Stephen Kinnock’s voting in Parliament

Stephen Kinnock is a Labour MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Labour MPs.

This is a random selection of Stephen Kinnock’s votes, where they voted similarly to their party.

• Generally voted for a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, 2 absences, between 2015–2016.
• Generally voted against reducing central government funding of local government Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, 2 absences, between 2016–2019.
• Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs Details 0 votes for, 0 votes against, 3 absences, between 2015–2020.
• Voted for replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, 3 absences, in 2016.
• Has never voted on removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords Details 0 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, in 2016.
• Consistently voted against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, between 2016–2020.

Last updated: 12 Oct 2020. Learn more about our voting records and what they mean.

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Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Peng Shuai 25 Nov 2021

  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations she has made to the Chinese Government on the wellbeing of tennis player Peng Shui.

• Energy-intensive Industries — [Caroline Nokes in the Chair] 24 Nov 2021

  It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Nokes. I congratulate the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent South (Jack Brereton) on securing this very important debate. Manufacturing is the backbone of the British economy, but it is a backbone that has been dangerously damaged in recent decades. By failing to back our manufacturing sector, successive Conservative Governments since 2010 have...

• Energy-intensive Industries — [Caroline Nokes in the Chair] 24 Nov 2021

  I thank the hon. Member for his kind words. Let us be clear—the energy spike has played havoc. November 2021 prices peaked at 50 times the 2020 average, at £2,000 per megawatt hour. The monthly average wholesale costs are 50% higher than in Germany. These extraordinary electricity prices are leading to smaller or completely eliminated profits, and thus to less reinvestment and even pauses...

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Labour MP for Aberavon

Entered the House of Commons on 8 May 2015 — General election

• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @skinnock
• https://facebook.com/stephenkinnock

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Stephen Kinnock campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Foreign
• Commonwealth and Development Office
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Department for Business
• Energy and Industrial Strategy
• Home Office
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office
• Personal Independence Payment
• Blood: Contamination
• Bangladesh: Migrant Camps
• Iron and Steel: Procurement
• Iron and Steel: UK Trade with EU

Currently held offices

• Member, Subsidy Control Bill Committee (since 20 Oct 2021)
• Shadow Minister (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs) (since 2 Sep 2020)
• Member, European Scrutiny Committee (since 2 Mar 2020)
• Member, European Statutory Instruments Committee (since 10 Feb 2020)

Other offices held in the past

• Shadow Minister (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs) (10 Apr 2020 to 2 Sep 2020)
• Member, Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union (2 Mar 2020 to 16 Jan 2021)
• Member, European Scrutiny Committee (30 Oct 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Welsh Affairs Committee (23 Oct 2017 to 8 Jan 2018)
• Member, Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union (11 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Welsh Affairs Committee (1 Feb 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, European Scrutiny Committee (9 Nov 2015 to 3 May 2017)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Hywel Francis
• John Morris
• William Cove
• Ramsay Macdonald
• John Edwards

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Subsidy Control Bill Committee (8 out of 11)
• National Security and Investment Bill Committee (6 out of 12)
• Energy BILL Committee (7 out of 14)
• Investigatory Powers Bill Committee (9 out of 16)
• Policing and Crime Bill Committee (3 out of 13)