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Information between 31st August 2025 - 10th September 2025

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Division Votes
2 Sep 2025 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context
Mark Ferguson voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 352 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 365 Noes - 164
2 Sep 2025 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context
Mark Ferguson voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 352 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 167 Noes - 367
3 Sep 2025 - Hospitality Sector - View Vote Context
Mark Ferguson voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 325 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 158 Noes - 334
3 Sep 2025 - Property Taxes - View Vote Context
Mark Ferguson voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 322 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 98 Noes - 335
4 Sep 2025 - House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill - View Vote Context
Mark Ferguson voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 261 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 338 Noes - 74
4 Sep 2025 - House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill - View Vote Context
Mark Ferguson voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 265 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 331 Noes - 73
4 Sep 2025 - House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill - View Vote Context
Mark Ferguson voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 262 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 336 Noes - 77
8 Sep 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Mark Ferguson voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 315 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 335 Noes - 160
8 Sep 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Mark Ferguson voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 317 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 401 Noes - 96
8 Sep 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Mark Ferguson voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 316 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 325 Noes - 171
8 Sep 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Mark Ferguson voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 317 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 404 Noes - 98
8 Sep 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Mark Ferguson voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 314 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 336 Noes - 158
8 Sep 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Mark Ferguson voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 319 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 402 Noes - 97
8 Sep 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Mark Ferguson voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 317 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 398 Noes - 93


Speeches
Mark Ferguson speeches from: House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
Mark Ferguson contributed 10 speeches (1,316 words)
Consideration of Lords amendments
Thursday 4th September 2025 - Commons Chamber
Cabinet Office
Mark Ferguson speeches from: Property Taxes
Mark Ferguson contributed 2 speeches (498 words)
Wednesday 3rd September 2025 - Commons Chamber
HM Treasury


Written Answers
Driving Instruction: Qualifications
Asked by: Mark Ferguson (Labour - Gateshead Central and Whickham)
Thursday 4th September 2025

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps she has taken to help reduce waiting lists for Approved Driving Instructor exams; and what recent progress her Department has made in reducing those backlogs.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is seeing an increased demand for Approved Driving Instructor (ADI) tests for those wishing to qualify as driving instructors. Since 2018-19, DVSA has seen a 152% increase in the number of those applying to start the ADI qualification process. This number continues to rise significantly and has increased to over 19,000 in 2024-25, a 17% increase compared to 2023-24

DVSA recommends trainee ADIs use the ‘Book to Hold’ service. All tests must be paid for at the time of booking, including where tests are booked to ‘hold’. This gives DVSA an accurate picture of where demand is, and it can then ensure that it deploys its examiner resources in the right areas. Once ADI examiner programmes have been finalised, the DVSA will contact those on the hold list in the order they booked their test to hold to arrange a test.

DVSA aims to train four more ADI examiners by the end of 2025. The agency has an ongoing national campaign to recruit more ADI examiners. This will help to increase the number of available ADI tests.



MP Financial Interests
1st September 2025
Mark Ferguson (Labour - Gateshead Central and Whickham)
2. Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP
UNISON - £2,050.00
Source



Mark Ferguson mentioned

Parliamentary Debates
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
184 speeches (24,276 words)
Consideration of Lords amendments
Thursday 4th September 2025 - Commons Chamber
Cabinet Office
Mentions:
1: Stephen Gethins (SNP - Arbroath and Broughty Ferry) Friend the Member for Gateshead Central and Whickham (Mark Ferguson) might have been waiting 1,100 years - Link to Speech
2: Gareth Snell (LAB - Stoke-on-Trent Central) Friend the Member for Gateshead Central and Whickham (Mark Ferguson) said, this legislation has been - Link to Speech
3: Nick Thomas-Symonds (Lab - Torfaen) Friend the Member for Gateshead Central and Whickham (Mark Ferguson), who I am sure the whole House will - Link to Speech

Property Taxes
70 speeches (11,589 words)
Wednesday 3rd September 2025 - Commons Chamber
HM Treasury
Mentions:
1: Luke Murphy (Lab - Basingstoke) Friend the Member for Gateshead Central and Whickham (Mark Ferguson) pointed out, the motion we are debating - Link to Speech
2: Dan Tomlinson (Lab - Chipping Barnet) Friend the Member for Gateshead Central and Whickham (Mark Ferguson) said, it is clear that the Conservatives - Link to Speech



Non-Departmental Publications - News and Communications
Sep. 05 2025
Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
Source Page: Letter from the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards & exchange of letters between the Prime Minister and Angela Rayner MP
Document: (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: I too am grateful to my brilliant parliamentary team, Harpreet Uppal, Mark Ferguson, and Gen Kitchen.