UK Parliament · member 429
Derek Twigg MP
- Party
- Labour — Labour Party
- Constituency
- Widnes and Halewood
- Member for this seat since
- 1 May 1997
- In the records
- Every register entry that names Derek Twigg, 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.
Miscellaneous
- Member of the Executive of the British American Parliamentary Group (BAPG). This is an unpaid role. (registered 17 July 2025)
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 355 recorded divisions where Derek Twigg and at least one other Labour member were recorded voting, Derek Twigg voted the same way as most voting Labour members 340 times (95.8%).
This compares Derek Twigg 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
The register holds no donations reported against this name. Donations are matched on the regulated entity name exactly as the Electoral Commission publishes it; a member who reports under a different form of their name will not match here, and no similar name is substituted.
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: £4,725 across 14 claim lines; 2024-25: £228,982 across 63 claim lines; 2023-24: £189,624 across 59 claim lines.
| Year | Category | Claim lines | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Office Costs | 12 | £2,735 |
| 2025-26 | Accommodation | 2 | £1,990 |
| 2024-25 | Staffing | 2 | £179,687 |
| 2024-25 | Accommodation | 3 | £26,560 |
| 2024-25 | Office Costs | 50 | £13,793 |
| 2024-25 | MP Travel | 3 | £6,988 |
| 2024-25 | Staff Travel | 5 | £1,954 |
| 2023-24 | Staffing | 2 | £147,125 |
| 2023-24 | Accommodation | 13 | £22,300 |
| 2023-24 | Office Costs | 41 | £13,109 |
| 2023-24 | MP Travel | 3 | £7,090 |
| Date | Category | Description | Paid | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 November 2010 | Office Costs · Const Office Electricity | constituency electricity | £99 | Paid |
| 5 April 2024 | Accommodation · Council tax | WWW.WESTMINSTER.GOV.UK | £973 | Paid |
| 3 April 2025 | Accommodation · Utilities | Water — THAMES WATER | £973 | Paid |
| 26 November 2010 | Office Costs · Telephone/Mobile Hire | B T telephone - constituency — Telephone constituency office | £98 | Paid |
| 31 March 2020 | Staffing · Payroll | Total Staffing budget payroll costs for the 2019-20 year — Total Staffing budget payroll costs for the 2019-20 year | £96,938 | Paid |
| 21 December 2015 | Office Costs · Website - Design/Production | web site changes charge — website changes charge | £96 | Paid |
| 31 March 2021 | Staffing · Payroll | Total Staffing budget payroll costs for the 2020-21 year — Total Staffing budget payroll costs for the 2020-21 year | £95,780 | Paid |
| 20 December 2018 | Office Costs · Stationery Purchase | printer cartridges — cartridges for printers in constituency office | £96 | Paid |
| 31 March 2025 | Office Costs · Rent | Aggregated figure for this business cost and budget category in 2024-25 | £9,454 | Paid |
| 31 March 2022 | Office Costs · Rent | Aggregated figure for this business cost and budget category in 2021-22 | £9,454 | Paid |
| 18 August 2010 | Office Costs · Const Office Electricity | constituency electricity | £95 | Paid |
| 31 March 2014 | Travel · Aggregated Travel Costs | Aggregated figure for travel during 2013-14 — Aggregated figure for travel during 2013-14 | £9,394 | Paid |
| 31 March 2021 | Office Costs · Working From Home Allowance | Aggregated figure for 2020-21 | £935 | Paid |
| 31 March 2015 | Travel · Aggregated Travel Costs | Aggregated figure for travel during 2014-15 — Aggregated figure for travel during 2014-15 | £9,342 | Paid |
| 31 March 2012 | Staffing · Payroll | Total payroll costs for the 2011-12 year — Total payroll costs for the 2011-12 year | £92,428 | 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.
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.