Kerry McCarthy
MP since 5 May 2005
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Kerry McCarthy is the Labour MP for Bristol East, and has been an MP continually since 5 May 2005.
1878
Votes Cast
£309,387
Expenses 2024-25
6,606
Majority
45.0%
Vote Share
Expenses (2024-25)
£309,387
Year-on-Year
Election Result(2024 General Election)
Turnout: 46,109 voters
Parliamentary Activity
Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)
132
Written Questions
11
Oral Questions
57
Debates Spoken In⚑
151
Speeches⚑
493
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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1878 votes — page 7 of 76
3 NOIndustry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee
3 votes · 23 Feb 2026
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee
3 votes · 23 Feb 2026
Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2026-27
11 Feb 2026
2 NOOpposition Day
2 votes · 28 Jan 2026
Opposition Day
2 votes · 28 Jan 2026
3 NOMedical Training (Prioritisation) Bill
3 votes · 27 Jan 2026
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill
3 votes · 27 Jan 2026
2 NONational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee
2 votes · 21 Jan 2026
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee
2 votes · 21 Jan 2026
3 AYEDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
3 votes · 20 Jan 2026
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
3 votes · 20 Jan 2026
2 NOFinance (No. 2) Bill Committee
2 votes · 13 Jan 2026
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee
2 votes · 13 Jan 2026
Financial Interests(2)
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
The Football Association
Three tickets and hospitality to watch the Lionesses vs Belgium and to discuss the local football facility plan in Bristol East for myself and two guests
4 April 2025
£615
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
The Football Association
Three tickets and hospitality to watch the Lionesses vs Belgium and to discuss the local football facility plan in Bristol East for myself and two guests
4 April 2025
- Name of donor
- The Football Association
- Address of donor
- Wembley Stadium, PO Box 1966, London SW1P 98Q
- Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
- Three tickets and hospitality to watch the Lionesses vs Belgium and to discuss the local football facility plan in Bristol East for myself and two guests, value £615
- Date received
- 4 April 2025
- Date accepted
- 4 April 2025
- Donor status
- company, registration 00077797
Registered 10 April 2025
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
Bristol City Football Club
Two tickets and hospitality to see Bristol City FC play Hull City FC and to discuss environmentalism in football
8 March 2025
£504
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
Bristol City Football Club
Two tickets and hospitality to see Bristol City FC play Hull City FC and to discuss environmentalism in football
8 March 2025
- Name of donor
- Bristol City Football Club
- Address of donor
- Ashton Gate Stadium, Ashton Road, Bristol BS3 2EJ
- Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
- Two tickets and hospitality to see Bristol City FC play Hull City FC and to discuss environmentalism in football, value £504
- Date received
- 8 March 2025
- Date accepted
- 8 March 2025
- Donor status
- company, registration 03230871
Registered 4 April 2025
Activity Pulse
Questions asked and motions sponsored by Kerry in Parliament
General Practitioners: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to recruit more experienced GPs whose Certificate of Completion of Training date was more than two years ago.
Students: Childcare
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the eligibility for the Childcare Grant to include PhD students in receipt of stipends.
Homelessness: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a cross-departmental strategy to end youth homelessness.
Lead: Health and Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of the assessment of lead ammunition restrictions by the Health and Safety Executive be
Net Zero Council: Meetings
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the (a) dates and (b) agenda items are for future meetings of the Net Zero Council.
Offshore Industry: Methane
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what research her Department has (a) conducted or (b) commissioned into methods for quantifying methane emissions from the oil and gas s
Landfill Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment has he made of the potential impact of the level of landfill tax on the (a) amount and (b) proportion of waste sent to landfill.
Landfill Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the announcement in the Autumn Budget 2021 that Landfill Tax would increase in 2023 and 2024 in line with RPI, what level of RPI was used to d
Landfill Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Annex A of the Spring Budget 2023: Overview of Tax Legislation and Rates, published on 15 March 2023, what measure of RPI was used to set the
Animal Welfare: Labelling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Summary of Responses to the Call for Evidence on Labelling for Animal Welfare, published by her Department
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