At a glanceLola McEvoy is a Labour MP for Darlington, and has represented the seat for 2 years. They have cast 516 votes in Commons divisions (90% attendance), tabled 33 written questions and registered 5 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Lola McEvoy did not vote in 59. 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
Current roles
- Labour Party since 4 Jul 2024
- Darlington Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Sojan Joseph
Labour
100.0% · 503 of 503 shared votes
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Liz Twist
Labour
100.0% · 486 of 486 shared votes
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Paul Waugh
Labour (Co-op)
100.0% · 476 of 476 shared votes
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Gurinder Singh Josan
Labour
100.0% · 470 of 470 shared votes
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Laurence Turner
Labour
100.0% · 467 of 467 shared votes
Votes least like
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David Davis
Conservative
0.4% · 1 of 249 shared votes
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George Freeman
Conservative
1.1% · 3 of 278 shared votes
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Chris Philp
Conservative
1.2% · 4 of 330 shared votes
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Mark Garnier
Conservative
1.3% · 5 of 376 shared votes
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Kevin Hollinrake
Conservative
1.3% · 4 of 320 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.
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP2
- The YIMBY Initiative Ltd - £2,833.33 (registered 11 Sep 2025)
- The YIMBY Initiative Ltd - £5,666.66 (registered 13 Aug 2025)
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources1
- Built Environment Networking Ltd - £1,600.00 (registered 12 Jun 2026)
Miscellaneous2
- Unpaid membership of a panel that collectively decides on the location of the installation of green plaques in Darlington. The plaques commemorate sites of local industrial historic significance. No official role within the panel nor any veto powers. This is an unpaid role. (registered 18 Nov 2025)
- Co-chair of the Labour Growth Group (registered 5 Dec 2024)
Written questions
Take-away Food: Government Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what support his Department is providing to high street fish and chip shops.
Awaiting an answer from the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade .
Legal Aid Scheme: Gender Based Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to increase availability of legal aid to people who are victims of violence against women and girls, particularly in relation to people who wish to pursue judicial review.
Answer · 22 Jul 2026
This Government was elected with a landmark mission to halve violence against women and girls (VAWG) in the next decade. As part of delivering this mission, we are committed to ensuring that victims of VAWG can access justice, including through the legal ...
Clozapine
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the MHRA intends to take to consider patient and bereaved family lived experience as part of its current scientific review of Clozapine; and whether he is taking steps to ensure that liv
Answer · 20 Jul 2026
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) confirms that in June 2026, the Neurology, Pain and Psychiatry Expert Advisory Group (NPPEAG) considered an assessment of clozapine drug level monitoring. The NPPEAG provided advice about the ...
Clozapine: Side Effects
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Yellow Card adverse drug reaction reference GB-MHRA-MED-202605220730230940-NSQYR (linked to case file CEC 256289) is being actively reviewed by the clinical assessors of the Neurology,
Answer · 20 Jul 2026
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) confirms that in June 2026, the Neurology, Pain and Psychiatry Expert Advisory Group (NPPEAG) considered an assessment of clozapine drug level monitoring. The NPPEAG provided advice about the ...
Armed Forces: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to make changes to the medical entry standards for joining the Armed Forces.
Answer · 16 Jul 2026
Defence is committed to a diverse workforce and is seeking to ‘select in’ rather than ‘select out.’ I can confirm an update to the Joint Service Manual of Medical Fitness 950 (JSP 950) Leaflet 6-7-7, which sets the Medical Employment Standards (MES) for j...
Business: Registration
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking with the Information Commissioner's Office to increase business registration compliance.
Answer · 3 Jul 2026
The ICO regularly promotes the requirement for eligible businesses to register and pay the data protection fee. This includes using publicly available company information to send 800,000 letters annually to prompt organisations who may be required to pay....
Housing Benefit: Supported Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Autumn Budget 2025, what his planned timetable is for the implementation of the earned income disregards; and what assessment he has made of the potential merits of these changes.
Answer · 24 Apr 2026
As announced at Autumn Budget, the Department will be introducing new earned income disregards for those in receipt of Housing Benefit and live in Supported Housing and Temporary Accommodation. These disregards will help smooth the transition between the ...
Cancer: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the treatment of cancer patients.
Answer · 24 Feb 2026
The National Cancer Plan sets out how we will tackle unwarranted variation head on and end the postcode lottery for cancer care.It will shift healthcare from hospitals to the community and ensure that all cancer patients, regardless of where they live, ha...
