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
12 Jan 2026	Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 62 stand part	No vote	344–181
12 Jan 2026	Finance (No.2) Bill Committee: Clause 10 stand part	No vote	324–180
12 Jan 2026	Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 12	No	167–350
7 Jan 2026	Opposition Day: Rural communities	No	105–332
7 Jan 2026	Opposition Day: Jury trials	No	182–290
17 Dec 2025	National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Second Reading	Aye	312–165
16 Dec 2025	Finance (No. 2) Bill: Second Reading	Aye	341–195
16 Dec 2025	Finance (No. 2) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading (Opposition)	No	118–340
15 Dec 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to disagree with the Lords in their Amendment 120N to Commons Amendment 120G and their Amendments 120P to 120S to Commons Amendment 120H	No vote	311–96
10 Dec 2025	Opposition day: Conduct of the Chancellor of the Exchequer	No	90–297
10 Dec 2025	Government Amendment to Opposition day debate on seasonal work	No vote	320–98
10 Dec 2025	Opposition day: Seasonal work	No vote	98–325
9 Dec 2025	Railways Bill: Second Reading	No vote	329–173
9 Dec 2025	Railways Bill: Opposition Reasoned Amendment	No vote	170–332
9 Dec 2025	UK-EU customs union (duty to negotiate): Ten Minute Rule Motion	No vote	100–100
8 Dec 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to LA62 but not to insist on Commons Amendment 62C and to propose Gov (a) in lieu of LA62	Aye	327–162
8 Dec 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Government motion not to insist on Commons Amendment 72C but to disagree with LA72D to LA72H and to propose Gov (a) and (b) in lieu of LA72D to LA72H	No vote	326–162
8 Dec 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B	Aye	395–98
8 Dec 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to LA23 and LA106 to LA120, not to insist on Commons Amendment 120C, 120D and 120E but to propose Gov (a) to (f) in lieu of LA23 and LA106 to LA120	Aye	300–96
8 Dec 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 1B but to propose Government amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 1B	Aye	327–96
3 Dec 2025	Pension Schemes Bill: Amendment 15	No	154–303
3 Dec 2025	Pension Schemes Bill: Amendment 16	No	143–304
3 Dec 2025	Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 26	No	77–298
3 Dec 2025	Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 3	No	87–299
2 Dec 2025	Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty	Aye	357–174

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)