Official portrait of Keir Mather

Keir Mather

Labour MP for Selby, since 20 July 2023

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

Keir Mather is the Labour MP for Selby, and has been an MP continually since 20 July 2023. He currently holds the Government post of Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport).

Scorecard

82.1% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
414 Votes cast out of 575 divisions, plus 58 as teller
103 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
1 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
113 Debates spoken in 63 written questions tabled

Ranked 141 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
24 Apr 2025 Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill [Lords]: Amendment 2 No 89–230
24 Apr 2025 Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill [Lords]: New Clause 3 No 88–212
23 Apr 2025 Opposition Day: Sewage: Government amendment No vote 301–69
23 Apr 2025 Opposition Day: Sewage: Lib Dem motion No vote 77–302
23 Apr 2025 Opposition Day: Hospitals No vote 77–307
2 Apr 2025 The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 Teller 304–105
2 Apr 2025 Infrastructure Planning (Onshore Wind and Solar Generation) Order 2025 Teller 307–100
2 Apr 2025 Draft Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025 deferred division Aye 349–14
1 Apr 2025 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]: Second Reading Aye 303–110
1 Apr 2025 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment on Second Reading No 110–302
31 Mar 2025 Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reduction) (England) Regulations 2025 Aye 296–164
31 Mar 2025 Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [Lords]: Third Reading Aye 304–62
31 Mar 2025 Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [Lords] Report Stage: Amendment 6 No 166–305
31 Mar 2025 Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [Lords] Report Stage: New Clause 4 No 167–306
31 Mar 2025 Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [Lords] Report Stage: New Clause 1 No 168–302
31 Mar 2025 Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15B, 15C, 15D, 15E Aye 302–167
31 Mar 2025 Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 13B Aye 301–167
31 Mar 2025 Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2B Aye 301–104
31 Mar 2025 Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1B Aye 296–170
28 Mar 2025 Motion to sit in private No vote 0–44
26 Mar 2025 Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading Aye 366–41
26 Mar 2025 Tobacco and Vapes Bill Report Stage: Amendment 85 No 92–303
26 Mar 2025 Tobacco and Vapes Bill Report Stage: Amendment 1 No 72–304
26 Mar 2025 Tobacco and Vapes Bill Report Stage: New Clause 19 No 159–307
26 Mar 2025 Tobacco and Vapes Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2 No 137–304

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: Unison
Address of donor: 130 Euston Road, London NW1 2AY
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000 leaflet and direct mail for constituency campaigning
Date received: 24 December 2025
Date accepted: 24 December 2025
Donor status: trade union
(Registered 5 January 2026)

On the register since 6 Jan 2026

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Debates

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

Money declared to them

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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 4 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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