Mary Glindon, MP for Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
Mary Glindon has been an MP since 2010. Currently: Administration Committee; Backbench Business Committee.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Opposition Whip (Commons) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2020 to 2024 | |
| Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (Farming and Rural Communities) (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) | 2016 to 2020 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Administration Committee | 2024 to now | Now |
| Backbench Business Committee | 2024 to now | Now |
| Tobacco and Vapes Bill | 2024 | |
| Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill (Formerly known as International Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill) | 2024 | |
| Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill | 2024 | |
| Renters (Reform) Bill | 2023 | |
| Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill | 2023 | |
| Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform Bill) | 2022 |
Show the other 8
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill | 2022 | |
| Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL] | 2022 | |
| Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill | 2021 | |
| Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill | 2021 | |
| Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee | 2020 | |
| Transport Committee | 2015 to 2016 | |
| Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee | 2013 to 2015 | |
| Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee | 2010 to 2015 |
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 Mary Glindon.
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.
Mary Glindon asked 182 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.
57 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
Mary Glindon represents Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend. 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
Mary Glindon won with 50% of the votes, and Janice Richardson (Reform UK) came second with 20%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Glindon | Labour | 21,200 | 50.1% |
| Janice Richardson | Reform UK | 8,383 | 19.8% |
| Matt Williams | Green Party | 5,257 | 12.4% |
| Rosie Hanlon | Conservative | 3,522 | 8.3% |
| Mark Ridyard | Liberal Democrat | 2,965 | 7.0% |
| Muhammad Ghori | Workers Party of Britain | 430 | 1.0% |
| Liz Panton | Party of Women | 283 | 0.7% |
| Emma-Jane Phillips | Communist Party of Britain | 186 | 0.4% |
| Robert Malyn | Social Democratic Party | 95 | 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 Mary Glindon took part in 247 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Mary Glindon voted the same way as their party in 242 of the 245 votes where parties gave instructions (99%), and went the other way in 3.
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 |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | Against | 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 |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Against party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Times they voted against their party (3)
| Date | Vote | They voted | Most of their party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Against |
| 23 Jun | Opposition debate: Puberty blockers | For | Against |
| 19 May | Reply to the King's Speech: a proposed change | For | Against |
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 | 83% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 97% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 99% |
| Sep 26 | 91% | 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