Rt Hon Dame Diana Johnson, MP for Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham
Diana Johnson has been an MP since 2005. Currently: Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care).
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) (Department of Health and Social Care) | 2026 to now | Now |
| Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) (Department for Work and Pensions) | 2025 to 2026 | |
| Minister of State (Home Office) (Home Office) | 2024 to 2025 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Children, Schools and Families) (Schools) (Department for Children, Schools and Families) | 2009 to 2010 | |
| Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2007 to 2009 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs) (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) | 2015 to 2016 | |
| Shadow Minister (Home Affairs) (Home Office) | 2010 to 2015 | |
| Shadow Minister (Health) (Department of Health) | 2010 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill | 2025 | |
| Controlled Drugs (Procedure for Specification) Bill | 2025 | |
| Crime and Policing Bill | 2025 | |
| Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill | 2024 | |
| Liaison Sub-Committee on Scrutiny of Strategic Thinking in Government | 2023 to 2024 | |
| Protection from Sex-based Harassment in Public Bill | 2023 | |
| Offenders (Day of Release from Detention) Bill | 2023 | |
| National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) | 2022 to 2024 |
Show the other 9
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Home Affairs Committee | 2021 to 2024 | |
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 2021 to 2024 | |
| Dormant Assets Bill [HL] | 2021 to 2022 | |
| Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament | 2020 to 2022 | |
| Home Affairs Committee | 2020 to 2024 | |
| Draft Domestic Abuse Bill (Joint Committee) | 2019 | |
| Draft Health Service Safety Investigations Bill (Joint Committee) | 2018 | |
| Health and Social Care Committee | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Public Accounts Committee | 2005 |
Political Interests
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Diana Johnson has 2 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Miscellaneous | A Commissioner on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC). This is a non-salaried position. | 25 Mar 2019 |
| Family members employed | Kevin Morton employed | – |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Diana Johnson has not asked any written questions in the last 12 months. Government ministers cannot ask them, so this can simply reflect an MP’s role.
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
106 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Diana Johnson represents Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Labour
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Diana Johnson won with 48% of the votes, and Martin Baker (Reform UK) came second with 20%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diana Johnson | Labour | 18,480 | 48.3% |
| Martin Baker | Reform UK | 7,801 | 20.4% |
| Callum Procter | Conservative | 4,897 | 12.8% |
| Craig Woolmer | Liberal Democrat | 3,246 | 8.5% |
| Kerry Harrison | Green Party | 2,322 | 6.1% |
| Ahmet Cinalp | Independent | 720 | 1.9% |
| Rowan Halstead | The Yorkshire Party | 339 | 0.9% |
| Mike Whale | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 262 | 0.7% |
| Pauline Peachey | Independent | 161 | 0.4% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Diana Johnson took part in 184 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Diana Johnson voted the same way as their party in 182 of the 182 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | For | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | For | Free vote |
| 7 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 7 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 4 Sep | Motion to sit in private | Against | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: the final vote | For | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 99% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this