Official portrait of Andrew Pakes

Andrew Pakes

Labour (Co-op) MP for Peterborough, since 4 July 2024

Andrew Pakes is the Labour (Co-op) MP for Peterborough, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

Scorecard

70.8% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
407 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
168 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
9 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour (Co-op) MPs
5 Interests declared 1 at £5,000 or more
127 Debates spoken in 19 written questions tabled

Ranked 354 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
15 Jul 2026 Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots deferred division Aye 330–109
15 Jul 2026 Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 deferred division Aye 330–109
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 No 104–412
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 No 102–409
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 No 93–323
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading Aye 264–90
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No 97–358
8 Jul 2026 Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 283–182
8 Jul 2026 Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 317–103
8 Jul 2026 Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 369–102
7 Jul 2026 Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners No vote 115–0
6 Jul 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 Aye 394–85
1 Jul 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 No 177–308
1 Jul 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 No 173–282
1 Jul 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 No 80–281
1 Jul 2026 Draft Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 deferred division Aye 318–107
1 Jul 2026 Draft Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 322–107
24 Jun 2026 Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 No vote 330–93
24 Jun 2026 Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 No vote 329–94
24 Jun 2026 Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 No vote 332–94
24 Jun 2026 Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 323–160
23 Jun 2026 Opposition Day: Puberty blockers No 112–283
23 Jun 2026 Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment Aye 294–110
23 Jun 2026 Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness No 108–307
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 No 171–322

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. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation

Name of donor: GMB London Region
Address of donor: John Cope House, 152 Brent St, London NW4 2DP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000
Donor status: trade union
(Registered 19 March 2026)

On the register since 24 Mar 2026

4. Visits outside the UK

£13,194

Name of donor: Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals, Australia
Address of donor: Level 6, 275 George Street, Sydney NSW 2000
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, accommodation and meals, value £13,194
Destination of visit: Australia
Dates of visit: 22 October 2025 to 29 October 2025
Purpose of visit: Speaker at the Business Council of Co-operative and Mutuals [BCCM] Leaders’ Summit in Adelaide. Meetings with Ministers and associated organisations in Canberra in relation to UK and Australian policies for co-operative and mutual businesses.
(Registered 10 November 2025)

On the register since 18 Nov 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: Residential property (Home in London)
Number of properties: 1
Location: London
Ownership details: Co-owned with partner
(Registered 29 July 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

8. Miscellaneous

Member, Advisory Board, London AI Campus (education initiative by Camden Learning/ Camden Council, supported by Google). This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 28 July 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

Associate Fellow, Digital Future at work research centre, University of Sussex Business School. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 28 July 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

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


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

Machine-readable: JSON for this MP.

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