At a glanceLiz Kendall is a Labour MP for Leicester West, and has represented the seat for 16 years, 2 months. They have cast 275 votes in Commons divisions (48% attendance) and tabled 239 written questions.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Liz Kendall did not vote in 300. A rebellion is a vote against the way most of their own party voted; free votes, where no party line applies, are left out.
Party-loyalty figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Biography
She currently holds the Government post of Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology.
Current roles
- Leicester West Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
- Labour Party since 6 May 2010
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Rachel Hopkins
Labour
100.0% · 272 of 272 shared votes
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Alex Mayer Labour 100.0% · 272 of 272 shared votes
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Sam Carling
Labour
100.0% · 270 of 270 shared votes
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Kim Leadbeater
Labour
100.0% · 270 of 270 shared votes
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Andrew Cooper
Labour
100.0% · 269 of 269 shared votes
Votes least like
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Mr Mark Francois
Conservative
0.0% · 0 of 153 shared votes
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Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Conservative
0.0% · 0 of 83 shared votes
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Andrew Griffith
Conservative
0.5% · 1 of 182 shared votes
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Alex Burghart
Conservative
1.1% · 2 of 178 shared votes
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Sir James Cleverly
Conservative
1.2% · 2 of 172 shared votes
Alignment figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Written questions
Medical Certificates
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what evidential basis he stated to The Telegraph on 20 March 2024 that GPs were signing people off work for feeling down and bluesy.
Answer · 19 Apr 2024
In his interview with The Telegraph on 20 March 2024, the Secretary of State set out the challenges we are facing with tackling long-term sickness related economic inactivity, particularly due to mental health. The Secretary of State gave an example of wh...
Universal Credit: Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 4.58 of the Office for Budget Responsibility publication entitled Economic and Fiscal Outlook, published in March 2024, whether he has made an estimate of future trends in th
Answer · 15 Apr 2024
DWP produces forecasts of overpayments in the benefit system as part of its forecasts for benefit expenditure. These are reviewed and agreed by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), which uses them as part of its fiscal forecasting and to evaluate p...
National Insurance Contributions: State Retirement Pensions
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2024 to Question 17582 on National Insurance Contributions: State Retirement Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of abolishing, rather t
Answer · 15 Apr 2024
Cutting NICs rates does not affect anyone’s entitlement to the State Pension or contributory benefits.
Employment Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2024 to Question 18113 on Jobcentres: Finance, what the individual incentives are in the two incentive pilot programmes for work coaches supporting people into work.
Answer · 15 Apr 2024
DWP ran an initial incentives pilot for a 6-month period from March 2023 until August 2023. A second phase of the incentives pilot commenced 1 January 2024 and ended on 31 March 2024. The pilot was in line with existing Reward and Recognition policy, wit...
Employment Schemes: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2024 to Question 18113 on Jobcentres: Finance, what the cost to the public purse was of the two incentive pilot programmes.
Answer · 15 Apr 2024
The Incentive pilots were funded from within the Department’s existing Reward and Recognition budget at no additional cost to the public purse.
Jobcentres: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to offer financial incentives for Jobcentre work coaches to get people into work.
Answer · 20 Mar 2024
DWP ran an initial incentives pilot for a 6-month period from March 2023 until August 2023. This was piloted alongside Additional Jobcentre Support (AJS) to support more claimants into work. A second phase of the incentives pilot commenced 1 January 2024 ...
Loans: Repayments
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the increase in the maximum repayment period on new budgeting advance loans starts is scheduled for December 2024.
Answer · 12 Mar 2024
Universal Credit is an iterative system and all changes to the system are carefully planned and scheduled.
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of Universal Credit claimants have received a budgeting advance in each of the last three years.
Answer · 12 Mar 2024
Table 1 below provides the number and proportion of Universal Credit households who received a Budgeting Advance in each of the last three years. YearNumber of Universal Credit households who received a Budgeting AdvanceProportion of Universal Credit hous...
