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Karl Turner

Independent MP for Kingston upon Hull East, since 6 May 2010

Karl Turner is the Independent MP for Kingston upon Hull East, and has been an MP continually since 6 May 2010.

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Scorecard

40.7% Attendance In the least-present tenth of MPs who vote
234 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
341 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
n/a Against their own party sits as an independent, so there is no party line to measure against
4 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
509 Debates spoken in 826 written questions tabled

Ranked 607 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
13 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 No vote 233–254
11 Jun 2025 Draft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 deferred division No vote 350–176
10 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Third Reading No vote 306–174
10 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 114 No 78–309
10 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 85 No 107–314
10 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 No 73–312
10 Jun 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill: Motion to insist on disagreement to LA49 and make (a) to (e) in lieu Aye 304–189
9 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 No 180–307
9 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 15 No 73–323
9 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 43 No 167–334
9 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 39 No 113–335
4 Jun 2025 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]: Third Reading No vote 264–99
4 Jun 2025 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords] Report Stage: Amendment 24 No vote 164–273
4 Jun 2025 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords] Report Stage: Amendment 16 No vote 100–339
4 Jun 2025 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords] Report Stage: New Clause 4 No vote 171–274
3 Jun 2025 Motion to Disagree with the Lords in their Amendment 49F (Data Use and Access Bill) No vote 317–185
3 Jun 2025 Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Government amendment (a) in lieu of Lords Amendments 2 and 3 No vote 329–101
3 Jun 2025 Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 No vote 315–184
3 Jun 2025 Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 No vote 319–180
22 May 2025 Data Use and Access Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 49D No vote 195–124
21 May 2025 Opposition Day: Immigration No vote 83–267
21 May 2025 Opposition Day: Business and the economy No vote 88–253
16 May 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 No vote 243–279
16 May 2025 Closure motion No vote 288–239
14 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill CCLM: motion to insist Commons Amendment 52 Aye 366–98

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: Guest Panellist
From: 14 May 2026. Until: 15 May 2026.
Payer: Hat Trick Productions Ltd (Production Company), 33 Oval Road, London NW1 7EA
(Registered 10 June 2026)

On the register since 16 Jun 2026

Payment expected: £1,500 Guest Panellist on Have I Got News For You (Series 71)
Completed or provided on: 14 May 2026. Hours: 5 hrs.
(Registered 10 June 2026)

On the register since 16 Jun 2026

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

Name of donor: Neil Hudgell Limited
Address of donor: 2, The Dock, 46 Humber Street, Hull HU1 1TU
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Solicitors letter and King's Counsel advising Fee for a political case, value £3,000
Date received: 10 January 2026 to 12 January 2026
Date accepted: 10 January 2026
Donor status: company, registration 07078429
(Registered 22 January 2026)

On the register since 3 Feb 2026

8. Miscellaneous

Trustee of Pelican Park Community Trust. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 30 November 2022
(Registered 2 December 2022)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

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Debates

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

Money declared to them

1 donation accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £3,000 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
10 Jan 2026 Karl Turner MP sitting MP Neil Hudgell Limited Company Non Cash Administration services £3,000

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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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