Andy McDonald, MP for Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
Andy McDonald has been an MP since 2012.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Employment Rights (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) | 2020 to 2021 | |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Transport (Department for Transport) | 2016 to 2020 | |
| Shadow Minister (Transport) (Department for Transport) | 2016 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill | 2023 | |
| Business and Trade Sub-Committee on National Security and Investment | 2022 to 2024 | |
| Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee | 2022 to 2024 | |
| Justice Committee | 2015 to 2016 | |
| Justice Committee | 2012 to 2015 |
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.
Andy McDonald has 4 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Middlesbrough Football & Athletic Company (1986) Ltd - £1,250.00 | 15 Jun 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Middlesbrough Football & Athletic Company (1986) Ltd - £250.00 | 8 Jun 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Middlesbrough Football & Athletic Company (1986) Ltd - £250.00 | 8 Jun 2026 |
| Miscellaneous | Solicitor (not currently employed as such). | 28 Dec 2012 |
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.
Andy McDonald asked 155 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.
47 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
Andy McDonald represents Middlesbrough and Thornaby East. 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
Andy McDonald won with 47% of the votes, and Patrick Seargeant (Reform UK) came second with 20%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andy McDonald | Labour | 16,238 | 47.2% |
| Patrick Seargeant | Reform UK | 7,046 | 20.5% |
| Kiran Fothergill | Conservative | 6,174 | 17.9% |
| Mehmoona Ameen | Workers Party of Britain | 2,007 | 5.8% |
| Matthew Harris | Green Party | 1,522 | 4.4% |
| Mo Waqas | Liberal Democrat | 1,037 | 3.0% |
| Mark Baxtrem | Independent | 383 | 1.1% |
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 Andy McDonald took part in 233 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Andy McDonald voted the same way as their party in 229 of the 232 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 |
| 7 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 7 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: the final vote | For | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Times they voted against their party (3)
| Date | Vote | They voted | Most of their party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Jul | Immigration and asylum: the first main vote | Against | For |
| 28 Apr | Privilege | For | Against |
| 14 Apr | Crime and policing: changes from the House of Lords | Against | For |
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 | 96% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 89% | 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