UK Parliament · member 4125
Catherine McKinnell MP
- Party
- Labour — Labour Party
- Constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne North
- Member for this seat since
- 6 May 2010
- In the records
- Every register entry that names Catherine McKinnell, and how each was tied to them
Declared interests
MPs must register financial interests within 28 days. This is the register’s own text, republished verbatim from the official Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Registering an interest is a requirement met, not a finding against anyone.
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
- UK Music Limited - £732.00 (registered 3 June 2026)
- BPI (British Recorded Music Industry) Ltd - £330.00 (registered 20 October 2025)
Visits outside the UK
- International visit to United States between 30 November 2025 and 05 December 2025 (registered 16 December 2025)
Land and property (within or outside the UK)
- Residential in Northumberland
Miscellaneous
- Husband is a member of the Hospitality Sector Council, a forum to facilitate cooperation between the hospitality sector and Government. This is an unpaid role. (registered 4 November 2025)
- Chair of the RAF Association Commons and Lords Branch. This is an unpaid role. (registered 3 November 2025)
- Solicitor (currently non-practising).
Source: UK Parliament Register of Members’ Financial Interests API (Open Parliament Licence). Amounts are shown only where the register itself records one as a figure; nothing is parsed out of the free text.
Voting record
In the 382 recorded divisions where Catherine McKinnell and at least one other Labour member were recorded voting, Catherine McKinnell voted the same way as most voting Labour members 370 times (96.9%).
This compares Catherine McKinnell with other members of their own party who were recorded voting in the same division. It is not a measure of loyalty to a whip: Civometry holds no whipping records, so it cannot say which votes were whipped, and voting differently from party colleagues is not described here as a rebellion. Members not recorded in a division are excluded from the comparison rather than counted, because an absence from a division list is not a vote and does not mean the member was absent from the House.
Donations reported to the Electoral Commission
£2,000 across 1 reported donations from 1 distinct donor name, received from 1 January 2019 onward.
| Donor (as published) | Status | Donations | Total value | Received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Parsons Creative Ltd | Company | 1 | £2,000 | 2019-10-31 |
Source: Electoral Commission register of donations. Reporting thresholds apply, so this is not every sum given. A donation is a lawful, reported transaction; its presence here says nothing about why it was made and nothing about anything that followed it.
Staffing and business costs paid by IPSA
2025-26: £16,729 across 32 claim lines; 2024-25: £312,417 across 128 claim lines; 2023-24: £261,427 across 134 claim lines.
| Year | Category | Claim lines | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Office Costs | 23 | £11,177 |
| 2025-26 | Staffing | 2 | £3,154 |
| 2025-26 | Accommodation | 7 | £2,398 |
| 2024-25 | Staffing | 4 | £235,221 |
| 2024-25 | Office Costs | 89 | £38,986 |
| 2024-25 | Accommodation | 21 | £22,551 |
| 2024-25 | MP Travel | 4 | £10,417 |
| 2024-25 | Staff Travel | 8 | £4,219 |
| 2024-25 | Miscellaneous | 1 | £520 |
| 2024-25 | Dependant Travel | 1 | £503 |
| 2023-24 | Staffing | 3 | £198,335 |
| 2023-24 | Office Costs | 85 | £28,317 |
| 2023-24 | Accommodation | 30 | £23,301 |
| 2023-24 | MP Travel | 8 | £8,511 |
| 2023-24 | Staff Travel | 5 | £2,228 |
| 2023-24 | Dependant Travel | 3 | £734 |
| Date | Category | Description | Paid | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2019 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | XBM photocopier costs July 2019 | £100 | Paid |
| 28 November 2014 | Office Costs · Const Office Tel. Usage/Rental | BTL Office Phone Line Nov14 — BTL Office Phone Line Nov14 | £100 | Paid |
| 5 November 2012 | Office Costs · Const Office Tel. Usage/Rental | Office Costs Oct/Nov 12 — Office Telephone Bill BTL Sep 2012 | £99 | Paid |
| 6 January 2015 | Office Costs · Const Office Tel. Usage/Rental | BTL Office Phone Jan 15 — Office Phone usage Jan 15 | £99 | Paid |
| 30 November 2017 | Office Costs · Install/Maint Office Equip. | XBM Photocopier October 17 — XBM Photocopier Usage October 17 | £99 | Paid |
| 22 December 2011 | Office Costs · Mobile Usage/Rental | 02 Mobiles bills — 02 Mobile 08/12/11 | £99 | Paid |
| 31 March 2025 | MP Travel · Rail | Aggregated figure for travel during 2024-25 | £9,804 | Paid |
| 1 April 2015 | Accommodation · Accommodation Rent | — | £981 | Paid |
| 3 September 2014 | Office Costs · Const Office Tel. Usage/Rental | Office Telephones Sept 14 — Office Telephones Sept 14 | £99 | Paid |
| 2 July 2014 | Office Costs · Const Office Tel. Usage/Rental | BTL Office Telephone July 14 — BTL Office Telephone July 14 | £99 | Paid |
| 8 July 2020 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline — Constituency office landline rental and use | £99 | Paid |
| 4 April 2013 | Office Costs · Const Office Tel. Usage/Rental | BTL Feb 13 — BTL - re constituency office land line Feb 13 | £99 | Paid |
| 24 April 2012 | Office Costs · Const Office Tel. Usage/Rental | O2 Phone bill — O2 Mobile Phone bill dated 8/4/12 | £99 | Paid |
| 21 May 2012 | Office Costs · Const Office Tel. Usage/Rental | O2 Mob/CM Mob/BTL/Elmnet — Office O2 Mobile bill June 2012 | £99 | Paid |
| 3 February 2014 | Office Costs · Const Office Tel. Usage/Rental | BTL Dec 13 — BTL Dec 13 | £99 | Paid |
Source: IPSA, MP staffing and business costs (Open Government Licence v3), joined on IPSA’s Parliamentary ID, which is Parliament’s member id. These are the running costs of an MP’s office and staff, claimed within IPSA’s rules and paid by IPSA; they are not the member’s salary and not personal income. A claim is a claim, not a finding. Staffing costs are published by IPSA in aggregate categories, not per employee.
Government posts, as Parliament records them
2 government posts since 2010 in Parliament’s record for this member, with the dates and the department it gives. A post is an appointment; nothing here says how it was discharged.
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of State (Ministry of Justice) | Ministry of Justice | 21 July 2026 | still held |
| Minister of State (Education) | Department for Education | 8 July 2024 | 6 September 2025 |
Source: UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence), the member’s own biography record. Posts before May 2010 are not loaded.
Meetings recorded in departmental transparency returns
82 meetings recorded as a minister in the returns of Department for Education. Each line is shown here only because the minister named in the department’s file was exactly one person in Parliament’s register of government posts at the time (or, for a title such as “Prime Minister”, the one holder of that post on that date).
Source: each department’s “ministerial gifts, hospitality, travel and meetings” return on GOV.UK (Open Government Licence v3), read by Civometry and listed under ministerial transparency. A recorded meeting establishes that the department published the line; it does not establish what was said or what followed. Every meeting is on the member’s graph page.
Sources on this page: UK Parliament Members API, Register of Members’ Financial Interests API and Commons Votes API (Open Parliament Licence); Electoral Commission register of donations; IPSA business costs. Each section links its own official record. This page assembles public registers and draws no conclusion from their appearing together.