UK Parliament · member 5218
David Smith MP
- Party
- Labour — Labour Party
- Constituency
- North Northumberland
- Member for this seat since
- 4 July 2024
- In the records
- Every register entry that names David Smith, 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.
Land and property (within or outside the UK)
- Property in Northumberland (registered 15 July 2024)
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. (registered 24 January 2026)
- Director of Blue Labour Campaign Limited. This is an unpaid role. (registered 7 November 2025)
- Formal Appointment by the Government as the UK Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief. This is an unpaid role. (registered 28 February 2025)
- Trustee, Together for the Common Good. This is an unpaid role. (registered 15 July 2024)
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 402 recorded divisions where David Smith and at least one other Labour member were recorded voting, David Smith voted the same way as most voting Labour members 388 times (96.5%).
This compares David Smith 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
The register holds no donations reported against this name. Donations are matched on the regulated entity name exactly as the Electoral Commission publishes it; a member who reports under a different form of their name will not match here, and no similar name is substituted.
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: £19,623 across 98 claim lines; 2024-25: £182,910 across 194 claim lines.
| Year | Category | Claim lines | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Office Costs | 74 | £12,237 |
| 2025-26 | Accommodation | 20 | £3,725 |
| 2025-26 | Staffing | 4 | £3,661 |
| 2024-25 | Staffing | 19 | £118,588 |
| 2024-25 | Office Costs | 132 | £27,382 |
| 2024-25 | Accommodation | 18 | £17,392 |
| 2024-25 | MP Travel | 14 | £9,829 |
| 2024-25 | Staff Travel | 10 | £9,234 |
| 2024-25 | Dependant Travel | 1 | £486 |
| Date | Category | Description | Paid | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 January 2026 | Office Costs · Utilities | Electricity — E.ON NEXT | £99 | Paid |
| 9 May 2025 | Office Costs · Utilities | Electricity — E.ON NEXT | £97 | Paid |
| 2 September 2025 | Office Costs · Utilities | Electricity — E.ON NEXT | £97 | Paid |
| 15 September 2025 | Office Costs · Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs | Boiler issues. Call out and fix | £96 | Paid |
| 3 January 2025 | Office Costs · Equipment - purchase | Office furniture — SOLO BLINDS | £942 | Paid |
| 11 August 2025 | Office Costs · Utilities | Water — WWW.WAVE-UTILITIES.CO. | £94 | Paid |
| 24 June 2025 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Banner July 2025 | £91 | Paid |
| 2 June 2025 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Banner July 2025 | £91 | Paid |
| 10 November 2025 | Office Costs · Utilities | Water — WWW.WAVE-UTILITIES.CO. | £90 | Paid |
| 14 August 2025 | Office Costs · Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | — | £90 | Paid |
| 6 November 2024 | Staffing · Training - staff | Travel expenses for staff training in London | £90 | Paid |
| 31 March 2025 | Staff Travel · Mileage - car | Aggregated figure for travel during 2024-25 | £89 | Paid |
| 9 February 2026 | Accommodation · Utilities | Electricity — OCTOPUS ENERGY LTD | £88 | Paid |
| 2 June 2025 | Office Costs · Utilities | Electricity — E.ON NEXT | £88 | Paid |
| 31 March 2025 | MP Travel · Hotel - UK Not London | Aggregated figure for travel during 2024-25 | £88 | 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.
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.