Wes Streeting

Labour MP for Ilford North, since 7 May 2015

Secretary of State for Defence

The Rt Hon Wes Streeting is the Labour MP for Ilford North, and has been an MP continually since 7 May 2015. He currently holds the Government post of Secretary of State for Defence.

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Scorecard

40.0% Attendance In the least-present tenth of MPs who vote

230 Votes cast out of 575 divisions

345 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend

12 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs

24 Interests declared 16 at £5,000 or more

650 Debates spoken in 1124 written questions tabled

Ranked 609 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.

Date	Question	Their vote	Result
3 Sep 2025	Opposition day: Hospitality sector	No vote	158–334
3 Sep 2025	Opposition day: Property taxes	No vote	98–335
2 Sep 2025	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Second Reading	No vote	365–164
2 Sep 2025	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Reasoned Amendment	No vote	167–367
16 Jul 2025	Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) deferred division	Aye	333–54
16 Jul 2025	Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 deferred division	Aye	334–54
15 Jul 2025	Opposition Day: Tax	No vote	165–342
15 Jul 2025	Opposition Day: Welfare	No vote	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	No vote	336–242
9 Jul 2025	Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38	No vote	149–334
9 Jul 2025	Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8	No vote	130–443
9 Jul 2025	Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 45	No vote	175–401
9 Jul 2025	Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part	No vote	335–135
9 Jul 2025	Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 12	No vote	105–370
9 Jul 2025	Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 50	No vote	103–416
9 Jul 2025	Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39	No vote	35–469
8 Jul 2025	Football Governance Bill [HL]: Third Reading	No vote	415–98
8 Jul 2025	Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: Amendment 18	No vote	178–338
8 Jul 2025	Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: New Clause 3	No vote	86–340
8 Jul 2025	Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: New Clause 1	No vote	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.

1. Employment and earnings

Payment: £249.98 Library copyright fees
Received on: 12 February 2026. Hours: no hours entered.
(Registered 23 February 2026)

On the register since 24 Feb 2026

Role, work or services: Library copyright fees
Payer: Public Lending Right, British Library, Boston Spa, Wetherby LS23 7BQ
(Registered 17 February 2025)

On the register since 25 Feb 2025

2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

£10,000

Name of donor: Ghassan Karian
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000
Date received: 15 June 2026
Date accepted: 15 June 2026
Donor status: individual
(Registered 13 July 2026)