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Josh MacAlister

Labour Whitehaven and Workington

Voting record

8
Voted for
0
Voted against
1
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 Josh MacAlister’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Every Commons division on file for Josh MacAlister — amendments, motions and opposition-day votes as well as bills. Took part in 484 of 590 (82%).

10 Sep 2026 Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading Ayes 77, Noes 292 no vote recorded
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 Ayes 170, Noes 316 no vote recorded
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 Ayes 77, Noes 317 no vote recorded
4 Sep 2026 Motion to sit in private Ayes 1, Noes 79 no vote recorded
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 Ayes 104, Noes 412 no vote recorded
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 Ayes 102, Noes 409 no vote recorded
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 Ayes 93, Noes 323 no vote recorded
7 Jul 2026 Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners Ayes 115, Noes 0 no vote recorded
1 Jul 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 Ayes 177, Noes 308 no vote recorded
1 Jul 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 Ayes 173, Noes 282 no vote recorded
1 Jul 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 Ayes 80, Noes 281 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: 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 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
19 May 2026 King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) Ayes 108, Noes 323 no vote recorded
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 Ayes 277, Noes 150 no vote recorded
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 Ayes 271, Noes 95 no vote recorded
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 Ayes 273, Noes 159 no vote recorded
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35 Ayes 275, Noes 159 no vote recorded
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 Ayes 269, Noes 162 no vote recorded
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 Ayes 276, Noes 155 no vote recorded
15 Apr 2026 Pensions Scheme Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 Ayes 269, Noes 103 no vote recorded
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 Ayes 278, Noes 158 no vote recorded
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 Ayes 290, Noes 163 no vote recorded
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 Ayes 292, Noes 162 no vote recorded
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 Ayes 300, Noes 149 no vote recorded
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 Ayes 286, Noes 163 no vote recorded
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 Ayes 295, Noes 162 no vote recorded
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 Ayes 291, Noes 158 no vote recorded
24 Mar 2026 Opposition Day: Oil and gas Ayes 108, Noes 297 no vote recorded
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading Ayes 292, Noes 161 no vote recorded
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 Ayes 175, Noes 292 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

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

Currently holds
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education) — Department for Education — since 2025-09-07 Government

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Josh MacAlister →. 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 21 March 2026)

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: London Marathon Events Ltd
Address of donor: 190 Great Dover Street, London SE1 4YB
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Hospitality at the start and finish of the London Marathon 2026, value £350
Date received: 26 April 2026
Date accepted: 26 April 2026
Donor status: company, registration 01528489
(Registered 29 April 2026)

Name of donor: Lloyds Banking Group
Address of donor: 25 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7HN
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Ticket to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show including gala dinner and reception in aid of the Woodland Trust and access to the show, value £919.50
Date received: 18 May 2026
Date accepted: 18 May 2026
Donor status: company, registration 00002065
(Registered 25 June 2026)

5. Gifts and benefits from sources outside the UK

Name of donor: Australian Labor PArty
Address of donor: 5/9 Sydney Ave, BARTON ACT 2600
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: A pass for the Australian Labor Party Conference, value £310.45
Date received: 23 July 2026
Date accepted: 23 July 2026
Donor status: other (Political Party)
(Registered 10 August 2026)

8. Miscellaneous

Mountain Rescue Team Member. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 5 July 2024
(Registered 23 July 2024)

Volunteer Member of the Council of Management of The Lionel Cooke Memorial Fund Ltd (a funding body supporting Labour causes). This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 1 January 2025
Date interest ended: 30 September 2025
(Registered 7 January 2025; updated 21 March 2026)

Written questions to government

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

Business costs (IPSA)

£257,295.29 paid out to or for Josh MacAlister across 255 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 Josh MacAlister’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 — £156,369.89 (13 claims)
Office Costs — £53,576.22 (219 claims)
Staff Travel — £18,503.52 (9 claims)
Accommodation — £18,436.88 (11 claims)
MP Travel — £6,097.30 (2 claims)
Miscellaneous — £4,311.48 (1 claim)
Most recent claims
Utilities — £152.66, 2026-04-08 — Electricity
Cleaning services — £120.00, 2026-04-04 — Constituency office cleaning March 2026 [200013614-364]
Venue hire, meetings & surgeries — £363.00, 2026-03-30
Venue hire, meetings & surgeries — £264.00, 2026-03-30
Venue hire, meetings & surgeries — £281.00, 2026-03-30
Venue hire, meetings & surgeries — £264.00, 2026-03-30
Utilities — £753.77, 2026-03-30 — Water
Stationery & printing — £331.80, 2026-03-13 — XMA March 2026

Every claim on file for Josh MacAlister →

Early Day Motions

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

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Josh MacAlister 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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