Catherine McKinnell MP
Labour
Newcastle upon Tyne North
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Catherine McKinnell is the Labour MP for Newcastle upon Tyne North, and has been an MP continually since 6 May 2010.
Pay & earnings · 2026
MP base salary
£29,586
/ £93,904 annual
115 days served — year-to-date
· annual rate £93,904
Declared outside earnings
£0
0 registered interests published in 2026
Total (salary + chair + declared)
£29,586
Base salary: House of Commons Library SN02644 / IPSA. Earnings from Register of Interests (API), published during 2026.
Constituencies represented
2024-07-04 → present
Newcastle upon Tyne North
current
2010-05-06 → 2024-05-30
Newcastle upon Tyne North
Party history
2010-05-06 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
2024-07-08 → 2025-09-06
Minister of State (Education)
Opposition posts
2023-09-06 → 2024-05-30
Shadow Minister (Education) (Schools)
2015-09-14 → 2016-01-11
Shadow Attorney General
2013-03-18 → 2015-09-14
Shadow Minister (Treasury)
2011-10-07 → 2013-03-18
Shadow Minister (Education)
2010-10-08 → 2011-10-07
Shadow Solicitor General
Committee memberships
2010-07-12 → 2010-11-08
Political and Constitutional Reform Committee
2016-02-01 → 2017-05-03
Education Committee
2016-03-09 → 2017-05-03
Education, Skills and the Economy Sub-Committee
2020-01-29 → 2023-09-06
Petitions Committee
Chair
+£15,928/yr
2017-09-11 → 2019-11-06
Petitions Committee
2016-03-14 → 2017-05-03
Petitions Committee
2017-09-11 → 2019-11-06
Treasury Committee
2017-09-14 → 2019-11-06
Treasury Sub-Committee
2020-05-20 → 2023-09-06
Liaison Committee (Commons)
2022-01-26 → 2022-02-02
Pension Schemes (Conversion of Guaranteed Minimum Pensions) Bill
2024-04-24 → 2024-05-01
School Attendance (Duties of Local Authorities and Proprietors of Schools) Bill
2025-01-15 → 2025-02-11
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
2025-10-27 → present
Public Accounts Committee
Chair additional salary only applies to specified select committees under Standing Order 122B. Regular members receive no additional pay.
Contact
Parliamentary office
catherine.mckinnell.mp@parliament.uk
020 7219 7115 · House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
020 7219 7115 · House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
0191 229 0352
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Constituency office
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