Alison McGovern, MP for Birkenhead
Alison McGovern has been an MP since 2010. 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 (Housing, Communities and Local Government) (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government) | 2025 to 2026 | |
| Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) (Department for Work and Pensions) | 2024 to 2025 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) (Department for Work and Pensions) | 2021 to 2024 | |
| Shadow Minister (Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) | 2020 to 2021 | |
| Shadow Minister (Treasury) (HM Treasury) | 2015 | |
| Shadow Minister (Education) (Department for Education) | 2014 to 2015 | |
| Shadow Minister (International Development) (Department for International Development) | 2013 to 2014 | |
| Opposition Whip (Commons) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2013 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission | 2025 to 2026 | |
| Cultural Objects (Protection From Seizure) Bill | 2021 | |
| Treasury Committee | 2020 | |
| Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Treasury Sub-Committee | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Treasury Committee | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art | 2016 to 2017 | |
| Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art | 2015 to 2017 |
Show the other 2
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art | 2010 to 2015 | |
| International Development Committee | 2010 to 2013 |
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.
No interests are currently registered for Alison McGovern.
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.
Alison McGovern 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.
16 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
Alison McGovern represents Birkenhead. 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
Alison McGovern won with 52% of the votes, and Jo Bird (Green Party) came second with 20%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alison McGovern | Labour | 22,468 | 52.1% |
| Jo Bird | Green Party | 8,670 | 20.1% |
| Tony Stanley | Reform UK | 6,142 | 14.2% |
| Sarah Payne | Conservative | 3,238 | 7.5% |
| Stuart Kelly | Liberal Democrat | 2,292 | 5.3% |
| Catherine Evans | Freedom Alliance | 324 | 0.8% |
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 Alison McGovern took part in 177 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Alison McGovern voted the same way as their party in 175 of the 175 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 |
| 10 Sep | Social housing: an attempt to block it | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 7 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | 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