Member of Parliament
Matthew Patrick
Labour MP for Wirral West
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Northern Ireland Office)
At a glanceMatthew Patrick is a Labour MP for Wirral West, and has represented the seat for 2 years. They currently serve as Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Northern Ireland Office). They have cast 465 votes in Commons divisions (81% attendance) and tabled 10 written questions.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Matthew Patrick did not vote in 110. 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 Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Northern Ireland Office).
Current roles
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Northern Ireland Office) Government post · Northern Ireland Office since 7 Sep 2025
- Wirral West Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
- Labour Party since 4 Jul 2024
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Liz Twist
Labour
100.0% · 441 of 441 shared votes
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Alan Strickland
Labour
100.0% · 427 of 427 shared votes
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Paul Waugh
Labour (Co-op)
100.0% · 423 of 423 shared votes
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Paulette Hamilton
Labour
100.0% · 414 of 414 shared votes
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Ben Goldsborough
Labour
100.0% · 402 of 402 shared votes
Votes least like
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George Freeman
Conservative
0.4% · 1 of 235 shared votes
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Sir Roger Gale
Conservative
0.7% · 2 of 269 shared votes
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David Davis
Conservative
0.9% · 2 of 221 shared votes
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Sir Oliver Dowden
Conservative
1.0% · 3 of 302 shared votes
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Kevin Hollinrake
Conservative
1.0% · 3 of 292 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.
Written questions
Hamas: Hostage Taking
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps his Department is taking to help secure the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza.
Answer · 14 May 2025
We welcome the news that US-Israeli citizen Edan Alexander will be released. We thank Qatar and Egypt for their support in bringing Edan out. We call on all parties to use this opportunity to re-engage with negotiations to ensure a lasting ceasefire is im...
Undocumented Workers: Fines
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many civil penalties were issued for incidents of illegal working in (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20, (c) 2020-21, (d) 2021-22, (e) 2022-23, (f) 2023-24 and (g) 2024-25; and what the total value of those
Answer · 28 Mar 2025
Information on illegal working civil penalty statistics has been published since 2016 as part of the Home Office Immigration Transparency Data. This can be found at Immigration Enforcement data: Q4 2024 - GOV.UK on tab CPO2.The most recent published trans...
Undocumented Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) visits were made to premises where illegal working was suspected to be taking place and (b) arrests were made at those premises by immigration enforcement teams in (i) 2018-19, (ii) 2019-
Answer · 28 Mar 2025
The information requested is not currently available.Information relating to the number of illegal working visits is available in the Statistics relating to Illegal Migration - GOV.UK.Financial yearVolume of illegal working visits 2019/2062362020/21567202...
Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions a small boat was recorded as entering UK waters with more than (a) 50, (b) 60, (c) 70 and (d) 80 people on board in (i) 2021-22, (ii) 2022-23, (iii) 2023-24 and (iv) 2024-25.
Answer · 31 Mar 2025
The Home Office has interpreted the question to mean boats carrying a) 51 – 60 people; b) 61 – 70 people, and so on. The Home Office does not record this information in terms of boats ‘entering UK waters’ but as numbers of people who arrived in the UK for...
Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many days Border Force would have implemented a red rating for expected numbers of small boat crossings in the Channel in (a) 2021-22, (b) 2022-23, and (c) 2023-24, if the existing methodology
Answer · 28 Mar 2025
The Home Office has interpreted the question to mean the periods 6 April – 5 April for the years quoted. The Met Office changed its assessment criteria for likelihood of crossings in May 2023. The following figures set out the numbers of days per financia...
Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many days Border Force implemented a red rating for expected numbers of small boat crossings in the Channel in the (a) 2021-22, (b) 2022-23 and (c) 2023-24 financial years; and in the 2024-25 f
Answer · 31 Mar 2025
The Home Office has interpreted the question to mean the periods 6 April – 5 April for the years quoted. The following reflect the numbers of days in each financial year where crossing attempts were considered likely given forecast weather and sea conditi...
Clean Energy: Wales
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on support for clean energy projects in Wales.
Answer · 29 Jan 2025
This Government’s Contracts for Difference Scheme is supporting seven tidal, solar and onshore wind projects.Great British Energy’s partnership with The Crown Estate will support floating offshore wind in the Celtic Sea.And last week, in collaboration wit...
Universal Credit: Domestic Abuse
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to (a) ensure victim-survivors of domestic abuse can access split payments for Universal Credit and (b) minimise the risk that applying for a split payments could alert perpetra
Answer · 24 Oct 2024
Split payments are considered in exceptional circumstances to provide support to vulnerable families and children from facing financial issues that could arise from a range of circumstances, particularly where one partner in the relationship may have subs...
