Member of Parliament
Pat McFadden
Labour MP for Wolverhampton South East
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
At a glancePat McFadden is a Labour MP for Wolverhampton South East, and has represented the seat for 21 years, 2 months. They currently serve as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. They have cast 234 votes in Commons divisions (41% attendance), tabled 196 written questions and registered 1 financial interest.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Pat McFadden did not vote in 341. A rebellion is a vote against the way most of their own party voted; free votes, where no party line applies, are left out.
Party-loyalty figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Biography
He currently holds the Government post of Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
Current roles
- Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Government post · Department for Work and Pensions since 5 Sep 2025
- Wolverhampton South East Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
- Labour Party since 5 May 2005
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Alex Mayer Labour 100.0% · 233 of 233 shared votes
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Rachel Hopkins
Labour
100.0% · 228 of 228 shared votes
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Callum Anderson
Labour
100.0% · 227 of 227 shared votes
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Chris Vince
Labour (Co-op)
100.0% · 226 of 226 shared votes
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Sir Mark Tami
Labour
100.0% · 225 of 225 shared votes
Votes least like
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Andrew Griffith
Conservative
0.0% · 0 of 150 shared votes
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Mr Mark Francois
Conservative
0.0% · 0 of 115 shared votes
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Sir Geoffrey Cox
Conservative
0.0% · 0 of 90 shared votes
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Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Conservative
0.0% · 0 of 61 shared votes
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Alan Mak
Conservative
0.6% · 1 of 173 shared votes
Alignment figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Register of financial interests
From the official Register; shown as registered.
Miscellaneous1
- Member of Wolverhampton Towns Fund Board. This is an unpaid role. (registered 4 Feb 2020)
Written questions
Department for Work and Pensions: ICT
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the policy paper entitled Transforming for a digital future: 2022 to 2025 roadmap for digital and data, updated on 29 February 2024, when his Department first assessed each of the red-
Answer · 22 Apr 2024
DWP has mature, industry standard mechanisms for assessing the risk of its core IT systems which has been implemented and running for decades. The first time DWP reported figures to the cross-government initiative led by CDDO was November 2022.
Cabinet Office: ICT
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the policy paper entitled Transforming for a digital future: 2022 to 2025 roadmap for digital and data, updated on 29 February 2024, when his Department first assessed each of the red-rated leg
Answer · 24 Apr 2024
Cabinet Office Digital first carried out an audit between September 2022 and Feb 2023, as part of the work to upgrade our IT estate. It has created a framework for managing legacy systems in the department and we are proactively working with the Central D...
Department for Work and Pensions: ICT
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the policy paper entitled Transforming for a digital future: 2022 to 2025 roadmap for digital and data, updated on 29 February 2024, what steps his Department has taken to mitigate the
Answer · 19 Apr 2024
DWP has funded and resourced a dedicated Legacy Technical Debt Working Group within DWP. This group managed the population and ongoing accuracy of Legacy IT System Risk Score Cards. The information recorded includes plans for mitigating key risks which ar...
Cabinet Office: ICT
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the policy paper entitled Transforming for a digital future: 2022 to 2025 roadmap for digital and data, updated on 29 February 2024, what steps his Department has taken to mitigate the risks of
Answer · 19 Apr 2024
The Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO), in the Cabinet Office, has established a programme to support departments managing legacy IT. CDDO has agreed a framework to identify ‘red-rated’ systems, indicating high levels of risk surrounding certain asset...
Department for Education: Legal Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the total cost to the public purse was of legal (a) support and (b) representation to Ministers in her Department in relation to their official conduct in each of the last three years.
Answer · 28 Mar 2024
Such information is not centrally recorded or collated in the form requested. More generally, I would refer the right hon. Member for Wolverhampton South East to the long standing policies on legal expenditure, as set out recently by Cabinet Office Minist...
Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Legal Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the total cost to the public purse was of legal (a) support and (b) representation to Ministers in (i) her Department and (ii) the predecessor Department in relation to their official conduc
Answer · 21 Mar 2024
Such information is not centrally recorded or collated in the form requested. More generally, I would refer the hon. Member to the long-standing policies on legal expenditure, as set out recently by Cabinet Office Ministers on 12 March 2024, Official Repo...
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Legal Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much (a) her Department and (b) its predecessor Department have spent on legal (i) support and (ii) representation to Ministers in her Department in relation to their official conduct in
Answer · 21 Mar 2024
This information is not held centrally and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Department for Business and Trade: Legal Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the total cost to the public purse was of legal (a) support and (b) representation to Ministers in (i) her Department and (ii) the predecessor Department in relation to their official conduct in e
Answer · 21 Mar 2024
Such information is not centrally recorded or collated in the form requested. More generally, I would refer the hon. Member to the long-standing policies on legal expenditure, as set out recently by Cabinet Office Ministers on 12 March 2024, Official Repo...
Speeches in the chamber
29 Jun 2026 Topical Questions
I congratulate my hon. Friend on being a fantastic champion for Stafford and her constituents. The youth guarantee will help young people in her constituency through hiring incentives, apprenticeship changes and more work experience placem…
29 Jun 2026 Topical Questions
The hon. Member raises an important question, which young people themselves are alive to. AI is an all-purpose technology; it will both destroy and create jobs. The leadership task is to ensure that this country is best placed to use the t…
29 Jun 2026 Topical Questions
I agree with my hon. Friend that we need to work with businesses. I want this to be seen as a national cause, a national endeavour, and a good partnership between business and Government, because it is in the whole country’s interests to m…
29 Jun 2026 Topical Questions
I encourage local businesses in the hon. Lady’s constituency to look at the new incentives available from tomorrow. They can access a hiring incentive of £3,000 to help them with the cost of taking on a young person, provided that person h…
29 Jun 2026 Topical Questions
I welcome my hon. Friend’s question. The report published today is really important, and it shows the lack of opportunity for white working-class children at schools. Our agenda of maximum opportunity for young people and of not letting pe…
29 Jun 2026 Topical Questions
If the right hon. Gentleman has just noticed that there are 1 million young people not in education, employment or training, one has to ask what was he doing when he was a Minister in the last Government when the figures went up by a quart…
29 Jun 2026 Topical Questions
I have discussed this with my hon. Friend. There are great schools I have visited that have a record of NEET zero. They do that by paying attention to employability and work right from year 7, so I believe there is more that can be done to…
29 Jun 2026 Topical Questions
My hon. Friend raises a really important point. There should not be an automatic transition. We also have to consider the life chances of people on long-term sickness benefits. So this is worth considering, while always making sure that pe…
29 Jun 2026 Topical Questions
When the history books are written about this, they will show that this number rose by a quarter of a million in the last three years during which the hon. Member’s party was in power, and the Conservatives did precisely nothing about it. …
29 Jun 2026 Topical Questions
My hon. Friend raises a really important point. We cannot allow young people to drop out and to drop out of sight of the system. It is really important, especially for 16 and 17-year-olds, because we want to see participation in education …
29 Jun 2026 Topical Questions
The youth hub will be able to help young people by treating them as human beings and bringing together holistic support to get them into employment, including in mental health, housing, and essential and vocational skills. As I said, it is…
29 Jun 2026 Topical Questions
My hon. Friend has raised an important point. This has to be a joint effort between the Government and employers. We had a great roundtable at No. 10 this morning with employers who are committed to expanding youth opportunity, and I have …
29 Jun 2026 Topical Questions
Of course, people should only receive benefits if they are properly entitled to and qualified for them. All this has to be underpinned by our being as caring and as passionate about wealth creation as we are about fair wealth distribution.…
