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

78.1% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
449 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
126 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
10 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 1682 written questions tabled

Ranked 208 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. 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

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 32 Aye 268–78
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 Aye 255–128
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Government amendment (a) to Lords Amendment 2 Aye 264–125
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 Aye 254–135
12 Nov 2025 Opposition Day: Energy: original words stand part No 97–336
12 Nov 2025 Opposition Day: Taxes No 101–316
5 Nov 2025 Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 Aye 268–80
5 Nov 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government amendment (a) in lieu of LA62 Aye 311–152
5 Nov 2025 Employment Rights Bill: motion relating to Lords Reason 72B Aye 312–151
5 Nov 2025 Employment Rights Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 48B Aye 310–150
5 Nov 2025 Employment Rights Bill: motion relating to Lords Reason 120B Aye 308–153
5 Nov 2025 Employment Rights Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1B Aye 310–155
4 Nov 2025 Opposition day: Welfare spending No 92–403
4 Nov 2025 Opposition day: Supporting high streets No 106–321
29 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill: Third Reading Aye 321–103
29 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 20 No 182–311
29 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 19 No 173–323
29 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 12 No 82–314
29 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 No 170–328
29 Oct 2025 European Convention on Human Rights (withdrawal): Ten Minute Rule Motion No 96–154
28 Oct 2025 Opposition Day: China spying case No 174–327
28 Oct 2025 Opposition Day: Stamp Duty Land Tax No 103–329
27 Oct 2025 Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5 No 153–332
27 Oct 2025 Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage: New Clause 12 No 166–322
27 Oct 2025 Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 No 165–323

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

Name of donor: Southwark Cathedral Dean and Chapter
Address of donor: Southwark Cathedral, London Bridge, London SE1 9DA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Community meeting at the Garry Weston Library including UOE owner Elliot Jacobs, Post Office representatives, the CWU and a local councillor, about the future of the Borough High Street Post Office. Room hire fee waived except VAT and cleaning fee, value £705.60
Date received: 24 July 2025
Date accepted: 24 July 2025
Donor status: company, registration 02869292
(Registered 29 July 2025)

On the register since 5 Aug 2025

4. Visits outside the UK

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

3 donations accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £13,660 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
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 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

Machine-readable: JSON for this MP.

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