UK Parliament · member 4083
Alison McGovern MP
- Party
- Labour — Labour Party
- Constituency
- Birkenhead
- Member for this seat since
- 6 May 2010
- In the records
- Every register entry that names Alison McGovern, and how each was tied to them
Declared interests
MPs must register financial interests within 28 days. This is the register’s own text, republished verbatim from the official Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Registering an interest is a requirement met, not a finding against anyone.
The current register holds no entries matched to Alison McGovern.
Source: UK Parliament Register of Members’ Financial Interests API (Open Parliament Licence). Amounts are shown only where the register itself records one as a figure; nothing is parsed out of the free text.
Voting record
In the 379 recorded divisions where Alison McGovern and at least one other Labour member were recorded voting, Alison McGovern voted the same way as most voting Labour members 379 times (100.0%).
This compares Alison McGovern with other members of their own party who were recorded voting in the same division. It is not a measure of loyalty to a whip: Civometry holds no whipping records, so it cannot say which votes were whipped, and voting differently from party colleagues is not described here as a rebellion. Members not recorded in a division are excluded from the comparison rather than counted, because an absence from a division list is not a vote and does not mean the member was absent from the House.
Donations reported to the Electoral Commission
£13,750 across 7 reported donations from 1 distinct donor name, received from 1 January 2019 onward.
| Donor (as published) | Status | Donations | Total value | Received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BM Creative Management Ltd | Company | 7 | £13,750 | 2019-01-30 to 2019-08-01 |
Source: Electoral Commission register of donations. Reporting thresholds apply, so this is not every sum given. A donation is a lawful, reported transaction; its presence here says nothing about why it was made and nothing about anything that followed it.
Staffing and business costs paid by IPSA
2025-26: £4,575 across 16 claim lines; 2024-25: £301,690 across 75 claim lines; 2023-24: £278,914 across 99 claim lines.
| Year | Category | Claim lines | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Office Costs | 15 | £3,978 |
| 2025-26 | Accommodation | 1 | £597 |
| 2024-25 | Staffing | 5 | £242,832 |
| 2024-25 | Office Costs | 59 | £25,378 |
| 2024-25 | Accommodation | 6 | £20,194 |
| 2024-25 | MP Travel | 2 | £7,124 |
| 2024-25 | Staff Travel | 3 | £6,162 |
| 2023-24 | Staffing | 1 | £225,732 |
| 2023-24 | Office Costs | 73 | £21,703 |
| 2023-24 | Accommodation | 15 | £18,699 |
| 2023-24 | MP Travel | 2 | £7,800 |
| 2023-24 | Staff Travel | 8 | £4,980 |
| Date | Category | Description | Paid | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 June 2013 | Office Costs · Const Office Electricity | Rent Electricity Phone Print — Electricity constituency office | £100 | Paid |
| 7 August 2012 | Office Costs · Install/Maint Office Equip. | Insurance Stationery RentEquip — Annual service support package for Risograph | £100 | Paid |
| 29 April 2011 | Office Costs · Stationery Purchase | Papers Stationery Rent Phones — Office books files and pens | £99 | Paid |
| 27 November 2013 | Office Costs · Const Office Tel. Usage/Rental | Rent, Copying, Papers, Paper — Constituency office landline to 13 November2013 | £99 | Paid |
| 3 September 2013 | Office Costs · Const Office Tel. Usage/Rental | Constituency office expenses — Constituency office landline to 12 August 2013 | £99 | Paid |
| 21 August 2018 | Office Costs · Const Office Tel. Usage/Rental | Payment Card August 2018 — BT BILL PAYMENT 2 | £99 | Paid |
| 20 January 2017 | Office Costs · Const Office Repairs | Redecoration cleaning — Constituency office redecoration | £987 | Paid |
| 12 November 2014 | Office Costs · Const Office Tel. Usage/Rental | Rent Electricity Phone Print — Constituency office landline to 10 October 2014 | £99 | Paid |
| 14 July 2017 | Office Costs · Const Office Water | Payment Card July 2017 — UNITED UTILITIES | £98 | Paid |
| 31 March 2024 | Staff Travel · Mileage - car | Aggregated figure for travel during 2023-24 | £98 | Paid |
| 9 November 2018 | Office Costs · Const Office Electricity | Electric copy equip cleaning — Constituency office electricity October 2018 | £98 | Paid |
| 22 July 2013 | Office Costs · Const Office Water | Water Keys Copying Maintenance — Water and Wastewater services to 9 July 2013 | £98 | Paid |
| 19 December 2019 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline — Constituency office telephone December 2019 | £98 | Paid |
| 8 March 2017 | Office Costs · Stationery Purchase | Stationery and Cleaning — Constituency office stationery purchase | £98 | Paid |
| 20 March 2018 | Office Costs · Const Office Tel. Usage/Rental | Payment Card March 2018 — BT BILL PAYMENT 2 | £98 | Paid |
Source: IPSA, MP staffing and business costs (Open Government Licence v3), joined on IPSA’s Parliamentary ID, which is Parliament’s member id. These are the running costs of an MP’s office and staff, claimed within IPSA’s rules and paid by IPSA; they are not the member’s salary and not personal income. A claim is a claim, not a finding. Staffing costs are published by IPSA in aggregate categories, not per employee.
