Chris McDonald, MP for Stockton North
Chris McDonald has been an MP since 2024. Currently: Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care); Minister of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade).
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) (Department of Health and Social Care) | 2026 to now | Now |
| Minister of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade) (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade) | 2026 to now | Now |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) | 2025 to 2026 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Department for Business and Trade) | 2025 to 2026 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Great British Energy Bill | 2024 |
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.
Chris McDonald has 7 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Royal Navy - £1,503.00 | 15 Sep 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | GMB Union - £2,000.00 | 27 Mar 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment expected for services on 14 December 2025 - £3,000.00 | 14 Dec 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | Professor in Practice at the Durham University Business School. This is an unpaid role. | 8 Sep 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | Professional registration with the Engineering Council as a Chartered Engineer. | 3 Aug 2024 |
| Employment and earnings | Editor - Millennium Steel Publishing | 3 Aug 2024 |
| Miscellaneous | Trustee of the Redhills CIO Charity based in Durham. This is an unpaid role. | 10 Jul 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.
Chris McDonald 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.
39 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
Chris McDonald represents Stockton 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
Chris McDonald won with 46% of the votes, and John McDermottroe (Reform UK) came second with 25%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chris McDonald | Labour | 17,128 | 45.8% |
| John McDermottroe | Reform UK | 9,189 | 24.6% |
| Niall Innes | Conservative | 8,028 | 21.5% |
| Samuel Bradford | Green Party | 1,923 | 5.1% |
| Jo Barton | Liberal Democrat | 1,133 | 3.0% |
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 Chris McDonald took part in 175 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Chris McDonald voted the same way as their party in 173 of the 173 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 |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | 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 |
| 7 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