Early day motions
| 23 Oct 2012 | CONGENITAL HEART CENTRE AT GLENFIELD HOSPITAL LEICESTER | 24 sig. |
| 13 Jun 2011 | CONGENITAL HEART CENTRE AT GLENFIELD HOSPITAL, LEICESTER | 16 sig. |
Speeches in the chamber
1 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
The hon. Gentleman makes an important point—we know children will try to get around the ban, and will succeed. Our measures are as much about resetting the cultural and social norms for future generations, but we will have more highly effe…
1 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
I say gently to the hon. Lady that we are dealing with the mess we inherited from Conservative Members by ensuring that this country can rely on clean, renewable, home-grown energy right here in Britain. That is why we are driving the tec…
1 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
I am sorry to put the hon. Lady straight, but we are not cutting money for that. We are actually putting in the biggest funding for research and development ever in this country—something of which I am especially proud. We are protecting c…
1 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
I know that the hon. Lady is really concerned to ensure that her constituents have proper network coverage. We encourage mobile network operators to use existing infrastructure where they can, but I am more than happy to arrange a meeting …
1 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
I am proud that today I am launching our charter for women in research, setting out minimum standards for maternity pay and leave for women doing PhDs in this country, alongside leave for their partners, adoption leave, leave for baby loss…
1 Jul 2026 Women in Tech Taskforce
I think the most effective way to get change is to show the results that have been achieved by the women who produce the brilliant science and technology that helps to create innovations and bring in the cash. Women founders of tech compan…
1 Jul 2026 Women in Tech Taskforce
My hon. Friend is right that the bias in technology highlights why we need more women building it. We want more women in tech and more tech that works for women. That is exactly why we launched the women in tech taskforce. We will publish …
1 Jul 2026 Women in Tech Taskforce
Our economy loses around £3.5 billion a year because women leave the tech sector or change jobs due to barriers that should not exist. That is bad for women and for the tech sector because it loses out on their skills, talent and experienc…
1 Jul 2026 Online Safety: Children
I share the concerns of the good people of the hon. Member’s constituency about AI chatbots. I will come back with a further statement to the House about the things I said in my last statement, not only looking at further steps on AI chatb…
1 Jul 2026 Online Safety: Children
Of course I have talked to my right hon. Friend the Member for Makerfield, because I am focusing on doing my job, which is to do the right thing for children and families in this country. I hope the hon. Member for Runnymede and Weybridge …
1 Jul 2026 Online Safety: Children
I saw the documentary and absolutely agree how concerning it is. I bet that many men, even some in this Chamber, will have been fed this vile stuff just because they are a man. We are looking at a whole range of measures. We are also looki…
1 Jul 2026 Online Safety: Children
As always, the hon. Gentleman makes an important point, which is that this is not a “one and done”, as I said in my statement last week. It cannot be, because technology is changing so fast. I have looked seriously at the fact that the Onl…
1 Jul 2026 Online Safety: Children
I welcome my hon. Friend’s urging. We do indeed intend to look at further measures about this. As I have said, including to the Chair of the Select Committee, I will look once again at the challenges around misinformation and disinformatio…
1 Jul 2026 Online Safety: Children
I pay tribute to the work that my hon. Friend has done on these issues. Young people’s voices have been, and will continue to be, heard. We had 14,000 children and young people respond to our consultation and they raised issues such as the…
1 Jul 2026 Online Safety: Children
Last month, I announced a defining moment for children and families, banning social media companies from providing their services to under-16s, banning livestreaming and stranger communication for under-16s on services, including gaming, a…
15 Jun 2026 Social Media Ban for Under-16s
Absolutely. This is about the social media companies putting their house in order. Lots of people have said, “Won’t you bow to pressure? You’ll cave under it.” I hope that today, we are showing our intention: we want a better life for chil…
15 Jun 2026 Social Media Ban for Under-16s
There are already requirements under the Online Safety Act for companies to remove illegal content, and those deal with the issue of foreign interference, particularly during elections. As I said, I am looking again at some of what the Sci…
15 Jun 2026 Social Media Ban for Under-16s
I am so sorry to hear about what happened to Leo. I heard what my hon. Friend describes so many times during the course of the consultation, and many of the representations we had—from the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Royal College of P…
15 Jun 2026 Social Media Ban for Under-16s
As I said in response to an earlier question, this was the issue that I wanted to grapple with the most. People want to find people who love in the same way, or who like the same things, and they may be worried about doing so where they li…
15 Jun 2026 Social Media Ban for Under-16s
I thank the hon. Gentleman for his comments. There is obviously overwhelming support among parents, teachers, the police and others for an outright ban; then there are those who say that we just need to restrict certain features and functi…
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Government posts
- Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology 5 Sep 2025 – 20 Jul 2026
- Secretary of State for Work and Pensions · Department for Work and Pensions 5 Jul 2024 – 5 Sep 2025
Opposition posts
- Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions · Department for Work and Pensions 4 Sep 2023 – 30 May 2024
- Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care) · Department of Health and Social Care 10 Apr 2020 – 4 Sep 2023
- Shadow Minister (Health) (Care and Older People) · Department of Health 7 Oct 2011 – 14 Sep 2015
- Shadow Minister (Health) · Department of Health 8 Oct 2010 – 7 Oct 2011
Committee memberships
- Treasury Committee 2 Mar 2020 – 11 May 2020
- Science, Innovation and Technology Committee 27 Mar 2018 – 6 Nov 2019
- Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee 26 Oct 2015 – 31 Oct 2016
- Education Committee 12 Jul 2010 – 2 Nov 2010
Previous seats
- Leicester West · Elected 4 times 6 May 2010 – 30 May 2024
Expenses
Contact & offices
020 7219 3000
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Liz Kendall, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Liz Kendall?
Liz Kendall is a Member of Parliament representing Leicester West in the House of Commons. See Liz Kendall's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Liz Kendall represent?
Liz Kendall sits as Labour. See Liz Kendall's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Liz Kendall represent?
Liz Kendall is the Member of Parliament for Leicester West. See Liz Kendall's official Parliament profile.
How long has Liz Kendall been an MP?
Liz Kendall has served in the House of Commons for 16 years, 2 months. See Liz Kendall's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Liz Kendall?
Liz Kendall has no entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Liz Kendall's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.