David Smith, MP for North Northumberland
David Smith has been an MP since 2024. Currently: Immigration and Asylum Bill; Ecclesiastical Committee; Northern Ireland Affairs Committee.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Immigration and Asylum Bill | 2026 to now | Now |
| Ecclesiastical Committee | 2024 to now | Now |
| Northern Ireland Affairs Committee | 2024 to now | Now |
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.
David Smith has 5 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Miscellaneous | I was elected as Secretary of the Labour Rural Research Group (LRRG), a formally constituted group within the Labour Party focused on rural policy development and advocacy. This is an unpaid role. I work with the Exec to provide strategic direction and organisation for the group. | 24 Jan 2026 |
| Miscellaneous | Director of Blue Labour Campaign Limited. This is an unpaid role. | 7 Nov 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | Formal Appointment by the Government as the UK Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief. This is an unpaid role. | 28 Feb 2025 |
| Land and property (within or outside the UK) | Property in Northumberland | 15 Jul 2024 |
| Miscellaneous | Trustee, Together for the Common Good. This is an unpaid role. | 15 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.
David Smith asked 66 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.
107 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
David Smith represents North Northumberland. 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
David Smith won with 37% of the votes, and Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Conservative) came second with 26%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Smith | Labour | 17,855 | 36.6% |
| Anne-Marie Trevelyan | Conservative | 12,788 | 26.2% |
| Katherine Hales | Reform UK | 7,688 | 15.7% |
| Natalie Younes | Liberal Democrat | 5,169 | 10.6% |
| Georgina Hill | Independent | 3,220 | 6.6% |
| Jan Rosen | Green Party | 1,743 | 3.6% |
| Michael Joyce | Independent | 288 | 0.6% |
| Andrew Martin | Social Democratic Party | 92 | 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 David Smith took part in 155 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
David Smith voted the same way as their party in 153 of the 153 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 |
| 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 |
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