12, Noes 50 no vote recorded
25 Apr 2025 Sit in private Ayes 1, Noes 73 no vote recorded
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Covers 9 Mar 2016 to 11 Sep 2026 — Parliament’s votes data doesn’t go back further. “No vote recorded” is Parliament’s own list of members with nothing recorded for that division: it can mean absent, deliberately abstaining, paired, or excused, and the data doesn’t say which. Click a division title for Parliament’s own page for it.

Government & opposition roles

Mark Ferguson currently holds 1 government or shadow front-bench post. See Government for who else currently holds one.

Currently holds
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office) — Cabinet Office — since 2026-07-22 Government
Previously held
Assistant Whip — Whips Office (Commons) (2025-09-07 to 2026-07-22) Government

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Mark Ferguson →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation

Name of donor: Lord (David) Sainsbury
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £20,000
Donor status: individual
(Registered 1 December 2025)

Name of donor: UNISON
Address of donor: UNISON Centre, 130 Euston Road NW1 2AY
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000 donation to support my campaigning
Donor status: trade union
(Registered 22 January 2026)

Employment & business

Name of donor: Lord (David) Sainsbury
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £20,000
Donor status: individual
(Registered 7 May 2026)

2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

Name of donor: UNISON
Address of donor: 130 Euston Road, London NW1A 2AY
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Accommodation at 2025 Labour Party Conference, value £900
Date received: 29 September 2025 to 30 September 2025
Date accepted: 29 September 2025
Donor status: trade union
(Registered 20 October 2025)

Employment & business
8. Miscellaneous

Co-Chair, UNISON Group of Labour MPs. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 14 October 2024
Date interest ended: 7 September 2025
(Registered 8 November 2024; updated 11 September 2025)

Governor, Larkspur Community Primary School
Date interest arose: 11 November 2025
(Registered 1 December 2025)

Education

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for Mark Ferguson yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Mark Ferguson has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£209,025.84 paid out to or for Mark Ferguson across 212 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Mark Ferguson’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category
Staffing — £138,317.74 (7 claims)
Office Costs — £40,131.21 (140 claims)
Accommodation — £14,258.84 (52 claims)
MP Travel — £8,497.25 (3 claims)
Staff Travel — £6,927.82 (7 claims)
Dependant Travel — £892.98 (3 claims)
Most recent claims
Software & applications — £55.89, 2026-03-30 — BUFFER PLAN [200013613-8944]
Mobile telephone - equipment purchase — £348.00, 2026-03-27 — New handset for new member of staff [***] [***]
Equipment - purchase — £86.21, 2026-03-27 — Sundries
Equipment - purchase — £1,286.40, 2026-03-27 — Computer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories
Utilities — £102.24, 2026-03-27 — Electricity
Training - staff — £870.00, 2026-03-26 — Training for [***] [***] related to [***] role as a Policy Researcher
Website hosting and design — £864.00, 2026-03-24 — LEE B WEB DEVELOPER [200013613-6711]
Software & applications — £81.60, 2026-03-11 — "TYPEFORM [200013613-4718]

Every claim on file for Mark Ferguson →

Early Day Motions

No Early Day Motions on file as tabled by Mark Ferguson — this only covers motions tabled within Hear, Hear’s current tracking window (see Early Day Motions), not necessarily Mark Ferguson’s full record.

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Mark Ferguson isn’t listed as an officer of any All-Party Parliamentary Group on file — true of most MPs. See APPGs for the full register.

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