Member of Parliament
Mr James Frith
Labour MP for Bury North
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)·Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
At a glanceMr James Frith is a Labour MP for Bury North, and has represented the seat for 2 years. They currently serve as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology). They have cast 436 votes in Commons divisions (76% attendance), tabled 299 written questions and registered 6 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Mr James Frith did not vote in 139. 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 posts of Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office), and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology).
Current roles
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) Government post · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology since 12 Jun 2026
- Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office) Government post · Cabinet Office since 12 Jun 2026
- Bury North Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
- Labour Party since 8 Jun 2017
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Sojan Joseph
Labour
100.0% · 424 of 424 shared votes
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Sean Woodcock
Labour
100.0% · 416 of 416 shared votes
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Paul Waugh
Labour (Co-op)
100.0% · 414 of 414 shared votes
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Liz Twist
Labour
100.0% · 414 of 414 shared votes
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Lola McEvoy
Labour
100.0% · 413 of 413 shared votes
Votes least like
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George Freeman
Conservative
0.9% · 2 of 223 shared votes
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David Davis
Conservative
1.0% · 2 of 199 shared votes
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Sir Roger Gale
Conservative
1.2% · 3 of 259 shared votes
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Sir Mel Stride
Conservative
1.3% · 3 of 231 shared votes
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Chris Philp
Conservative
1.4% · 4 of 278 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.
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources3
- BPI (British Recorded Music Industry) Ltd - £3,432.00 (registered 7 Mar 2026)
- Sky UK Ltd - £432.00 (registered 29 Aug 2025)
- PRS for Music Limited - £3,122.00 (registered 18 Jul 2025)
Visits outside the UK1
- International visit to Poland between 12 April 2026 and 16 April 2026 (registered 1 May 2026)
Shareholdings2
- Shares in Lemonade Partners (registered 23 Jul 2024)
- Shares in Pull Together Ltd (registered 23 Jul 2024)
Written questions
Palliative Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to publish a national strategy for palliative and end of life care.
Answer · 5 Mar 2026
The Government is developing a Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care Modern Service Framework (MSF) for England, for publication later this year.The MSF will drive improvements in the services that patients and their families receive at the end of life and...
Learning Disability: Low Incomes
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to Written Parliamentary Question 107115, how many people with a learning disability are recorded as beneficiaries of the NHS Low Income Scheme.
Answer · 23 Feb 2026
The NHS Low Income Scheme is administered by the NHS Business Services Authority (NHS BSA) on behalf of the Department. The NHS BSA does not collect or record information on applicants’ medical or health conditions, including whether they have a learning ...
NHS England: Redundancy Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that NHS England staff who have taken partial retirement receive fair redundancy payments..
Answer · 5 Feb 2026
The Voluntary Redundancy (VR) scheme being used by NHS England is the national ‘model Voluntary Redundancy’ scheme approved by HM Treasury for use across the National Health Service. The national ‘model VR scheme’ directs that voluntary redundancy payment...
Means-tested Benefits: Learning Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an estimate of the proportion of people with a learning disability of working age in England in receipt of a means tested benefit.
Answer · 27 Jan 2026
The Department has not made such an estimate.
Eyesight: Testing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will consider extending NHS sight test eligibility criteria by listing learning disability as a risk factor.
Answer · 2 Feb 2026
Whilst adults with a learning disability do not automatically qualify for free National Health Service sight tests, they may qualify under other categories of exemption, for example being in receipt of income-related benefits or through the NHS low-income...
Local Government Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential differential impact of the local government finance system on local authorities.
Answer · 3 Dec 2025
On 20 November the government published the Local Government Finance Policy Statement which sets out our plans for the 2026-27 to 2028-28 multi-year Local Government Finance Settlement. These plans represent a fairer system for all authorities which recog...
Foreign Companies: Location
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Independent Expert Panel on Corporate Re-domiciliation report, published on 14 October 2024, whether he plans to consult on the proposed UK corporate re-domiciliation regime.
Answer · 15 Oct 2025
In a written statement on 14 October 2024, the Department welcomed the Independent Expert Panel’s report and committed to consulting on the design of a proposed corporate re-domiciliation regime for the UK, in due course, as part of wider company law refo...
Asthma: Medical Equipment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of providing free prescriptions for inhalers to people with asthma who are moving into adulthood.
Answer · 13 Oct 2025
There are no plans to review the list of medical conditions that entitle someone to apply for a medical exemption certificate.There are extensive arrangements in place in England to ensure that prescriptions are affordable for everyone. Approximately 89% ...
