builduk.club
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.

Contact them on the parliamentary site →

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
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 Aye 287–150
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41 Aye 284–149
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37 Aye 291–144
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 36 Aye 288–147
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26 Aye 287–149
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 13 Aye 297–147
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4 Aye 298–152
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 Aye 293–155
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 Aye 292–158
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 342 Aye 294–61
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (d) in lieu of Lords Amendment 11 Aye 294–156
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendment (a) to Amendment 2B and Amendment (b) to Amendment 2C in lieu of Lords Amendments 2D and 2E Aye 293–159
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 Aye 248–139
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (e) in lieu of Lords Amendment 102 Aye 259–136
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41B Aye 254–144
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 Aye 256–150
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 No vote 277–150
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 No vote 271–95
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 No vote 273–159
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35 No vote 275–159
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 No vote 269–162
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 No vote 276–155
15 Apr 2026 Pensions Scheme Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 No vote 269–103
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 No vote 278–158
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments No vote 247–21

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:

Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence. 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.

← Look up a different postcode · All MPs · Think a figure here is wrong? Challenge it →