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Catherine McKinnell

Catherine McKinnell MP

Labour · Newcastle upon Tyne North · NE3 1UD

Key facts

Party Labour (Lab)
ConstituencyNewcastle upon Tyne North
First elected6 May 2010
ResultLab Hold
GenderF
Emailcatherine.mckinnell.mp@parliament.uk
Phone020 7219 7115
Websitehttp://www.catherinemckinnellmp.co.uk/

Election results

Results for Newcastle upon Tyne North at the most recent general election.

Catherine McKinnell
Labour 24440 50.3%
Guy Renner-Thompson
Conservative 6678 13.7%
Aidan King
Liberal Democrat 5936 12.2%
Deborah Lorraine
Reform UK 5933 12.2%
Sarah Peters
Green Party 5035 10.4%
King Teare
Independent 310 0.6%
Martin Evison
Social Democratic Party 285 0.6%

Government posts

PostFromTo
Minister of State (Education) 8 July 2024 6 September 2025

Opposition posts

PostFromTo
Shadow Minister (Education) (Schools) 6 September 2023 30 May 2024
Shadow Attorney General 14 September 2015 11 January 2016
Shadow Minister (Treasury) 18 March 2013 14 September 2015
Shadow Minister (Education) 7 October 2011 18 March 2013
Shadow Solicitor General 8 October 2010 7 October 2011

Committees

CommitteeFromTo
Political and Constitutional Reform Committee 12 July 2010 8 November 2010
Education Committee 1 February 2016 3 May 2017
Education, Skills and the Economy Sub-Committee 9 March 2016 3 May 2017
Petitions Committee 29 January 2020 6 September 2023
Petitions Committee 11 September 2017 6 November 2019
Petitions Committee 14 March 2016 3 May 2017
Treasury Committee 11 September 2017 6 November 2019
Treasury Sub-Committee 14 September 2017 6 November 2019
Liaison Committee (Commons) 20 May 2020 6 September 2023
Pension Schemes (Conversion of Guaranteed Minimum Pensions) Bill 26 January 2022 2 February 2022
School Attendance (Duties of Local Authorities and Proprietors of Schools) Bill 24 April 2024 1 May 2024
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 15 January 2025 11 February 2025
Public Accounts Committee 27 October 2025 Present

Constituencies represented

ConstituencyFromTo
Newcastle upon Tyne North Present
Newcastle upon Tyne North Present

Party affiliations

PartyFromTo
Labour 6 May 2010 Present