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Al Carns

Labour MP for Birmingham Selly Oak, since 4 July 2024

Al Carns is the Labour MP for Birmingham Selly Oak, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

Scorecard

52.9% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
312 Votes cast out of 590 divisions
278 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
0 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
7 Interests declared 5 at £5,000 or more
92 Debates spoken in 8 written questions tabled

Ranked 567 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 No vote 270–286
11 Sep 2026 Closure motion No vote 293–218
10 Sep 2026 Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No vote 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 vote 162–297
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 No vote 106–302
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 No vote 108–357
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 No vote 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 104–412
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 No 102–409
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 No 93–323
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading Aye 264–90
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No 97–358
8 Jul 2026 Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 deferred division No vote 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 No vote 317–103
8 Jul 2026 Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 deferred division No vote 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)

£7,500

Name of donor: Ashen Capital Ltd
Address of donor: 167-169 Great Portland Street, 5th Floor, London W1W 5PF
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £7,500 financial contribution towards activities undertaken in support of my parliamentary and public responsibilities.
Date received: 16 July 2026
Date accepted: 16 July 2026
Donor status: company, registration 15804124
(Registered 3 August 2026)

On the register since 18 Aug 2026

£20,000

Name of donor: Colin Campbell
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £20,000 financial contribution towards activities undertaken in support of my parliamentary and public responsibilities
Date received: 19 June 2026
Date accepted: 19 June 2026
Donor status: individual
(Registered 1 July 2026)

On the register since 14 Jul 2026

£20,000

Name of donor: Colin Campbell
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £20,000 financial contribution towards activities undertaken in support of my parliamentary and public responsibilities
Date received: 19 June 2026
Date accepted: 19 June 2026
Donor status: individual
(Registered 22 June 2026)

On the register since 30 Jun 2026

£20,000

Name of donor: Elizabeth Jennings
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £20,000 financial contribution towards activities undertaken in support of my parliamentary and public responsibilities
Date received: 9 June 2026
Date accepted: 9 June 2026
Donor status: individual
(Registered 11 June 2026)

On the register since 16 Jun 2026

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: The Earl of March - Goodwood Innovation Summit
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two days attendance at the Goodwood Innovation Summit, including meals and two nights overnight accommodation (value estimated), value £1,000
Date received: 3 September 2026 to 5 September 2026
Date accepted: 4 September 2026
Donor status: individual
(Registered 11 September 2026)

On the register since 22 Sep 2026

4. Visits outside the UK

£47,442

Name of donor: Team Forces Funding Ltd
Address of donor: Lime Cottage, Tisbury Row, Salisbury SP3 6RZ
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): One return economy ticket from London to Kathmandu (£1,790.65), high altitude/cold weather expedition and summit equipment (£1,351.53), mountain operations and support, safety components, evacuation insurance and logistics (£44,300), value £47,442.18
Destination of visit: Nepal (Mount Everest)
Dates of visit: 16 May 2025 to 23 May 2025
Purpose of visit: As part of a team of four UK veterans, I undertook a record breaking, speed ascent of Mount Everest in under a week. Their purpose was to unify the military community, raise awareness of the overwhelmingly positive contribution of veterans, and to raise critical funds for veterans’ charities, especially those which support the veterans ‘families whose loved ones have made the ultimate sacrifice.
(Registered 29 January 2026)

On the register since 24 Feb 2026

6. Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year

Type of land/property: Residential property (Flat)
Number of properties: 1
Location: Aberdeen
(Registered 1 August 2024; updated 26 February 2026)

On the register since 10 Mar 2026

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

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

Money declared to them

5 donations accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £114,942 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
16 Jul 2026 Al Carns sitting MP Ashen Capital Ltd Company Non Cash Other £7,500
19 Jun 2026 Al Carns sitting MP Colin Campbell Individual Non Cash Administration services £20k
19 Jun 2026 Al Carns sitting MP Colin Campbell Individual Non Cash Other £20k
9 Jun 2026 Al Carns sitting MP Elizabeth Jennings Individual Non Cash Administration services £20k
16 May 2025 Al Carns sitting MP Team Forces Funding Ltd Company Visit £47k

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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