Mark Ferguson, MP for Gateshead Central and Whickham
Mark Ferguson has been an MP since 2024. Currently: Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office).
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office) (Cabinet Office) | 2026 to now | Now |
| Assistant Whip (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2025 to 2026 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Finance (No. 2) Bill | 2026 | |
| Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) Bill | 2025 | |
| Planning and Infrastructure Bill | 2025 | |
| Committee on Standards | 2024 to 2025 | |
| Committee of Privileges | 2024 to 2025 | |
| Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) | 2024 to 2025 | |
| Statutory Instruments (Select Committee) | 2024 to 2025 |
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.
Mark Ferguson has 6 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Lord (David) Sainsbury - £20,000.00 | 7 May 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | UNISON - £2,000.00 | 22 Jan 2026 |
| Miscellaneous | Governor, Larkspur Community Primary School | 1 Dec 2025 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Lord (David) Sainsbury - £20,000.00 | 1 Dec 2025 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | UNISON - £900.00 | 20 Oct 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | Co-Chair, UNISON Group of Labour MPs. This is an unpaid role. | 8 Nov 2024 |
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.
Mark Ferguson 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.
75 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
Mark Ferguson represents Gateshead Central and Whickham. 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
Mark Ferguson won with 45% of the votes, and Damian Heslop (Reform UK) came second with 21%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Ferguson | Labour | 18,245 | 45.4% |
| Damian Heslop | Reform UK | 8,601 | 21.4% |
| Ron Beadle | Liberal Democrat | 4,987 | 12.4% |
| Nicholas Oliver | Conservative | 4,628 | 11.5% |
| Rachel Cabral | Green Party | 3,217 | 8.0% |
| Norman Hall | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 369 | 0.9% |
| Graham Steele | Save Us Now | 170 | 0.4% |
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 Mark Ferguson took part in 170 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Mark Ferguson voted the same way as their party in 168 of the 168 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 |
| 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 |
| 8 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