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James Naish

Labour MP for Rushcliffe, since 4 July 2024

James Naish is the Labour MP for Rushcliffe, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

Scorecard

73.4% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
422 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
153 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 MPs
18 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
185 Debates spoken in 839 written questions tabled

Ranked 302 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 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 49 Aye 332–160
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 48 Aye 328–160
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 47 Aye 327–164
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 46 Aye 314–178
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 23 Aye 329–163
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 8 Aye 316–172
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 7 Aye 330–158
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 Aye 326–160
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill: Third Reading Aye 362–87
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 10 No 153–300
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 23 No 158–297
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 58 No 92–364
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2 No 69–300
9 Sep 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Second Reading Aye 330–179
9 Sep 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Reasoned Amendment No 116–333
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 64 Aye 335–160
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 53 Aye 401–96
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 39 Aye 325–171
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 Aye 404–98
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 19 Aye 336–158
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 18 Aye 402–97
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 Aye 398–93
4 Sep 2025 House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 Aye 338–74
4 Sep 2025 House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 Aye 331–73
4 Sep 2025 House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 Aye 336–77

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

Remuneration: My family and I use a company vehicle and stay in a property owned by the company for up to 14 days per year. This is the "Class 1a NICs due" figure from my 2024/25 P11D, value £4,114 a year
Hours: 5 hrs a month This time is required for managing the property and its agent who looks after bookings.
(Registered 1 August 2024; updated 26 August 2025)

On the register since 2 Sep 2025

Role, work or services: Company director
Until: 6 August 2025.
Payer: Open Door Property Ltd (Property sales and consulting), Office 5 Rec 2, Retford Enterprise Centre, Randall Way, Retford, DN22 7GR
(Registered 2 August 2024; updated 26 August 2025)

On the register since 2 Sep 2025

Remuneration: Company vehicle, value £1,023 a year
Until: 6 August 2025.
Hours: 5 hrs a month this time is for supporting the business in a director capacity.
(Registered 13 August 2024; updated 26 August 2025)

On the register since 2 Sep 2025

Role, work or services: Company Director
Payer: Open Door Property Holidays Ltd (Property management), Office 5 Rec 2, Retford Enterprise Centre, Randall Way, Retford, DN22 7GR
(Registered 1 August 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

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

Name of donor: The Fusion Cluster
Address of donor: Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 3DB
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Benefits in kind provided by The Fusion Cluster as secretariat to the Fusion Energy APPG, value £1,678
Date received: 24 November 2025 to 3 December 2025
Date accepted: 24 November 2025
Donor status: other (The UK Fusion Cluster is a network of organisations, including research institutions, businesses and government bodies, focused on advancing fusion energy research and development within the UK. It fosters collaboration and innovation to accelerate progress in the field.)
(Registered 11 December 2025)

On the register since 16 Dec 2025

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Nottingham Forest Football Club Limited
Address of donor: The City Ground, Pavilion Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham, NG2 5FJ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: A ticket to the Nottingham Forrest vs Malmö football match, with hospitality, value £640
Date received: 27 November 2025
Date accepted: 27 November 2025
Donor status: company, registration 01630402
(Registered 4 December 2025)

On the register since 16 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: Residential property (Flat)
Number of properties: 1
Location: London
Ownership details: Co-owned with a family member
Rental income: Yes
Rental income details: The rental income is shared with a family member (71.5% to me, 28.5% to the family member in line with our property shares)
(Registered 2 August 2024)

On the register since 19 Aug 2025

Type of land/property: Agricultural property (Farm buildings)
Number of properties: 1
Location: Nottinghamshire
Ownership details: The property is part of The William Arthur Robinson Will Trust. I am one of two trustees
(Registered 1 August 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

Type of land/property: Agricultural land
Location: Nottinghamshire
Ownership details: The land is part of The William Arthur Robinson Will Trust. I am one of two trustees
(Registered 1 August 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital

Name of company or organisation: Open Door Property Ltd
Nature of business: Property sales and consulting
Interest held: until 6 August 2025
(Registered 1 August 2024; updated 26 August 2025)

On the register since 2 Sep 2025

Name of company or organisation: Open Door Property Holidays Ltd
Nature of business: Holiday rental property
(Registered 1 August 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

Name of company or organisation: The William Arthur Robinson Will Trust
Nature of business: Trust associated with farm land and buildings left by a relative
(Registered 1 August 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

8. Miscellaneous

Member of the Sturton Le Steeple Quarry Liaison Committee run by Aggregate Industries as a result of being the Councillor for Sturton Ward in Bassetlaw
Date interest ended: 25 March 2025
(Registered 1 August 2024; updated 26 August 2025)

On the register since 12 Feb 2026

Elected member of Bassetlaw District Council for Sturton Ward but no longer remunerated
Date interest ended: 25 March 2025
(Registered 1 August 2024; updated 26 August 2025)

On the register since 12 Feb 2026

Member of the Local Community Liaison Committee run by EDF Energy as a result of being the Councillor for Sturton Ward in Bassetlaw. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest ended: 25 March 2025
(Registered 2 August 2024; updated 26 August 2025)

On the register since 12 Feb 2026

Vice Chair of the Labour Rural Research Group (LRRG), a formal group within the Labour Party focused on rural policy development and advocacy. This is an unpaid role and I stand in for the Chair when and as required.
Date interest arose: 30 June 2025
(Registered 7 August 2025)

On the register since 12 Feb 2026

Vice President of The Association for Decentralised Energy
Date interest arose: 4 September 2024
(Registered 3 October 2024)

On the register since 16 Oct 2024

Unpaid director of a property management company. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 1 August 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

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Debates

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

Money declared to them

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