At a glanceDan Tomlinson is a Labour MP for Chipping Barnet, and has represented the seat for 2 years. They currently serve as Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury). They have cast 356 votes in Commons divisions (62% attendance), tabled 38 written questions and registered 3 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Dan Tomlinson did not vote in 219. 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 Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury).
Current roles
- Public Accounts Committee Committee since 21 Oct 2025
- Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury) Government post · HM Treasury since 1 Sep 2025
- Labour Party since 4 Jul 2024
- Chipping Barnet Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Sojan Joseph
Labour
100.0% · 342 of 342 shared votes
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Liz Twist
Labour
100.0% · 336 of 336 shared votes
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Paul Waugh
Labour (Co-op)
100.0% · 336 of 336 shared votes
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Sean Woodcock
Labour
100.0% · 335 of 335 shared votes
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Lola McEvoy
Labour
100.0% · 333 of 333 shared votes
Votes least like
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George Freeman
Conservative
0.5% · 1 of 203 shared votes
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Sir Roger Gale
Conservative
0.9% · 2 of 219 shared votes
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Victoria Atkins
Conservative
0.9% · 2 of 211 shared votes
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Mark Garnier
Conservative
1.2% · 3 of 249 shared votes
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Sir Oliver Dowden
Conservative
1.2% · 3 of 241 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
- Betterworld Ltd - £2,500.00 (registered 3 Mar 2026)
- Mr George McGowan - £3,000.00 (registered 18 Jan 2026)
Gifts and benefits from sources outside the UK1
- Stripe Matter, Inc - £369.00 (registered 10 Jul 2025)
Written questions
Breast Cancer: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the introduction of the severity modifier by NICE in 2022 on the provision of life-extending treatment to those with incurable secondary breas
Answer · 9 Sep 2025
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has been monitoring the impact of the severity modifier since it was implemented in 2022. Data up to March 2025 shows that the proportion of positive cancer recommendations is higher with the se...
Social Services: Disability and Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to help (a) improve pay and conditions for frontline social care workers and (b) ensure that social care policy adequately addresses the requirements of people with seve
Answer · 8 Sep 2025
We are introducing the first ever Fair Pay Agreement to the adult social care sector so that care professionals are recognised and rewarded for the important work that they do. Fair Pay Agreements will empower worker representatives, employers, and others...
Special Educational Needs: Transport
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the absence of legal requirement for local authorities to provide free transport for young people with SEND beyond the age of 16 on (a) parental employmen
Answer · 15 Jul 2025
This government’s ambition is that all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) receive the right support to succeed in their education and as they move into adult life.Local authorities are responsible for transpor...
Development Aid
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to restore Official Development Assistance to 0.7 percent of gross national income in the context of the Spending Review.
Answer · 19 Jun 2025
To enable the government to invest more in security and defence, while remaining committed to our fiscal rules, the Prime Minister has taken the difficult decision to reduce Official Development Assistance (ODA) to the equivalent of 0.3% of GNI by 2027. T...
Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle regional disparities in the (a) distribution and (b) availability of essential medications.
Answer · 6 Jun 2025
Medicine supply chains are complex, global, and highly regulated, and there are a number of reasons why supply can be disrupted, many of which are not specific to the United Kingdom and outside of Government control, including manufacturing difficulties, ...
Sign Language: Pre-school Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to introduce sign language into early years planning for deaf children.
Answer · 20 May 2025
High quality early years education is crucial to children’s development, health and life chances. The department is committed to ensuring that all children, including children with disabilities such as deafness, have the best possible start in life as par...
Consumer Rights Act 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) amending the Consumer Rights Act 2015 to include and (b) bringing into the scope of the Motor Ombudsman (i) small businesses run as limited
Answer · 28 Apr 2025
There are no current plans to amend the Consumer Right Act 2015 which focuses on transactions between businesses and consumers rather than between businesses. Under the Consumer Rights Act, consumers have several options when issues arise with goods and s...
Conditions of Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the impact of employment contract non-compete clauses on (a) entrepreneurship and (b) economic growth.
Answer · 25 Mar 2025
A dynamic and entrepreneurial workforce is good for economic growth. There is evidence to suggest that non-compete clauses can act as a barrier to this innovation-driven growth, as they can prevent individuals from working for a competing business, or fro...
