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Kevin McKenna

Labour MP for Sittingbourne and Sheppey, since 4 July 2024

Kevin McKenna is the Labour MP for Sittingbourne and Sheppey, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

Scorecard

88.2% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
507 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
68 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
4 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
50 Debates spoken in 21 written questions tabled

Ranked 48 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 Aye 301–69
23 Apr 2025 Opposition Day: Sewage: Lib Dem motion No 77–302
23 Apr 2025 Opposition Day: Hospitals No 77–307
2 Apr 2025 The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 Aye 304–105
2 Apr 2025 Infrastructure Planning (Onshore Wind and Solar Generation) Order 2025 Aye 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 No vote 366–41
26 Mar 2025 Tobacco and Vapes Bill Report Stage: Amendment 85 No vote 92–303
26 Mar 2025 Tobacco and Vapes Bill Report Stage: Amendment 1 No vote 72–304
26 Mar 2025 Tobacco and Vapes Bill Report Stage: New Clause 19 No vote 159–307
26 Mar 2025 Tobacco and Vapes Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2 No vote 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: Homes for Britain Ltd
Address of donor: 12 Old Bond Street, London W1S 4PW
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,200
Date received: 22 January 2026
Date accepted: 22 January 2026
Donor status: company, registration 14724694
(Registered 11 February 2026)

On the register since 24 Feb 2026

Name of donor: Homes for Britain Ltd
Address of donor: 12 Old Bond Street, London W1S 4PW
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Communications support, to a value of £400 per month in 7 monthly instalments, value £2,800
Date received: 18 June 2025 to 31 December 2025
Date accepted: 18 June 2025
Donor status: company, registration 14724694
(Registered 4 August 2025; updated 6 August 2025 and 16 September 2025)

On the register since 9 Feb 2026

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Labour Friends of Israel Ltd
Address of donor: BM LFI, London WC1N 3XX
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, accommodation and meals, value £2,600
Destination of visit: Israel and Palestine
Dates of visit: 25 May 2025 to 29 May 2025
Purpose of visit: Delegation to Israel and the Palestinian Territories. Meetings with politicians, academics, activists and diplomats.
(Registered 9 July 2025)

On the register since 9 Feb 2026

Name of donor: Results UK
Address of donor: DC-207, Clarence Centre for Enterprise and Innovation, 6 St George's Circus, London SE1 6FE
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Accommodation (£231.03), flight (£124.32), city tax (£3.58), taxis (£29.71) and meals (£81.34), value £469.98
Destination of visit: Switzerland (Geneva)
Dates of visit: 8 October 2025 to 9 October 2025
Purpose of visit: Visit by MPs with an interest in global health to meet with global institutions working to end TB, malaria and HIV, improve immunisation coverage, and protect child health.
(Registered 30 October 2025)

On the register since 4 Nov 2025

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

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

Money declared to them

2 donations accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £5,400 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
18 Jun 2025 Kevin McKenna sitting MP Homes for Britain Ltd Company Non Cash Consultancy services £2,800
25 May 2025 Kevin McKenna sitting MP Labour Friends of Israel Ltd Company Visit £2,600

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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