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Mark Ferguson

Mark Ferguson MP

Labour · Gateshead Central and Whickham · NE11 0BG

Key facts

Party Labour (Lab)
ConstituencyGateshead Central and Whickham
First elected4 July 2024
ResultLab Hold
GenderM
Emailmark.ferguson.mp@parliament.uk

Election results

Results for Gateshead Central and Whickham at the most recent general election.

Mark Ferguson
Labour 18245 45.4%
Damian Heslop
Reform UK 8601 21.4%
Ron Beadle
Liberal Democrat 4987 12.4%
Nicholas Oliver
Conservative 4628 11.5%
Rachel Cabral
Green Party 3217 8.0%
Norman Hall
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 369 0.9%
Graham Steele
Save Us Now 170 0.4%

Government posts

PostFromTo
Assistant Whip 7 September 2025 Present

Committees

CommitteeFromTo
Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) 14 October 2024 3 March 2025
Statutory Instruments (Select Committee) 14 October 2024 3 March 2025
Committee on Standards 28 October 2024 3 March 2025
Committee of Privileges 28 October 2024 3 March 2025
Planning and Infrastructure Bill 24 April 2025 22 May 2025
Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) Bill 9 June 2025 Present
Finance (No. 2) Bill 15 January 2026 3 February 2026

Constituencies represented

ConstituencyFromTo
Gateshead Central and Whickham Present

Party affiliations

PartyFromTo
Labour 4 July 2024 Present