Joe Powell

MP since 4 Jul 2024

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Joe Powell is the Labour MP for Kensington and Bayswater, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

471

Votes Cast

£214,410

Expenses 2024-25

2,903

Majority

40.6%

Vote Share

Expenses (2024-25)

£214,410

Staffing£189,342
Office£25,068

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 41,908 voters

✓Labour
17,025 votes40.6%
Conservative
14,122 votes33.7%
Liberal Democrat
2,910 votes6.9%
Green Party
2,732 votes6.5%
Reform UK
2,514 votes6.0%
Independent
1,824 votes4.3%
Rejoin EU
486 votes1.2%
Party of Women
116 votes0.3%
Christian Peoples Alliance
114 votes0.3%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

27

Written Questions

47

Oral Questions

133

Debates Spoken In⚑

221

Speeches⚑

471

Divisions Voted

⚑Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.

Voting Record

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4 NO

Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee

4 votes · 20 Oct 2026

3 NO

Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage

3 votes · 13 Oct 2026

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Financial Interests(6)

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

Labour Party Donor status: individual

£26,827.06 for the services of a Campaign Organiser hired by Labour Party

£26,827
Name of donor
David Sainsbury
Address of donor
private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
£26,827.06 for the services of a Campaign Organiser hired by Labour Party
Donor status
individual

Registered 4 December 2025

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

Labour Party Donor status: individual

£22,013.49 for the services of a Campaign Organiser hired by Labour Party

£22,013
Name of donor
David Sainsbury
Address of donor
private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
£22,013.49 for the services of a Campaign Organiser hired by Labour Party
Donor status
individual

Registered 1 August 2025

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

Betterworld Limited

£12,500

10 April 2025

£12,500
Name of donor
Betterworld Limited
Address of donor
14 St Mary's Street, Stamford, Lincs PE9 2DF
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
£12,500
Date received
10 April 2025
Date accepted
10 April 2025
Donor status
company, registration 03408967

Registered 15 April 2025

Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

SXSW London

A Platinum Pass to the SXSW Festival London by SXSW London. I gave this to a staff member because I attended the event as a speaker. The staff member was unable to attend

2 June 2025

£1,300
Name of donor
SXSW London Limited
Address of donor
SXSW London, Second Floor, 67-71 Shoreditch High Street, London, England, E1 6JJ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
A Platinum Pass to the SXSW Festival London by SXSW London. I gave this to a staff member because I attended the event as a speaker. The staff member was unable to attend, value £1,300
Date received
2 June 2025
Date accepted
2 June 2025
Donor status
company, registration 16034054

Registered 2 July 2025

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

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

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Type of land/property
Residential property (Flat)
Number of properties
1
Location
London

Registered 30 July 2024; updated 5 December 2024

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Joe in Parliament

What steps she is taking to support young people into employment, education or training in Kensingto

What steps she is taking to support young people into employment, education or training in Kensington and Bayswater constituency.

Department for Work and Pensions12 May 2025

If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.

If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.

Cabinet Office24 Apr 2025

What steps her Department is taking to reduce gambling harms.

What steps her Department is taking to reduce gambling harms.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport3 Apr 2025

To ask the Rt hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the El

To ask the Rt hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what discussions he has had with the Electoral Commission on the arrangements for the publication of the first Strategy and Policy Statement.

Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission27 Feb 2025

If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.

If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office25 Feb 2025

If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.

If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.

Home Office24 Feb 2025

To ask the Rt hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the El

To ask the Rt hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, if the Commission will make an assessment of the potential merits of banning foreign donations to UK political parties.

Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission16 Jan 2025

? ??What plans her Department has for the regulation of short-term lets.

? ??What plans her Department has for the regulation of short-term lets.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport16 Jan 2025

What steps her Department is taking to support the Serious Fraud Office in tackling economic crime.

What steps her Department is taking to support the Serious Fraud Office in tackling economic crime.

Attorney General14 Nov 2024

If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.

If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero12 Nov 2024
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