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Josh MacAlister
Whitehaven and Workington · Labour · Member 5033
Pack compiled from the committed snapshot dates below. Print this page to stamp the time on this line for the PDF.
- Parliament snapshot 13 Sept 2026 · generated 14 Sept 2026
- Council snapshot 13 Sept 2026 (overlap only)
- Licence: Open Parliament Licence / Open Government Licence as applicable
IPSA basic salary
£98,599
Effective 1 Apr 2026
Party
Labour
Whitehaven and Workington
RMFI entries
6
Register 820 · 7 Sept 2026
EC donations matched
2
Fuzzy name match — not RMFI
Identity
Josh MacAlister (Josh MacAlister MP). Labour · Whitehaven and Workington · Members API id 5033. Member since 4 Jul 2024.
Official record: https://members.parliament.uk/member/5033/contact
Contact (Members API)
Published on the Members API contact endpoint. Missing fields are unavailable — not guessed.
Email: josh.macalister.mp@parliament.uk; hello@joshmacalister.uk
Phone: 01946 458023
- Parliamentary officeHouse of Commons London SW1A 0AA
- Constituency officeFirst Floor 35-40 James Street Whitehaven CA28 7HZText number only - 07520 666785
- X (formerly Twitter): https://twitter.com/joshmacalister
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/josh4wc
IPSA basic salary
Published basic annual salary £98,599 from 1 Apr 2026. The same basic rate applies to every current MP who is not paid a further office-holder salary.
The published Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority basic annual salary for sitting Commons members. The same basic rate applies to every current MP who is not paid a further office-holder salary.
Ministerial and most other office-holder uplifts are not joined onto named members in this snapshot. See Additional office salary: see IPSA: https://www.theipsa.org.uk/mps-pay-and-pensions.
Money trail — two registers
The Commons Register of Members’ Financial Interests (RMFI) and Electoral Commission (PEF) donations are separate legal regimes. An entry in one is not automatically an entry in the other, and neither is a full picture of an MP’s finances.
Register of Members’ Financial Interests
6
published entries · register 820 · as of 7 Sept 2026
- Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources2
- Miscellaneous2
- Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP1
- Gifts and benefits from sources outside the UK1
Entries the MP has declared in the latest published Commons RMFI. It is a self-declared parliamentary register of interests and gifts above thresholds — not a full income statement.
Electoral Commission donations
2
PEF rows fuzzy-matched · as of 13 Sept 2026
- Stated values in this snapshot: £11,800 across 2 rows with an amount (rows without a value are omitted from the sum).
- Match confidence: 2 high · 0 medium · 0 low. Low-confidence is not identity proof.
Regulated donations to this MP as a donee under political finance law (PEF), fuzzy-matched by name from the Electoral Commission register for the current-Parliament window in this snapshot.
- £8,000 · Non Cash from Ben KingsleyAccepted 30 Sept 2024 · match high (1) to “Josh MacAlister” · NC0596900
- £3,800 · Non Cash from Smartphone Free Childhood LtdAccepted 30 Sept 2024 · match high (1) to “Josh MacAlister” · NC0596899
Overlapping England councils
English local authorities whose GE 2024 overlapping constituencies include Whitehaven and Workington, joined on constituency name.
| Council | Type / ONS | Control | Pack |
|---|---|---|---|
| CumberlandWhitehaven and Workington (E14001583) | Unitary authority · E06000063 | Labour | Council pack |
Recent stored division
In the newest Commons roll-calls kept in this snapshot, voted Aye on Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading (11 Sept 2026). Official: https://votes.parliament.uk/votes/commons/division/2428
This is a teaser from stored roll-calls only — not a complete voting record, and not the live Order Paper.
Sources and as-of dates
Full URLs are printed so this page can be saved as a PDF and attached without losing the originals. Dates are the as-of on the committed snapshot, not the moment a publisher last edited a page.
| Topic | Source | URL | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| IPSA basic salary | Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) — MPs’ pay & pensionsEffective 1 Apr 2026 | https://www.theipsa.org.uk/mps-pay-and-pensions | 1 Apr 2026 |
| RMFI | UK Parliament Interests API (Registers + Interests CSV)Register 820 | https://interests-api.parliament.uk/ | 7 Sept 2026 |
| Electoral Commission donations | Electoral Commission PEF donations registerRegulated donees (et=rd), donee type 'MP - Member of Parliament', accepted on/after 2024-07-04. Newest 80 API pages. | https://search.electoralcommission.org.uk/api/csv/Donations | 13 Sept 2026 |
| Members identity | UK Parliament Members API (committed snapshot) | https://members.parliament.uk/member/5033/contact | 13 Sept 2026 |
| Members contact | UK Parliament Members API (contact) | https://members-api.parliament.uk/ | 14 Sept 2026 |
| Overlapping councils | House of Commons Library GE 2024 + ONS constituency–authority lookup (via council snapshot) | https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/ | 13 Sept 2026 |
| Recent stored division | Commons Votes API | https://commonsvotes-api.parliament.uk/ | 11 Sept 2026 |
Methodology pointers (local Watchtower pages): Council sources and definitions · Parliament methodology · How money registers work. Read those before treating a figure as complete.