Chris McDonald
Labour Stockton North
Voting record
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.
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Every Commons division on file for Chris McDonald — amendments, motions and opposition-day votes as well as bills. Took part in 457 of 590 (77%).
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
Chris McDonald currently holds 2 government or shadow front-bench posts. See Government for who else currently holds one.
Declared financial interests
From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Chris McDonald →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.
Role, work or services: Editor
Until: 14 December 2025.
Payer: Millennium Steel Publishing (Publishing scientific and technological journals for industry.), private address
(Registered 3 August 2024; updated 14 December 2025)
Payment expected: £3,000
Completed or provided on: 14 December 2025. Hours: 42 hrs.
(Registered 14 December 2025)
Name of donor: GMB Union
Address of donor: 22 Stephenson Way, London NW1 2HD
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000
Date received: 27 March 2026
Date accepted: 27 March 2026
Donor status: trade union
(Registered 27 March 2026)
Name of donor: Royal Navy
Address of donor: Royal Navy Headquarters NE & IOM, East Brunswick Dock, 80 Sefton Street, HMS Eaglet, Liverpool L3 4DZ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets for dinner and attendance at the Edinburgh Royal Military Tattoo, value £1,503
Date received: 15 August 2026
Date accepted: 15 August 2026
Donor status: other (Royal Navy)
(Registered 15 September 2026)
Trustee of the Redhills CIO Charity based in Durham. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest ended: 1 May 2025
(Registered 10 July 2024; updated 2 May 2025)
Professional registration with the Engineering Council as a Chartered Engineer.
(Registered 3 August 2024)
Professor in Practice at the Durham University Business School. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 1 September 2025
(Registered 8 September 2025)
Written questions to government
No written questions on file for Chris McDonald yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Chris McDonald has ever tabled.
Business costs (IPSA)
£229,861.57 paid out to or for Chris McDonald across 218 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. 1 claim on file weren’t paid out (rejected, withdrawn, or otherwise not approved). This does not include Chris McDonald’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.
Early Day Motions
No Early Day Motions on file as tabled by Chris McDonald — this only covers motions tabled within Hear, Hear’s current tracking window (see Early Day Motions), not necessarily Chris McDonald’s full record.
All-Party Parliamentary Groups
Chris McDonald 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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