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Alan Strickland

Labour Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor

Voting record

6
Voted for
2
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 Alan Strickland’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Whip meter Estimate 84%

How often Alan Strickland voted the same way as most of the Labour party, across every recorded division. Parliament doesn’t publish whether a vote was officially whipped, so this is our best estimate from the public record — not a confirmed fact.

Recent votes
Representation of the People Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading
Immigration and Asylum Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading
Railways Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading
Courts and Tribunals Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading
Railways Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted No at 3rd reading
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted No at 3rd reading

Government & opposition roles

No government or shadow front-bench post on file for Alan Strickland — most MPs never hold one, so this is the normal state for a backbencher, not a gap in the data.

Declared financial interests

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

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

Name of donor: London North Eastern Railway (LNER)
Address of donor: LNER, West Offices, Station Rise, York YO1 6GA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: To support my MP summer school for local students from University Technical College South Durham, LNER provided 5 complimentary first class tickets for the students and 3 upgrades for my staff accompanying the students to provide supervision as they were under 18, value £3,044
Date received: 8 July 2026
Date accepted: 8 July 2026
Donor status: company, registration 04659712
(Registered 31 July 2026)

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Written questions to government

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

Business costs (IPSA)

£202,302.68 paid out to or for Alan Strickland across 256 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 Alan Strickland’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 — £122,949.07 (2 claims)
Office Costs — £39,570.63 (175 claims)
Accommodation — £28,152.15 (62 claims)
MP Travel — £8,141.27 (10 claims)
Staff Travel — £3,489.56 (7 claims)
Most recent claims
Utilities — £73.93, 2026-04-03 — Electricity
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £278.28, 2026-04-03 — Landline & internet package
Equipment - purchase — £707.95, 2026-03-31 — Other office equipment
Utilities — £658.23, 2026-03-30 — Water
Equipment - purchase — £179.99, 2026-03-27 — Other office equipment
Advertising and contact cards — £96.00, 2026-03-27 — MP Banner in Local Free Press - April 26
Equipment - purchase — £59.00, 2026-03-26 — Computer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories
Advertising and contact cards — £153.60, 2026-03-20 — I Met My MP Stickers [200013614-32]

Every claim on file for Alan Strickland →

Early Day Motions

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

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Alan Strickland 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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