Official portrait of Dr Peter Prinsley

Dr Peter Prinsley

Labour MP for Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket, since 4 July 2024

Dr Peter Prinsley is the Labour MP for Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

Scorecard

83.8% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
482 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
93 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
8 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
194 Debates spoken in 122 written questions tabled

Ranked 118 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
27 Oct 2025 Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 No 152–337
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 No 77–390
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 9 No 104–317
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 6 No 167–313
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 24 No 182–307
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: Clause 1, as amended, stand part Aye 389–102
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 46 No 105–381
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Third Reading Aye 320–171
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: New Clause 1 No 172–322
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Clause 2 stand part Aye 318–174
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 No 83–319
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 7 No 174–321
15 Oct 2025 Sustainable Aviation Fuel Remaining Stages: Amendment 9 No 160–324
15 Oct 2025 Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 8 No 151–319
15 Oct 2025 Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 5 No 78–316
14 Oct 2025 Mental Health Bill Report Stage: Amendment 41 No 164–333
14 Oct 2025 Mental Health Bill Report Stage: Amendment 40 No 163–339
14 Oct 2025 Mental Health Bill Report Stage New Clause 26 No 78–327
16 Sep 2025 Sentencing Bill: Second Reading No vote 340–77
16 Sep 2025 Sentencing Bill: Reasoned Amendment on Second Reading No vote 78–292
16 Sep 2025 Child poverty strategy (removal of two child limit): Ten Minute Rule Motion No vote 89–79
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 121 No vote 316–161
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 62 No vote 330–161
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 61 No vote 330–161
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 60 No vote 318–170

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.

1. Employment and earnings

Role, work or services: NHS consultant surgeon
Payer: James Paget University Hospital, Great Yarmouth NR31 6LA
(Registered 24 July 2024)

On the register since 11 Sep 2024

Role, work or services: private medical practice
From: 16 July 2024.
Payer: Private patient payments, [private]
(Registered 25 July 2024)

On the register since 11 Sep 2024

Role, work or services: private medical practice
Payer: Peter Prinsley private medical practice, Spire Hospital Old Watton Road, Norwich NR4 7TD
(Registered 24 July 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

Role, work or services: medical practice
From: 19 July 2024.
Payer: Premex (medical report agent), n/a
(Registered 25 July 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

Role, work or services: medical reports
From: 17 July 2024.
Payer: Premex Services (medical report agent), n/a
(Registered 25 July 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Labour Friends of Israel
Address of donor: BM LFI London WC1N 3XX
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights and Accommodation/Food, value £2,600
Destination of visit: Israel
Dates of visit: 25 May 2025 to 29 May 2025
Purpose of visit: Delegation to Israel and Palestinian territories Met politicians, activists and academics and diplomats
(Registered 10 July 2025)
This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 29
August 2025. Paragraph 51 of the Procedural Protocol in respect of the Code
of Conduct refers.

On the register since 12 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: 4
Location: London and Norwich
Ownership details: co-owned with family member
Rental income: Yes
(Registered 25 July 2024)

On the register since 1 Aug 2025

8. Miscellaneous

Norwich City Councillor, (unpaid since August 2024 and previously registered under Category 1)
Date interest ended: 1 May 2025
(Registered 24 July 2024; updated 31 October 2025)

On the register since 12 Feb 2026

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

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

Money declared to them

1 donation accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £2,600 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
25 May 2025 Peter Prinsley sitting MP Labour Friends of Israel Ltd Company Visit £2,600

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 →

Machine-readable: JSON for this MP.

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