Liz Twist

Shadow Minister (Levelling Up, Housing, Communities and Local Government)

Labour MP for Blaydon

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Your MP (Liz Twist) represents you, and all of the people who live in Blaydon, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Labour MP for Blaydon

Entered the House of Commons on 9 June 2017 — General election

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Topics of interest

  • Department of Health and Social Care
  • Department for Environment
  • Food and Rural Affairs
  • Department for Education
  • Department for Levelling Up
  • Housing and Communities
  • Department for Transport
  • Suicide
  • Question
  • Local Government Finance
  • Asthma: Health Services
  • Coronavirus: Vaccination

Currently held offices

  • Shadow Minister (Levelling Up, Housing, Communities and Local Government) (since 28 Nov 2023)
  • Member, Standing Orders Committee (Commons) (since 12 Apr 2021)
  • Member, Procedure Committee (since 2 Mar 2020)
  • Member, European Statutory Instruments Committee (since 10 Feb 2020)
  • Member, Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) (since 27 Jan 2020)
  • Member, Statutory Instruments (Select Committee) (since 27 Jan 2020)

Other offices held in the past

  • Member, Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (10 May 2023 to 18 May 2023)
  • Member, UK Infrastructure Bank Bill [Lords] Committee (16 Nov 2022 to 22 Nov 2022)
  • Member, Financial Services and Markets Bill Committee (12 Oct 2022 to 3 Nov 2022)
  • Member, Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [HL] Committee (19 Jan 2022 to 27 Jan 2022)
  • Member, Finance (No.2) Bill Committee ( 8 Dec 2021 to 11 Jan 2022)
  • Shadow Minister (Scotland) ( 4 Dec 2021 to 5 Sep 2023)
  • Member, Judicial Review and Courts Bill (27 Oct 2021 to 23 Nov 2021)
  • Member, National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (16 Jun 2021 to 22 Jun 2021)
  • Member, Compensation (London Capital & Finance plc and Fraud Compensation Fund) Bill Committee ( 8 Jun 2021 to 15 Jun 2021)
  • Member, Scottish Affairs Committee ( 4 May 2020 to 21 Feb 2023)
  • Opposition Whip (Commons) (12 Feb 2020 to 5 Sep 2023)
  • Member, Committee of Privileges (25 Feb 2019 to 6 Nov 2019)
  • Member, Committee on Standards (25 Feb 2019 to 6 Nov 2019)
  • Member, European Statutory Instruments Committee (18 Jul 2018 to 6 Nov 2019)
  • Member, Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 20 May 2019)
  • Member, Petitions Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)

Previous MPs in this constituency

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

Recent appearances

  • Defence: Support for Veterans 25 Mar 2024

    What recent steps Veterans UK has taken to support veterans and their families.
  • Defence: Support for Veterans 25 Mar 2024

    A new report from Northumbria University found that suicide among serving personnel and veterans could be reduced if there was better understanding within existing care provision of the specific challenges that they face. The report also found that military families felt unheard, misunderstood and not cared for during the most difficult periods of their lives, so what steps is the Minister...
  • Defence: Support for Veterans 25 Mar 2024

    What recent steps Veterans UK has taken to support veterans and their families.

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Last updated: 18 Mar 2024.

2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
Name of donor: UNISON
Address of donor: UNISON Centre, 130 Euston Road, London NW1 2AY
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Printing for Labour Rose, value £3,380
Donor status: trade union
(Registered 26 October 2023)
2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
Name of donor: UNISON
Address of donor: UNISON Centre, 130 Euston Road, London NW1 2AY
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Printing of leaflets, value £1,667
Date received: 29 February 2024
Date accepted: 29 February 2024
Donor status: trade union
(Registered 08 March 2024)
6. Land and property portfolio: (i) value over £100,000 and/or (ii) giving rental income of over £10,000 a year
House in Maine et Loire, France: (i). (Registered 07 July 2017)

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