Official portrait of Afzal Khan

Afzal Khan

Labour MP for Manchester Rusholme, since 8 June 2017

Afzal Khan is the Labour MP for Manchester Rusholme, and has been an MP continually since 8 June 2017.

Scorecard

80.3% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
462 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
113 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
6 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
6 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
525 Debates spoken in 1993 written questions tabled

Ranked 170 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 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 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 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 Aye 415–98
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: Amendment 18 No 178–338
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: New Clause 3 No 86–340
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: New Clause 1 No 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 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.

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: British recorded music industry Ltd
Address of donor: Unit 4/4A, Tileyard Studios, Tileyard Road, London N7 9AH
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets to the Brit Awards in a suite. This included seats to the show, food and drink provided and access to the after show event, value £3,432
Date received: 28 February 2026
Date accepted: 28 February 2026
Donor status: company, registration 01132389
(Registered 9 March 2026)

On the register since 10 Mar 2026

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Uğur Ibrahim Altay Mayor of Konya Metropolitan Municipality​​
Address of donor: Konya Büyükşehir Belediyesi, Ayanbey, Konya Eğitim ve Araştırma Hst. Acil Servisi, 42090 Meram/Konya, Turkiye
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£856.27), accommodation (£203.82), subsistence (£101) and internal travel (£40), value £1,201.09
Destination of visit: Turkey
Dates of visit: 15 February 2026 to 17 February 2026
Purpose of visit: To deliver a lecture at Necmettin Erbakan University
(Registered 6 March 2026)

On the register since 10 Mar 2026

Name of donor: Uğur Ibrahim Altay Mayor of Konya Metropolitan Municipality​​
Address of donor: Konya Büyükşehir Belediyesi, Ayanbey, Konya Eğitim ve Araştırma Hst. Acil Servisi, 42090 Meram/Konya, Turkiye
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£865.35), accommodation (£280.56), subsistence (£70) and internal travel (£30), value £1,245.91
Destination of visit: Turkey (Konya)
Dates of visit: 15 December 2025 to 19 December 2025
Purpose of visit: To attend a conference at the invitation of the Mayor of Konya.
(Registered 2 January 2026)

On the register since 6 Jan 2026

Name of donor: The Concordia Forum
Address of donor: 254 Chapman Road, Ste 208 8331, Newark, DE 19702
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£144.43 and £222.01), accommodation (£203), ground transport (£44.40) and delegate package (£1908.19), value £2,522.03
Destination of visit: Italy
Dates of visit: 5 November 2025 to 9 November 2025
Purpose of visit: Attended the Concordia Forum
(Registered 25 November 2025)

On the register since 19 Dec 2025

Name of donor: Minister of Foreign Affairs Bahrain
Address of donor: Diplomat Commercial Office Tower, 1722, Manama, Bahrain
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£1,315), accommodation (£1,150) and meals (£50), value £2,515
Destination of visit: Bahrain
Dates of visit: 30 October 2025 to 3 November 2025
Purpose of visit: Invited to the Manama Dialogue.
(Registered 24 November 2025)

On the register since 2 Dec 2025

6. Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year

Type of land/property: Business property (Dental surgery , used by a family member)
Number of properties: 1
Location: Manchester
(Registered 5 July 2017)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

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

Money declared to them

4 donations accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £7,484 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
15 Feb 2026 Mr Afzal Khan sitting MP Ugur Ibrahim Altay Mayor of Konya… Other Visit £1,201
15 Dec 2025 Mr Afzal Khan sitting MP Ugur Ibrahim Altay Mayor of Konya… Other Visit £1,245
5 Nov 2025 Mr Afzal Khan sitting MP The Concordia Forum Other Visit £2,522
30 Oct 2025 Mr Afzal Khan sitting MP Minister of Foreign Affairs Bahrain Other Visit £2,515

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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