Early day motions
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Speeches in the chamber
8 Jul 2026 Societal Impact of AI: Government Policy
The Government’s principle is to regulate at the time of deployment or at use. I understand the right hon. Gentleman’s argument, but it is important that we strike the right balance between innovation and regulation. Of course, as I will c…
8 Jul 2026 Societal Impact of AI: Government Policy
If I am considered worthy to meet in a few weeks’ time, I will be very happy to do so. This is not about self-sufficiency or about turning away from trusted international partners; it is about ensuring that where the UK has genuine stre…
8 Jul 2026 Societal Impact of AI: Government Policy
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms McVey. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Poole (Neil Duncan-Jordan) on securing the debate, which speaks directly to the kind of country and society that we want to create for e…
1 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
This Government are boosting digital and AI skills by embedding media literacy across all key stages, including by introducing an AI-inclusive computing GCSE and a £20 million early careers jobs alliance. We will ensure that digital inclus…
30 Jun 2026 Draft Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 (Directions to OFCOM) (Revocation) Order 2026
I will not. The direction being revoked serves no practical purpose. This SI is therefore a simple but important step to ensure that the statute book reflects the current position by removing provisions that are no longer needed. In doi…
30 Jun 2026 Draft Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 (Directions to OFCOM) (Revocation) Order 2026
Yes, sorry—I will write to him. I am grateful for the support across the House on the draft instrument. The direction it revokes has already been fully implemented in terms of obtaining—
30 Jun 2026 Draft Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 (Directions to OFCOM) (Revocation) Order 2026
On the first and third questions asked regarding this measure, consumers should not expect an immediate or visible change as a result of the instrument, but the Government will work closely with Ofcom to ensure that mobile coverage is impr…
30 Jun 2026 Draft Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 (Directions to OFCOM) (Revocation) Order 2026
I will conclude my remarks and perhaps pick up that question in my closing speech, which I am looking forward to making. Maintaining a clear and effective framework for managing spectrum is therefore an important part of supporting inve…
30 Jun 2026 Draft Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 (Directions to OFCOM) (Revocation) Order 2026
I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 (Directions to OFCOM) (Revocation) Order 2026. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Murrison. I am grateful to the Committee fo…
25 Jun 2026 Topical Questions
My hon. Friend is absolutely right: it is crucial that we learn how well some of the innovations in our health tech have lent themselves to the process of implementing digital access to services. I recommit to learning the lessons, and we …
25 Jun 2026 Topical Questions
We are working closely with the devolved Governments through bilateral meetings and regular official engagement, and we are thankful to them for their constructive and ongoing engagement. In recent weeks I have had the pleasure of attendin…
25 Jun 2026 Topical Questions
The Government’s preparations for digital ID will ensure that all existing routes for accessing public services will remain in place. The preparation for digital ID, which will make digital access to public services easier, as I described …
25 Jun 2026 Topical Questions
Thank you—a batsman needs runs, Mr Speaker. Digital ID will ensure digital access to our public services. In recent weeks, citizens have been debating evidence from independent technical experts, privacy advocates and civil society grou…
22 Jun 2026 UK Politics: Pro-Israel Influence
Thank you, Mrs Harris. The Prime Minister has asked the Ethics and Integrity Commission to carry out a review into lobbying. We have commissioned and are now responding to the Rycroft review of political finance rules, with immediate st…
22 Jun 2026 UK Politics: Pro-Israel Influence
I refer the hon. Gentleman to an earlier answer I gave about misassociation, whether unintentional, explicit, deliberate or wilful. It is possible to be in Labour Friends of Israel without being a Labour friend of the Israeli Government’s …
22 Jun 2026 UK Politics: Pro-Israel Influence
I do not agree with that. On 30 April, the Government announced £25 million of additional funding for 2026-27 to strengthen policing, protect Jewish communities and provide reassurance in response to the terrorist attacks in Golders Gre…
22 Jun 2026 UK Politics: Pro-Israel Influence
I thank the hon. Member for his comments. The record will show his support, and I concur with it. We have all seen the harm caused by the abhorrent rise in antisemitism, which was raised by my hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent C…
22 Jun 2026 UK Politics: Pro-Israel Influence
I will make some progress. The premise of the debate veers into the unhealthy territory of antisemitic tropes and conspiracy theories: the double standard towards the only Jewish state, questioning the legitimacy of a democratic state’s…
22 Jun 2026 UK Politics: Pro-Israel Influence
I agree that there is cause for concern that the premise of the petition is antisemitic. I have explained my reasons why. I commented earlier on the Prime Minister’s leadership in rooting out antisemitism in the Labour party. For too long,…
22 Jun 2026 UK Politics: Pro-Israel Influence
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Harris. I bring the attention of hon. Members to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I thank the hon. Member for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (John Lamont) …
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Government posts
- Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office) · Cabinet Office 3 Mar 2026 – 11 Jun 2026
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology 3 Mar 2026 – 11 Jun 2026
Committee memberships
- Culture, Media and Sport Committee 21 Oct 2024 – 27 Oct 2025
- Education Committee 11 Sep 2017 – 6 Nov 2019
Previous seats
- Bury North · Elected 1 time 8 Jun 2017 – 6 Nov 2019
Elections contested
- Bury North 12 Dec 2019
- Bury North 7 May 2015
Expenses
Contact & offices
0161 560 5667
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
18 Bolton Street, Bury, BL9 0LQ
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Mr James Frith, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Mr James Frith?
Mr James Frith is a Member of Parliament representing Bury North in the House of Commons. See Mr James Frith's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Mr James Frith represent?
Mr James Frith sits as Labour. See Mr James Frith's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Mr James Frith represent?
Mr James Frith is the Member of Parliament for Bury North. See Mr James Frith's official Parliament profile.
How long has Mr James Frith been an MP?
Mr James Frith has served in the House of Commons for 2 years. See Mr James Frith's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Mr James Frith?
Mr James Frith has 6 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Mr James Frith's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.