Official portrait of Neil Coyle

Neil Coyle

Labour MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark, since 7 May 2015

Neil Coyle is the Labour MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark, and has been an MP continually since 7 May 2015.

Scorecard

78.5% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
463 Votes cast out of 590 divisions
127 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
12 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
7 Interests declared 1 at £5,000 or more
352 Debates spoken in 1692 written questions tabled

Ranked 199 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.4%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

590 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
11 Sep 2026 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading against party line No 270–286
11 Sep 2026 Closure motion against party line No 293–218
10 Sep 2026 Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No 77–292
9 Sep 2026 Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 371–100
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 No 162–297
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 No 106–302
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 No 108–357
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 No 79–300
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 No 170–316
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 No 77–317
4 Sep 2026 Motion to sit in private No vote 1–79
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading Aye 411–102
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 No 85–427
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 No 105–410
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 No 166–346
15 Jul 2026 Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots deferred division Aye 330–109
15 Jul 2026 Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 deferred division Aye 330–109
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 No vote 104–412
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 No vote 102–409
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 No vote 93–323
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading No vote 264–90
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No vote 97–358
8 Jul 2026 Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 283–182
8 Jul 2026 Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 317–103
8 Jul 2026 Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 369–102

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

£6,660

Name of donor: Southwark Cathedral
Address of donor: Southwark Cathedral, London Bridge, London, SE1 9DA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Venue Hire of Southwark Cathedral for 'Southwark Stands Together Event', value £6,660
Date received: 8 December 2025
Date accepted: 8 December 2025
Donor status: company, registration 02869292
(Registered 15 December 2025)

On the register since 16 Dec 2025

Name of donor: Sunil Gupta
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Leaflet printing and distribution costs, value £2,500
Date received: 13 October 2025
Date accepted: 13 October 2025
Donor status: individual
(Registered 21 October 2025)

On the register since 7 Nov 2025

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Bread Ahead
Address of donor: Borough Market, Cathedral Street, London SE1 9DE
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Team building class for 8 people and 300 mincepies, value £1,930
Date received: 8 December 2025
Date accepted: 8 December 2025
Donor status: company, registration 08212925
(Registered 10 December 2025)

On the register since 16 Dec 2025

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: The Parliamentary Network on The World Bank and International Monetary Fund
Address of donor: Parliamentary Network Secretariat, 66 Avenue d’Iéna, 75116 Paris, France
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£977.29), hotel (£858.89), meals and in-country expenses (£1275.83), value £3,112.01
Destination of visit: Thailand
Dates of visit: 21 June 2026 to 28 June 2026
Purpose of visit: The Parliamentary Network on the World Bank & IMF delegation.
(Registered 17 July 2026)

On the register since 18 Aug 2026

Name of donor: UK Friends of Ukraine
Address of donor: 62 Lots Road, London, United Kingdom, SW10 0DQ
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Costs of meals, services, transfers and visit to Chernobyl, value £398
Destination of visit: Ukraine and Moldova
Dates of visit: 19 February 2026 to 25 February 2026
Purpose of visit: To commemorate the 4th anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and attend the YES Conference.
(Registered 12 March 2026)

On the register since 24 Mar 2026

8. Miscellaneous

Parliamentary Host and Honorary Chairman of the British Chinese Council
Date interest arose: 21 October 2025
(Registered 3 November 2025)

On the register since 4 Nov 2025

Southwark Charities Trustee-Director (Unpaid)
Date interest arose: 15 June 2017
(Registered 21 February 2025)

On the register since 25 Feb 2025

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

352 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

4 donations accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £16,772 in total — from the Electoral Commission's register, which is a separate register from the one above. Money given to their party is not counted here; this is money declared to them.

AcceptedRecipientDonorTypeValue
21 Jun 2026 Mr Neil Coyle sitting MP The Parliamentary Network on The World Bank… Other Visit £3,112
8 Dec 2025 Mr Neil Coyle sitting MP Southwark Cathedral Company Non Cash Premises £6,660
13 Oct 2025 Mr Neil Coyle sitting MP Sunil Gupta Individual Non Cash Advertising £2,500
4 Nov 2024 Mr Neil Coyle sitting MP Michael Yates Individual Cash £4,500

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 1 Oct 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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