Official portrait of Stephen Doughty

Stephen Doughty

Labour (Co-op) MP for Cardiff South and Penarth, since 15 November 2012

Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

Stephen Doughty is the Labour (Co-op) MP for Cardiff South and Penarth, and has been an MP continually since 15 November 2012. He currently holds the Government post of Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office).

Scorecard

46.6% Attendance In the least-present tenth of MPs who vote
268 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
307 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
10 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour (Co-op) MPs
0 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
1099 Debates spoken in 1190 written questions tabled

Ranked 589 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
24 Apr 2025 Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill [Lords]: Amendment 2 No 89–230
24 Apr 2025 Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill [Lords]: New Clause 3 No 88–212
23 Apr 2025 Opposition Day: Sewage: Government amendment Aye 301–69
23 Apr 2025 Opposition Day: Sewage: Lib Dem motion No 77–302
23 Apr 2025 Opposition Day: Hospitals No vote 77–307
2 Apr 2025 The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 Aye 304–105
2 Apr 2025 Infrastructure Planning (Onshore Wind and Solar Generation) Order 2025 Aye 307–100
2 Apr 2025 Draft Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025 deferred division Aye 349–14
1 Apr 2025 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]: Second Reading Aye 303–110
1 Apr 2025 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment on Second Reading No 110–302
31 Mar 2025 Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reduction) (England) Regulations 2025 No vote 296–164
31 Mar 2025 Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [Lords]: Third Reading No vote 304–62
31 Mar 2025 Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [Lords] Report Stage: Amendment 6 No vote 166–305
31 Mar 2025 Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [Lords] Report Stage: New Clause 4 No vote 167–306
31 Mar 2025 Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [Lords] Report Stage: New Clause 1 No vote 168–302
31 Mar 2025 Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15B, 15C, 15D, 15E No vote 302–167
31 Mar 2025 Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 13B No vote 301–167
31 Mar 2025 Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2B No vote 301–104
31 Mar 2025 Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1B No vote 296–170
28 Mar 2025 Motion to sit in private No 0–44
26 Mar 2025 Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading Aye 366–41
26 Mar 2025 Tobacco and Vapes Bill Report Stage: Amendment 85 No 92–303
26 Mar 2025 Tobacco and Vapes Bill Report Stage: Amendment 1 No 72–304
26 Mar 2025 Tobacco and Vapes Bill Report Stage: New Clause 19 No 159–307
26 Mar 2025 Tobacco and Vapes Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2 No 137–304

Declared financial interests

Nothing currently declared in the Register of Members' Financial Interests.

Debates

1099 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

No donations to this member appear on the Electoral Commission's register for this Parliament. Only donations above the statutory thresholds have to be declared, and the match is made on name — search the register directly if you are checking a specific one.

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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 4 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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