Chris McDonald (born 1976 or 1977[1]) is a British Labour Party politician, chemical engineer and former business executive, who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Stockton North since 2024.

[1] He first worked at British Steel before they sponsored him to read Chemical Engineering at Churchill College, Cambridge, where he graduated with BA and MEng degrees in 2000.

[4] In 2014, McDonald led the divestment of Tata Steel UK's research and development centre in Grangetown, which would form the independent Materials Processing Institute, becoming its CEO.

[19][20] In March 2023, McDonald was selected as Parliamentary candidate for Labour in the 2024 election for the constituency of Stockton North, to replace Alex Cunningham, who had announced he was standing down.

[16] As an MP he has advocated for residence of council estates for which the developer has not finished the necessary infrastructure, such as roads, and has called for the government to take action in the area.