MP for Gateshead Central and Whickham
Assistant Whip
Mark Ferguson is a Labour (Co-op) MP for Gateshead Central and Whickham, first elected in 2024. He currently serves as an Assistant Whip and has sat on a range of parliamentary committees, including Standards, Privileges and Statutory Instruments, with later work on the Absent Voting in Scotland and Wales Bill and the Finance (No. 2) Bill committee.
He shows strong party loyalty, voting with Labour on all recorded divisions (100% vs party average 99%). His attendance is notably low at 14% (party average 33%). He has one recorded rebel vote. His voting record places him around the centre-left (42/100). On key topics, his votes are mixed: he generally supports workers' rights protections and trade union powers and backs VAT changes and renter protections, while often opposing bus services regulation; votes on transgender rights and climate measures are mixed, and he has largely opposed increases in mental health services.
Has seven declared financial interests: four entries relate to donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP, and three entries are miscellaneous.
Generated 21 February 2026
8 positions
Assistant Whip
Since Sept 2025
Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) Bill
Since Jun 2025
Finance (No. 2) Bill
Jan 2026 - Feb 2026
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
Apr 2025 - May 2025
Committee on Standards
Oct 2024 - Mar 2025
Committee of Privileges
Oct 2024 - Mar 2025
Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)
Oct 2024 - Mar 2025
Statutory Instruments (Select Committee)
Oct 2024 - Mar 2025
Based on parliamentary votes
has voted a mixture of ways on universal credit
has voted a mixture of ways on vat changes
has generally voted for trade union powers
has generally voted for workers rights protections
has generally voted against bus services regulation
has generally voted for renter protections
has generally voted against transgender rights
has voted a mixture of ways on prison sentencing
Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2026-27
Local Government Finance Report (England) 2026-27
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading