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How Jonathan Brash votes

Jonathan Brash voted the same way as their party in 99% of the votes where parties gave instructions. In 2 of those 182 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 voteForFree vote
11 SepA vote to end a debateForFree vote
7 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
7 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
2 SepVoting and elections: the final voteForSame as party
2 SepVoting and elections: 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.

Jonathan Brash has 2 interests currently registered.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
Land and property (within or outside the UK)Property in Spennymoor25 Jul 2024
ShareholdingsShares in Hargreaves Brash Property Ltd25 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.

Jonathan Brash asked 22 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Department for Education5
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport4
Department for Work and Pensions4
Department of Health and Social Care3
Department for Transport2

Latest questions

28 Aug 2026 · to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Answered 15 Sep 2026
28 Aug 2026 · to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Answered 15 Sep 2026
28 Aug 2026 · to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Answered 15 Sep 2026
28 Aug 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 14 Sep 2026
28 Aug 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 14 Sep 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
£16,184
Office costs · claims for running an office£13,287
Staffing · claims relating to staff£571
Accommodation · claims for somewhere to stay£2,326

48 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

Jonathan Brash represents Hartlepool. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Jonathan Brash

Labour

MAJORITY
7,698

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
50%

of people who could vote did

Jonathan Brash won with 46% of the votes, and Amanda Napper (Reform UK) came second with 25%.

Votes for each party

Labour46% · 16,414
Reform UK25% · 8,716
Conservative22% · 7,767
Independent3% · 895
Green Party2% · 834
Liberal Democrat2% · 572
Everyone else1% · 313
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jonathan BrashLabour16,41446.2%
Amanda NapperReform UK8,71624.5%
Jill MortimerConservative7,76721.9%
Sam LeeIndependent8952.5%
Jeremy Spyby-SteansonGreen Party8342.3%
Peter MaughanLiberal Democrat5721.6%
Tommy DudleyWorkers Party of Britain2480.7%
Vivienne NevilleHeritage Party650.2%

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
£667 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
4.4%
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
View data table
MonthThis MPParty average
Oct 25100%100%
Nov 25100%100%
Dec 2596%100%
Jan 26100%100%
Feb 26100%100%
Mar 26100%100%
Apr 26100%100%
May 26100%100%
Jun 2695%100%
Jul 26100%99%
Sep 26100%100%

Source: Commons Votes API

Times they voted against their party (2)

This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this