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
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 359 Aye 277–158
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 357 Aye 278–73
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 342 Aye 281–70
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 Aye 356–90
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333 Aye 301–157
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 311 Aye 300–101
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 Aye 291–174
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 Aye 299–169
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 Aye 307–176
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 Aye 290–163
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 Aye 292–162
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 Aye 300–149
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 Aye 286–163
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 Aye 295–162
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 Aye 291–158
24 Mar 2026 Opposition Day: Defence No 98–306
24 Mar 2026 Opposition Day: Oil and gas No 108–297
23 Mar 2026 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 No vote 278–164
23 Mar 2026 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 No vote 281–167
23 Mar 2026 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 No vote 280–164
23 Mar 2026 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 No vote 279–167
23 Mar 2026 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 No vote 280–161
18 Mar 2026 Opposition day: Student loans No 88–266
18 Mar 2026 Opposition day: Fuel duty No 103–259
18 Mar 2026 Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 277–99

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:


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.

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