Rt Hon Anneliese Midgley, MP for Knowsley
Anneliese Midgley has been an MP since 2024. Currently: Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip); Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee; Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2026 to now | Now |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Public Office (Accountability) Bill | 2025 | |
| Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee | 2025 to now | Now |
| Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill | 2025 | |
| Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill | 2025 to now | Now |
| Victims and Courts Bill | 2025 | |
| Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL] | 2025 | |
| Employment Rights Bill | 2024 to 2025 | |
| Energy Security and Net Zero 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.
Anneliese Midgley has 3 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | The Jockey Club - £560.00 | 20 May 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Hestview Ltd - £350.00 | 16 Mar 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | BPI (British Recorded Music Industry) Ltd - £3,432.00 | 7 Mar 2026 |
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.
Anneliese Midgley asked 74 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.
85 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
Anneliese Midgley represents Knowsley. 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
Anneliese Midgley won with 67% of the votes, and Alexander Hitchmough (Reform UK) came second with 16%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anneliese Midgley | Labour | 24,243 | 67.3% |
| Alexander Hitchmough | Reform UK | 5,924 | 16.4% |
| Graham Wickens | Green Party | 2,772 | 7.7% |
| Sherrie McDaid | Conservative | 1,496 | 4.2% |
| Kate Tipton | Liberal Democrat | 1,232 | 3.4% |
| Graham Padden | Workers Party of Britain | 245 | 0.7% |
| Patricia Jameson | Social Democratic Party | 135 | 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 Anneliese Midgley took part in 192 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Anneliese Midgley voted the same way as their party in 191 of the 191 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 |
| 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 | 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% |
| 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