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
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 51: Inheritance tax (pension interests) Aye 364–167
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 50: Inheritance tax (limiting agricultural and business property reliefs etc) Aye 327–182
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 28: Capital gains tax (employee-ownership trusts) Aye 362–164
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 9: Basic rate limit and personal allowance for tax years 2028-29 to 2030-31 Aye 348–176
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 5: Income tax (savings rate for future years) Aye 369–166
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 4: Income tax (dividend rates) Aye 371–166
25 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Third Reading Aye 322–179
25 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 80 No 187–320
25 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 69 No 189–320
25 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 17 No 87–321
24 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 25 No 99–367
24 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 85 No 57–309
24 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 No 74–311
24 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2 No 158–318
19 Nov 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 Aye 326–92
19 Nov 2025 Draft Radio Equipment (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025 deferred division Aye 376–16
18 Nov 2025 Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Second Reading Aye 320–105
18 Nov 2025 Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Opposition Reasoned Amendment No 165–327
17 Nov 2025 Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill: Committee: Amendment 5 No 147–318
17 Nov 2025 Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill: Committee: Amendment 4 No 143–318
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 40 Aye 244–132
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 39 Aye 250–133
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 Aye 252–130
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 Aye 254–129
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 33 Aye 257–128

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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