Josh MacAlister is a Labour (Co-op) MP elected to represent Whitehaven and Workington, first elected in July 2024 and therefore relatively new to the current parliament. He holds the government post of Parliamentary Under-Secretary in the Department for Education. He has cast 473 votes from 572 eligible divisions, achieving an 83% participation rate which places him in the top 25% of MPs by voting participation; low voting participation is conventional for ministers. He has made 387 debate contributions across 131 debates in which he participated, with his top debate topics being Education & Skills, Child Welfare & Safeguarding, and Other / Procedural matters, while his top voting topics have been Parliamentary Procedure, Employment & Workers Rights, and Justice & Law.

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