Catherine McKinnell, MP for Newcastle upon Tyne North
Catherine McKinnell has been an MP since 2010. Currently: Minister of State (Ministry of Justice); Public Accounts Committee.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Minister of State (Ministry of Justice) (Ministry of Justice) | 2026 to now | Now |
| Minister of State (Education) (Department for Education) | 2024 to 2025 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Education) (Schools) (Department for Education) | 2023 to 2024 | |
| Shadow Attorney General (Attorney General's Office) | 2015 to 2016 | |
| Shadow Minister (Treasury) (HM Treasury) | 2013 to 2015 | |
| Shadow Minister (Education) (Department for Education) | 2011 to 2013 | |
| Shadow Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office) | 2010 to 2011 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Public Accounts Committee | 2025 to now | Now |
| Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill | 2025 | |
| School Attendance (Duties of Local Authorities and Proprietors of Schools) Bill | 2024 | |
| Pension Schemes (Conversion of Guaranteed Minimum Pensions) Bill | 2022 | |
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 2020 to 2023 | |
| Petitions Committee | 2020 to 2023 | |
| Treasury Sub-Committee | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Petitions Committee | 2017 to 2019 |
Show the other 5
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Treasury Committee | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Petitions Committee | 2016 to 2017 | |
| Education, Skills and the Economy Sub-Committee | 2016 to 2017 | |
| Education Committee | 2016 to 2017 | |
| Political and Constitutional Reform Committee | 2010 |
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.
Catherine McKinnell has 7 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | UK Music Limited - £732.00 | 3 Jun 2026 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to United States between 30 November 2025 and 05 December 2025 | 16 Dec 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | Husband is a member of the Hospitality Sector Council, a forum to facilitate cooperation between the hospitality sector and Government. This is an unpaid role. | 4 Nov 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | Chair of the RAF Association Commons and Lords Branch. This is an unpaid role. | 3 Nov 2025 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | BPI (British Recorded Music Industry) Ltd - £330.00 | 20 Oct 2025 |
| Land and property (within or outside the UK) | Property in Northumberland | – |
| Miscellaneous | Solicitor (currently non-practising). | – |
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.
Catherine McKinnell asked 26 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
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.
36 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
Catherine McKinnell represents Newcastle upon Tyne North. 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
Catherine McKinnell won with 50% of the votes, and Guy Renner-Thompson (Conservative) came second with 14%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catherine McKinnell | Labour | 24,440 | 50.3% |
| Guy Renner-Thompson | Conservative | 6,678 | 13.7% |
| Aidan King | Liberal Democrat | 5,936 | 12.2% |
| Deborah Lorraine | Reform UK | 5,933 | 12.2% |
| Sarah Peters | Green Party | 5,035 | 10.4% |
| King Teare | Independent | 310 | 0.6% |
| Martin Evison | Social Democratic Party | 285 | 0.6% |
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 Catherine McKinnell took part in 148 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Catherine McKinnell voted the same way as their party in 147 of the 147 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 | Against | Free vote |
| 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 |
| 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