Official portrait of Al Carns

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

53.0% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
305 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
270 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
5 Interests declared 4 at £5,000 or more
89 Debates spoken in 0 written questions tabled

Ranked 566 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 vote 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 No vote 333–54
16 Jul 2025 Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 deferred division No vote 334–54
15 Jul 2025 Opposition Day: Tax No vote 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 Aye 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 No vote 385–26
2 Jul 2025 Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Motion to insist on 2A and disagree with LA2B and LA2C No vote 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)

£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

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

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

Money declared to them

3 donations accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £87,442 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
19 Jun 2026 Al Carns sitting MP Colin Campbell Individual Non Cash Administration services £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 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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