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Member of Parliament

Dan Tomlinson

Labour MP for Chipping Barnet

Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)

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.

Votes cast356
Attendance62%
Voted Aye176
Voted No180
Voted with party100%
Rebellions0

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.

Biographyfrom Parliament
Dan Tomlinson is the Labour MP for Chipping Barnet, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.
He currently holds the Government post of Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury).
Current roles4 held
Voting recordlatest 15 shown
15 Jul 2026 Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 Aye
15 Jul 2026 Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots Aye
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 No
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 No
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 No
8 Jul 2026 Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 Aye
8 Jul 2026 Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 Aye
8 Jul 2026 Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 Aye
6 Jul 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 Aye
1 Jul 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 No
1 Jul 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 No
1 Jul 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 No
1 Jul 2026 Draft Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 Aye
1 Jul 2026 Draft Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 Aye
24 Jun 2026 Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 Aye

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Register of financial interests3 entries

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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)

Source: Register of Interests on parliament.uk.

Written questions38 tabled
Breast Cancer: Medical Treatments 29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

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 29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

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 7 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

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 10 Jun 2025 · Treasury

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 30 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

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 12 May 2025 · Department for 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 23 Apr 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

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 18 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

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...

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Speeches in the chamber694 on record

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 career3 past posts

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

Source: parliamentary career on parliament.uk.

Expenses£19,809 · 2025/26
Office Costs£19,519
Staffing£290

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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.