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Last 12 months

How Liz Twist votes

Liz Twist voted the same way as their party in 100% of the votes where parties gave instructions. In 0 of those 243 votes, they went the other way.

What does this mean?

Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high score is normal and says nothing about whether an MP is good or bad. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. Words explained

Recent votes

DateVoteThey votedCompared with party
11 SepEnd of life for terminally ill adults: the first main voteAgainstFree vote
11 SepA vote to end a debateAgainstFree vote
10 SepSocial housing: an attempt to block itAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party

See every vote on Parliament’s site

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.

Liz Twist has 3 interests currently registered.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPUNISON - £2,000.0026 Jan 2026
MiscellaneousCo-Chair, UNISON group of Labour MPs11 Nov 2024
Land and property (within or outside the UK)Residential in Maine et Loire7 Jul 2017

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.

Liz Twist asked 9 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Department of Health and Social Care5
Department for Education1
Women and Equalities1
Department for Business and Trade1
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero1

Latest questions

16 Jun 2026 · to the Department for Education
Answered 24 Jun 2026
23 Apr 2026 · to the Women and Equalities
Answered 29 Apr 2026
12 Feb 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 24 Feb 2026
12 Feb 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 24 Feb 2026
12 Feb 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 23 Feb 2026

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.

PAID IN 2025-26
£21,060
Office costs · claims for running an office£18,609
Accommodation · claims for somewhere to stay£2,451

118 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.

Costs depend on many things, such as where an MP’s area is, what premises and staff they need, and whether they joined or left part-way through the year. This page does not say whether any amount is right or wrong. It covers the claims in IPSA’s individual business costs file, so it is not the full cost of an MP’s office.

Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data

Election result and area

Liz Twist represents Blaydon and Consett. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Liz Twist

Labour

MAJORITY
11,153

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
60%

of people who could vote did

Liz Twist won with 50% of the votes, and David Ayre (Reform UK) came second with 24%.

Votes for each party

Labour50% · 21,160
Reform UK24% · 10,007
Conservative14% · 6,052
Green Party6% · 2,589
Liberal Democrat5% · 2,273
Social Democratic Party0% · 135
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Liz TwistLabour21,16050.1%
David AyreReform UK10,00723.7%
Angela SterlingConservative6,05214.3%
Richard SimpsonGreen Party2,5896.1%
Vicky AndersonLiberal Democrat2,2735.4%
Paul ToppingSocial Democratic Party1350.3%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£725 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
3.1%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

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Has this changed over time? 90%95%100%Oct 25Sep 26
This MPParty average
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Source: Commons Votes API

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