He became the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Gateshead Central and Whickham at the 2024 general election.

[3] Ferguson was a trade unionist representative on the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party.

[7] As part of his role on Labour's NEC, he chaired debates at party conference in 2021 and received media attention after telling delegates that there were "too many white men putting their hands up.”[8] Ferguson was selected as the prospective parliamentary candidate for Gateshead Central and Whickham, to succeed retiring Labour MP Ian Mearns (Gateshead).

[2] In November 2024, Ferguson voted in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which proposes to legalise assisted dying.

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