29 Jun 2026 Topical Questions
I enjoy our exchanges, and I welcome the opportunity that the shadow Secretary of State has given me to point out that in the past year I have said time and again that we have to change the question that the system asks from “What benefits…
29 Jun 2026 Topical Questions
It is important to treat customers properly and fairly and to remember that the DWP deals with some of the most vulnerable people in society. The Department takes safeguarding seriously. We have increased training, particularly for those i…
29 Jun 2026 Topical Questions
Since our last DWP questions, both Alan Milburn and the Pensions Commission have published their respective interim reports on young people and on the current state of saving for retirement. I look forward to receiving their final reports …
29 Jun 2026 Youth Guarantee
In his review Alan Milburn considered that issue and said that, “the UK’s NEET crisis is much more long-term and deep-seated than any decisions taken in the last few years.” As I said earlier, 400,000 more people are in work this yea…
29 Jun 2026 Youth Guarantee
I thank the right hon. Gentleman and send him commiserations for whatever has left him reliant on his crutches today. I am happy to congratulate the businesses he mentioned in his constituency. He raises a serious point: it is important no…
29 Jun 2026 Youth Guarantee
I thank my hon. Friend for his commitment to expanding opportunity for young people in his constituency and to reducing the NEET youth rate. As he knows, I was pleased to open the Peterborough youth hub some months ago, and my Department i…
29 Jun 2026 Youth Guarantee
As I said, earlier this spring we announced the expansion of youth hubs to all planned areas and the launch of phase one of the jobs guarantee for the long-term unemployed, first in six areas and later to the whole country. From today, we …
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Government posts
- Minister for Intergovernmental Relations · Cabinet Office 5 Sep 2024 – 6 Sep 2025
- Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster · Cabinet Office 5 Jul 2024 – 5 Sep 2025
- Minister of State (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills) · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 9 Jun 2009 – 6 May 2010
- Minister of State (Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform) (Employment Relations and Postal Affairs) · Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 2 Jul 2007 – 5 Jun 2009
- Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office) · Cabinet Office 5 May 2006 – 28 Jun 2007
Opposition posts
- Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster · Cabinet Office 4 Sep 2023 – 30 May 2024
- National campaign co-ordinator · HM Official Opposition 4 Sep 2023 – 30 May 2024
- Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury · HM Treasury 29 Nov 2021 – 4 Sep 2023
- Shadow Economic Secretary (Treasury) · HM Treasury 10 Apr 2020 – 29 Nov 2021
- Shadow Minister (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs) · Foreign and Commonwealth Office 20 Oct 2014 – 5 Jan 2016
- Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 12 May 2010 – 8 Oct 2010
Other posts
- Member, Labour Party National Executive Committee 1 Jun 2007 – 6 May 2010
Committee memberships
- Compensation (London Capital & Finance plc and Fraud Compensation Fund) Bill 8 Jun 2021 – 15 Jun 2021
- Business and Trade Committee 2 Mar 2020 – 11 May 2020
- Panel of Chairs 23 Mar 2020 – 22 Apr 2020
- Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union 11 Sep 2017 – 6 Nov 2019
- Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union 31 Oct 2016 – 3 May 2017
- Treasury Committee 14 Nov 2011 – 24 Nov 2014
- Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards (Joint Committee) 16 Jul 2012 – 12 Jun 2013
Previous seats
- Wolverhampton South East · Elected 4 times 6 May 2010 – 30 May 2024
- Wolverhampton South East · Elected 1 time 5 May 2005 – 6 May 2010
Expenses
Contact & offices
020 7219 4036
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
Crescent House, Broad Street, Bilston, WV14 0BZ
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Pat McFadden, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Pat McFadden?
Pat McFadden is a Member of Parliament representing Wolverhampton South East in the House of Commons. See Pat McFadden's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Pat McFadden represent?
Pat McFadden sits as Labour. See Pat McFadden's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Pat McFadden represent?
Pat McFadden is the Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton South East. See Pat McFadden's official Parliament profile.
How long has Pat McFadden been an MP?
Pat McFadden has served in the House of Commons for 21 years, 2 months. See Pat McFadden's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Pat McFadden?
Pat McFadden has 1 entry in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Pat McFadden's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 27 Jul 2026.