Meetings recorded in departmental transparency returns
213 meetings recorded under this name as a minister in the quarterly returns of Department for Work and Pensions. The name in the department’s file matched exactly one member of the Commons, which is the only reason it is shown here.
| Date | Met | Purpose, as recorded | Department |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2025 | Action for Children | Meeting to discuss the recommendations in the Paying the Price Report | Department for Work and Pensions |
| 2 September 2025 | Social Mobility Commission | Meeting to update on their NEET work and the getting people into work programme in Blackpool | Department for Work and Pensions |
| 2 September 2025 | Trussell | Meeting to discuss food poverty | Department for Work and Pensions |
| 2 September 2025 | Nuffield Foundation, London School of Economics, Trades Union Congress, Health Foundation, University College London, University of Strathclyde | Meeting with the Labour Market Advisory Board to discuss parental employment and child poverty- | Department for Work and Pensions |
| 19 August 2025 | McConnells | Meeting for an overview of their operations, a presentation and discussion on recruitment challenges | Department for Work and Pensions |
| 19 August 2025 | Shrewsbury Town FC Foundation, Home Instead | Meeting to discuss addressing vacancies and barriers to work in rural areas | Department for Work and Pensions |
| 12 August 2025 | Greater Manchester Combined Authority | Meeting to discuss the Greater Manchester Economic Inactivity Trailblazer | Department for Work and Pensions |
| 7 August 2025 | Chartered Institute of Personell and Development, Kraft Heinz, Wigan Council, Stephensons Solicitors LLP, Capricorn Security, Greenmount Projects, Whitbread, Carlisen, Eric Wright Group, Wigan and Leigh College, JJH Builders, Personal Care Services, Nice-Pak International, Marks and Spencer, North West Seating, Superdrug, | Local Employer Engagement Roundtable | Department for Work and Pensions |
| 7 August 2025 | Capricorn Security, Personal Care Services Ltd | Meeting to hear their experiences of working in partnership with Jobcentre | Department for Work and Pensions |
| 22 July 2025 | West of England Mayoral Authority | Meeting to discuss the Get Britain Working local plan for West of England | Department for Work and Pensions |
| 22 July 2025 | Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority | Meeting to discuss the Get Britain Working local plan for Hull and East Yorkshire | Department for Work and Pensions |
| 21 July 2025 | Local Government Association | Meeting to discuss sharing good practices across local authorities | Department for Work and Pensions |
Source: each department’s “ministerial gifts, hospitality, travel and meetings” return on GOV.UK (Open Government Licence v3), read by Civometry and listed under ministerial transparency. A recorded meeting establishes that the department published the line; it does not establish what was said or what followed. Every meeting is on the member’s graph page.
Sources on this page: UK Parliament Members API, Register of Members’ Financial Interests API and Commons Votes API (Open Parliament Licence); Electoral Commission register of donations; IPSA business costs. Each section links its own official record. This page assembles public registers and draws no conclusion from their appearing together.