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
3 Sep 2025 Opposition day: Hospitality sector No 158–334
3 Sep 2025 Opposition day: Property taxes No 98–335
2 Sep 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Second Reading Aye 365–164
2 Sep 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Reasoned Amendment No 167–367
16 Jul 2025 Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) deferred division Aye 333–54
16 Jul 2025 Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 deferred division Aye 334–54
15 Jul 2025 Opposition Day: Tax No 165–342
15 Jul 2025 Opposition Day: Welfare No 106–440
11 Jul 2025 Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill Report: Amendment 1 No vote 0–47
11 Jul 2025 Motion to sit in private No vote 1–58
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading Aye 336–242
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 No 149–334
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 No 130–443
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 45 No 175–401
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part No vote 335–135
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 12 No 105–370
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 50 No 103–416
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 No 35–469
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL]: Third Reading Aye 415–98
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: Amendment 18 No 178–338
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: New Clause 3 No 86–340
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: New Clause 1 No 167–346
4 Jul 2025 Motion to sit in private No vote 1–33
2 Jul 2025 Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 Aye 385–26
2 Jul 2025 Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Motion to insist on 2A and disagree with LA2B and LA2C Aye 321–158

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 →

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