Speeches in the chamber
15 Jul 2026 Northern Ireland Hospitality Sector
Right now, we are engaging in what could be seen as a similar proposal to the one put forward today. We are doing a time-limited reduction in VAT, not for one sector and one part of the country, but for particular leisure and hospitality a…
15 Jul 2026 Northern Ireland Hospitality Sector
There are a whole range of challenges and also benefits from the protocol and the Windsor framework. I agree with the hon. Member that they do not provide constraints on the policy choice on VAT. I always find it frustrating when Ministers…
15 Jul 2026 Northern Ireland Hospitality Sector
It is important that we return to the topic at hand, but I am very glad that my hon. Friend is happily married to, I am sure, a fantastic partner. The Government recognise the important contribution that hospitality businesses make to j…
15 Jul 2026 Northern Ireland Hospitality Sector
I will.
15 Jul 2026 Northern Ireland Hospitality Sector
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15 Jul 2026 Northern Ireland Hospitality Sector
I will.
15 Jul 2026 Northern Ireland Hospitality Sector
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15 Jul 2026 Northern Ireland Hospitality Sector
It is a pleasure to speak under your chairmanship, Dr Murrison. I thank the hon. Member for South Antrim (Robin Swann) for securing this debate on an important issue facing hospitality businesses in Northern Ireland and for his recent ques…
14 Jul 2026 Employees Travelling Outside the UK: Expenses Rate
It is a pleasure to speak in this debate with you in the Chair, Sir Christopher. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Crawley (Peter Lamb) for raising this important issue today and for the work that he and neighbouring MPs, on a cross-pa…
1 Jul 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill
I ask that the House gives the Bill its Third Reading. Question put and agreed to. Bill accordingly read the Third time and passed.
1 Jul 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill
I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. I am grateful for the discussion that we have had today on a Bill that responds directly to the pressures placed on people and businesses across the UK by the conflict in the midd…
1 Jul 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill
I thank the shadow Exchequer Secretary for that. As I said, we are consulting on that policy before the end of the year. It was the Chancellor’s and this Government’s decision that the better thing to do for the country—for businesses and …
1 Jul 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill
I thank the shadow Exchequer Secretary, the hon. Member for North West Norfolk (James Wild), and the hon. Member for St Albans (Daisy Cooper), for their scrutiny and attention to the measures contained in this short Bill. I am proud that, …
1 Jul 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill
I will open this debate in Committee of the whole House by reminding the House—though I am sure Members know what is in this Bill—of the purpose of the Bill, which is to respond to increases in costs for families and businesses in the UK b…
1 Jul 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill
There is a very sensible policy rationale when it comes to the electricity generator levy, which I think is the clause the hon. Member is referring to. We want to ensure that the ending of the EGL and the future decisions made on it are ma…
1 Jul 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill
No. If prices are slightly above the threshold set in the electricity generator levy, as they are at the moment, I believe, those taxes will be due now, from 1 July, whether or not businesses make decisions down the line after the consulta…
1 Jul 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill
Today’s debate is progressing rapidly—so rapidly, in fact, that I am yet to turn to the speech in my folder. It is a privilege to close this rapid debate on behalf of the Government, and I thank Members for their contributions, as well as …
24 Jun 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles)
I am not sure. I have been in the Chief Secretary’s office in the Treasury, and there are many pictures on the wall of the countless Chief Secretaries who served under the last Government—especially towards the end, what with all the chopp…
24 Jun 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles)
As the shadow Minister will know, all tax rates, thresholds and the design of tax policy are considered in the round in the run-up to Budgets. With the key policy intention of the increase in the rate, and by extension the decision to cont…
24 Jun 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles)
I thank all those who have spoken, and I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Chesterfield (Mr Perkins) for his warm remarks. I will respond to the points made by the shadow spokespeople. I assume that this change will appear as a line item…
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Committee memberships
- Finance (No. 2) Bill 15 Jan 2026 – 3 Feb 2026
- Ecclesiastical Committee 5 Nov 2024 – 1 Sep 2025
- Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill [HL] 5 Feb 2025 – 11 Feb 2025
Expenses
Contact & offices
020 7219 6510
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Dan Tomlinson, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Dan Tomlinson?
Dan Tomlinson is a Member of Parliament representing Chipping Barnet in the House of Commons. See Dan Tomlinson's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Dan Tomlinson represent?
Dan Tomlinson sits as Labour. See Dan Tomlinson's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Dan Tomlinson represent?
Dan Tomlinson is the Member of Parliament for Chipping Barnet. See Dan Tomlinson's official Parliament profile.
How long has Dan Tomlinson been an MP?
Dan Tomlinson has served in the House of Commons for 2 years. See Dan Tomlinson's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Dan Tomlinson?
Dan Tomlinson has 3 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Dan Tomlinson's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.