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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
25 Mar 2025 Great British Energy Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 No vote 314–198
25 Mar 2025 Non Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 No vote 319–166
25 Mar 2025 Non Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 14 No vote 320–179
25 Mar 2025 Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 13 No vote 320–180
25 Mar 2025 Non Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 No vote 316–180
25 Mar 2025 Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 No vote 322–117
25 Mar 2025 Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 No vote 316–183
25 Mar 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 21B No vote 314–196
25 Mar 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 8B No vote 313–194
25 Mar 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5B No vote 311–192
25 Mar 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1B No vote 312–190
24 Mar 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Second Reading Aye 330–74
19 Mar 2025 Opposition Day: Winter Fuel Payment No 177–293
19 Mar 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill Motion to Disagree with Lords Amendment 21 Aye 316–187
19 Mar 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to Disagree with Lords Amendment 8 Aye 316–189
19 Mar 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 Aye 313–190
19 Mar 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 3 Aye 314–187
19 Mar 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 Aye 310–183
19 Mar 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 1 Aye 307–182
18 Mar 2025 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Third Reading Aye 382–104
18 Mar 2025 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: Amendment 210 No 167–324
18 Mar 2025 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: Amendment 209 No 107–324
18 Mar 2025 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: New Clause 34 No 77–315
18 Mar 2025 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 No 77–313
17 Mar 2025 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: Amendment 171 No 65–317

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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