Speeches in the chamber
8 Jul 2026 Seasonal Scampi Fishers
As the hon. Gentleman will know, we totally support our fishing sector, and I am interested to hear more about that proposal. If the Immigration Minister is speaking with the hon. Gentleman and my hon. Friend the Member for Scarborough and…
8 Jul 2026 Seasonal Scampi Fishers
As I have said, we have written to the Home Secretary about these issues, and I am sure that my hon. Friend will be making her case very powerfully as well. It is our duty to work with businesses across the UK to ensure that they are ready…
8 Jul 2026 Seasonal Scampi Fishers
My hon. Friend is a powerful campaigner on this issue. The Secretary of State and I recognise the importance of fishing industries across the United Kingdom, and the Secretary of State visited Kilkeel earlier this year with Minister Muir, …
8 Jul 2026 Manufacturing Supply Chain
I worry that the hon. and learned Member is in danger of talking down Northern Ireland and its incredible business opportunities. We are here to champion it. If issues arise from the Brexit that he and others championed, we do our very bes…
8 Jul 2026 Manufacturing Supply Chain
I certainly agree with my hon. Friend; many opportunities are arising from the defence growth deal, on which I have worked closely. Many businesses, small and large, across Northern Ireland have dual-servicing capability and they have a re…
8 Jul 2026 Manufacturing Supply Chain
I take every opportunity to champion Northern Ireland’s brilliant manufacturing sector, and whether it is Denroy, Airbus or Thales, or even Harland & Wolff, which has just announced that it is bidding for a major UK-Dutch shipbuilding …
9 Jun 2026 Police Service of Northern Ireland Training College
I will be happy to arrange a meeting between me, the hon. Gentleman and representatives about the issue that he just raised.
9 Jun 2026 Police Service of Northern Ireland Training College
Not at all: I feel a connection and commitment. The way to deliver that commitment is to respect devolution and give a record financial settlement—more than at any time in the history of devolution—so that the Executive can make that deter…
9 Jun 2026 Police Service of Northern Ireland Training College
I hear the right hon. Gentleman’s comments. Securing locally agreed arrangements for managing parades in Northern Ireland is the best option for sustainable, long-term reform. The UK Government are committed to continuing to work with loca…
9 Jun 2026 Police Service of Northern Ireland Training College
That is funding to the Department of Justice rather than directly to the PSNI but, as I stated, given the hours of police time saved, that investment will clearly have a benefit. On the matter of funding for the PSNI, many Members right…
9 Jun 2026 Police Service of Northern Ireland Training College
From the direct amount funded by the UK Government—there are separate bids that are being considered by the Executive—Justice is receiving £22.6 million. That is transforming the justice system, and I understand that it has already saved 4…
9 Jun 2026 Police Service of Northern Ireland Training College
If it is okay with the hon. Member, I will come to that point later. I will definitely address it, and I invite him to intervene on me if I do not—I may live to regret that. The PSNI was previously provided with £32 million a year in ad…
9 Jun 2026 Police Service of Northern Ireland Training College
I appreciate the frustration behind the hon. Member’s words about the time it is taking to secure the budget. I hear that and I will commit to raise with the Executive the training college he is advocating for, as we continue to press the …
9 Jun 2026 Police Service of Northern Ireland Training College
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I start by congratulating the hon. Member for North Down (Alex Easton) on securing the debate. He has campaigned on this long-standing issue for some time, having secured a deba…
3 Jun 2026 Public Service Reform
Not only have we given a record settlement—more than ever before in the Executive’s history since devolution—but we are supporting the Executive, having discussions with them and encouraging them to set a budget, so that the people of Nort…
3 Jun 2026 Public Service Reform
Those conversations are ongoing. We had a recent Westminster Hall debate about those issues, and we will have further conversations with party leaders. I will gently say, however, that those conservations cannot be a substitute for improvi…
3 Jun 2026 Public Service Reform
My hon. Friend is right: no person has a monopoly on good ideas, and no Government do either. I want the best for the whole United Kingdom. Where Northern Ireland leads the way, we can try to roll that out across the rest of the UK, but w…
3 Jun 2026 Public Service Reform
Yes, but, as I have always said, it is not just a question of cutting a cheque and walking away. Of course we have given more money to the Executive than has ever been received before in the history of devolution—[Hon. Members: “Hear, hear…
3 Jun 2026 Public Service Reform
Public service reform is needed, and that is exactly what we are doing. Just last week we announced a £42 million package to be invested in the digitising of prescriptions. With 45 million prescriptions issued every year, the service is in…
3 Jun 2026 Defence Industrial Strategy
I will do all that I can to ensure that. I have met many of those businesses and many small businesses from across Northern Ireland to discuss the defence growth deal. The hon. Member will be pleased to see there is a focus on skills and s…
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Committee memberships
- Football Governance Bill [HL] 14 May 2025 – 17 Jun 2025
- Foreign Affairs Committee 21 Oct 2024 – 16 Dec 2024
Expenses
Contact & offices
0207 219 7907
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
Hilbre House, 35A Market Street, Hoylake, Wirral, CH47 2BG
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Matthew Patrick, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Matthew Patrick?
Matthew Patrick is a Member of Parliament representing Wirral West in the House of Commons. See Matthew Patrick's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Matthew Patrick represent?
Matthew Patrick sits as Labour. See Matthew Patrick's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Matthew Patrick represent?
Matthew Patrick is the Member of Parliament for Wirral West. See Matthew Patrick's official Parliament profile.
How long has Matthew Patrick been an MP?
Matthew Patrick has served in the House of Commons for 2 years. See Matthew Patrick's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Matthew Patrick?
Matthew Patrick has no entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Matthew Patrick's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.