Rt Hon Lisa Nandy, MP for Wigan
Lisa Nandy has been an MP since 2010. Currently: Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) | 2026 to now | Now |
| Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) | 2024 to 2026 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (International Development) (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) | 2023 to 2024 | |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing, Communities & Local Government (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) | 2021 to 2023 | |
| Shadow Foreign Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) | 2020 to 2021 | |
| Shadow Foreign Secretary (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) | 2020 | |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (Department of Energy and Climate Change) | 2015 to 2016 | |
| Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office) (Cabinet Office) | 2013 to 2015 | |
| Shadow Minister (Education) (Department for Education) | 2013 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Education Committee | 2010 to 2012 |
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.
Lisa Nandy has 1 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Communication Workers Union - £2,000.04 | 2 Sep 2025 |
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.
Lisa Nandy 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.
28 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
Lisa Nandy represents Wigan. 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
Lisa Nandy won with 47% of the votes, and Andy Dawber (Reform UK) came second with 24%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lisa Nandy | Labour | 19,401 | 47.4% |
| Andy Dawber | Reform UK | 9,852 | 24.1% |
| Henry Mitson | Conservative | 4,310 | 10.5% |
| Maureen O'Bern | Independent | 3,522 | 8.6% |
| Brian Crombie-Fisher | Liberal Democrat | 1,692 | 4.1% |
| Jane Leicester | Green Party | 1,629 | 4.0% |
| Jan Cunliffe | Independent | 406 | 1.0% |
| The Zok | Independent | 87 | 0.2% |
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 Lisa Nandy took part in 78 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Lisa Nandy voted the same way as their party in 78 of the 78 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 23 Jun | Opposition debate: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment | For | Same as party |
| 23 Jun | Opposition debate: Defence spending and readiness | Against | Same as party |
| 17 Jun | Threats to national security from other states: a time limit on debate | 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% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| 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