Speeches in the chamber
15 Jul 2026 Engagements
Q13. Olivia is a young constituent in Darlington. Her testimony was instrumental in securing a ban on stranger contact for under-16s. She has the letter that the Prime Minister sent her framed on her wall. Olivia and millions of young p…
6 Jul 2026 Civil Service Pensions
I recently met a woman who had spent her career fighting fraud for the Department for Work and Pensions. If she had behaved in the way that this company is behaving around her pension, she would have been fired on the spot. It is one rule …
24 Jun 2026 Climate Change
The temperature right now in London is about 35°, compared with a perfect 25° in Darlington—so take me home! I want to put on the record my thanks to all the staff working to support us today, especially the armed police and the Doorkeeper…
9 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill
In my constituency of Darlington, we know the economic importance of the steel industry, and many of my constituents bear the scars of the Conservative party’s unwavering worship of the global free market. Regardless of the social, econom…
8 Jun 2026 Digital Safety: Children
I thank the Minister for answering this urgent question today, and urgent it is. While the tech companies are spending millions of pounds congratulating themselves on how they are going above and beyond, children in Darlington tell me that…
21 May 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill
Will the shadow Minister give way?
21 May 2026 Middle East: Economic Response
I wholeheartedly welcome the Chancellor’s intervention at a time when the cost of living is increasingly putting pressure on working families in Darlington. This is a proper Labour intervention from a proper Labour Chancellor, and represe…
17 Mar 2026 Youth Unemployment
The message from this Dispatch Box is clear: apprenticeships, apprenticeships, apprenticeships. This Government will meet the challenges that we face today with fantastic careers for the next generation, so thank you. SMEs in Darlington ar…
12 Mar 2026 International Women’s Day
The Minister is making a brilliant speech that lots of us will be feeling very emotional about. Does she agree with me and Members across the House that although increasing the minimum wage is really important, as it disproportionately aff…
12 Mar 2026 Defending Democracy Taskforce
I put on record my personal thanks to the Minister for the support that he has given to many Members of this House, including newly elected Members like me, and I welcome a newly elected female Member, the hon. Member for Gorton and Denton…
11 Mar 2026 Royal Mail: Universal Service Obligation
I would like to put on the record that, despite testimony to the contrary, it is Darlington’s postal workers who are the best in the country. They deliver their service to the best of their abilities, and they also provide a social service…
9 Mar 2026 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
I am interested in the idea of licensing functionalities and new developments before they come into children’s lives, which is not happening at the moment—at the moment it is happening after they have been used for a long time. We are age-…
9 Mar 2026 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
I would like to talk to the social media element of the Lords amendments. The argument for stronger protections for children online has been won, not least because of the appalling harms that have come to so many children because of the la…
5 Mar 2026 Consular Assistance
I thank the Minister for all his work on this ever-changing situation. The Samuels and their two children, who are constituents of mine, are in Dubai at the moment. They are not able to get proper advice from the airlines about the options…
24 Feb 2026 Online Harm: Child Protection
I wanted to ask the hon. Lady about the register and the ranking of age-appropriateness for content. We have sat opposite each other on many occasions discussing this matter. I have grave concerns about who will register those individual s…
24 Feb 2026 Topical Questions
As the Secretary of State knows, Darlington Memorial hospital is part of the County Durham and Darlington NHS foundation trust, which has recently been marred by the scandal of over-operation in breast services. We know that many women cam…
10 Feb 2026 Young Children’s Screen Time
The Minister is giving a brilliant speech to sum up this important debate. Will the work she mentions consider the link between the need for more speech and language therapy for early years and screen time pre-school?
10 Feb 2026 Young Children’s Screen Time
As I said, my hon. Friend is giving a brilliant speech. Does he share my concern that relying solely on parental intervention in relation to this huge swathe of technological advances is not enough? We do not want children to start hiding …
10 Feb 2026 Young Children’s Screen Time
My hon. Friend—my actual friend—is giving a brilliant speech. I pay tribute to him: he is a brilliant advocate for our generation of parents and also a wonderful dad. Does he agree that parents today are in desperate need of such guidance?…
3 Feb 2026 Fish and Chip Sector
If the hon. Member is paying £6 for a coffee, he should come to Darlington where it definitely is not £6. We also have the best plaices for fish and chips, with Yarm Road Fish and Chips and Cockerton Fisheries both winning awards. Please d…
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Committee memberships
- Treasury Committee 21 Oct 2024 – 27 Oct 2025
- Renters’ Rights Bill 16 Oct 2024 – 5 Nov 2024
Expenses
Contact & offices
01325 526655
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
35-36 Blackwellgate, Darlington, DL1 5HW
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Lola McEvoy, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Lola McEvoy?
Lola McEvoy is a Member of Parliament representing Darlington in the House of Commons. See Lola McEvoy's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Lola McEvoy represent?
Lola McEvoy sits as Labour. See Lola McEvoy's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Lola McEvoy represent?
Lola McEvoy is the Member of Parliament for Darlington. See Lola McEvoy's official Parliament profile.
How long has Lola McEvoy been an MP?
Lola McEvoy has served in the House of Commons for 2 years. See Lola McEvoy's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Lola McEvoy?
Lola McEvoy has 5 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Lola McEvoy's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.