Josh MacAlister

Josh MacAlister is a Labour (Co-op) MP for Whitehaven and Workington, first elected in July 2024 and currently serving as Parliamentary Under-Secretary in the Department for Education. He has cast 484 votes from 587 eligible divisions, achieving a participation rate of 82% and ranking in the top 25% of MPs by voting participation; his low voting participation is conventional for ministers. He has made 414 debate contributions across 146 debates from 11,848 eligible debates, with his top debate topics being Education & Skills, Child Welfare & Safeguarding, and Social Care, while his top voting topics are Parliamentary Procedure, Employment & Workers Rights, and Justice & Law.

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PARLIAMENTARY RECORD

Josh MacAlister is the Labour MP for Whitehaven and Workington, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024. He currently holds the Government post of Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education).