Official portrait of Gregor Poynton

Gregor Poynton

Labour MP for Livingston, since 4 July 2024

Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury

Gregor Poynton is the Labour MP for Livingston, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024. He currently holds the Government post of Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury.

Scorecard

89.9% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
444 Votes cast out of 575 divisions, plus 73 as teller
58 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
7 Interests declared 1 at £5,000 or more
75 Debates spoken in 56 written questions tabled

Ranked 26 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
3 Sep 2025 Opposition day: Hospitality sector No 158–334
3 Sep 2025 Opposition day: Property taxes No vote 98–335
2 Sep 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Second Reading Aye 365–164
2 Sep 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Reasoned Amendment No 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 165–342
15 Jul 2025 Opposition Day: Welfare No 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 Aye 336–242
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 No 149–334
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 No 130–443
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 45 No 175–401
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part Aye 335–135
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 12 No 105–370
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 50 No 103–416
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 No 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 Aye 385–26
2 Jul 2025 Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Motion to insist on 2A and disagree with LA2B and LA2C Aye 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.

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

Name of donor: Community Union
Address of donor: 465c Caledonian Road, London N7 9GX
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £1,000
Date received: 10 February 2026
Date accepted: 10 February 2026
Donor status: trade union
(Registered 25 February 2026)

On the register since 10 Mar 2026

£10,000

Name of donor: Daniel Luhde-Thompson
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000
Date received: 10 November 2025
Date accepted: 10 November 2025
Donor status: individual
(Registered 13 November 2025)

On the register since 18 Nov 2025

Name of donor: SME4Labour LTD
Address of donor: Flat 80 County Hall North Block, 5 Chicheley Street, London, England, SE1 7PN
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: In-kind support including event space, wine and canapés. This support is shared between Imogen Walker MP and me, value £1,500
Date received: 23 June 2025
Date accepted: 23 June 2025
Donor status: company, registration 10685562
(Registered 22 July 2025)

On the register since 23 Oct 2025

Name of donor: Strand Partners
Address of donor: 5 Technology Park, Colindeep Lane, Colindale, London, United Kingdom, NW9 6BX
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000 support for an event, which included 8 tickets with the total market value of £800. The support was split between Imogen Walker MP and me.
Date received: 17 July 2025
Date accepted: 17 July 2025
Donor status: company, registration 13797289
(Registered 22 July 2025)

On the register since 5 Aug 2025

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Hanbury Strategy and Communications Limited
Address of donor: 2 London Bridge, London SE1 9RA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Tickets and hospitality at Lords Cricket Ground, value £750
Date received: 4 June 2026
Date accepted: 4 June 2026
Donor status: company, registration 10361418
(Registered 8 June 2026)

On the register since 16 Jun 2026

Name of donor: Football Association Limited
Address of donor: Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London HA9 0WS
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Four tickets (two adults and two children) to the Carabao Cup final, value £360
Date received: 22 March 2026
Date accepted: 22 March 2026
Donor status: company, registration 00077797
(Registered 1 April 2026)

On the register since 14 Apr 2026

8. Miscellaneous

Name of donor: Ceftus Ltd, 80 North Block, 5 Chicheley Street SE1 7PN
One ticket to the Kebab Awards (the value of the ticket was below the threshold for registration under Category 3.)
Date interest arose: 24 February 2026
Date interest ended: 24 February 2026
(Registered 12 March 2026)

On the register since 24 Mar 2026

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

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

Money declared to them

1 donation accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £10,000 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 Nov 2025 Gregor Poynton sitting MP Daniel Luhde-Thompson Individual Cash £10k

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →


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 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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