Member of Parliament

Neil Coyle

Labour MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark

At a glanceNeil Coyle is a Labour MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark, and has represented the seat for 11 years, 2 months. They have cast 449 votes in Commons divisions (78% attendance), tabled 1,682 written questions and registered 7 financial interests.

Votes cast449

Attendance78%

Voted Aye224

Voted No225

Voted with party100%

Rebellions0

Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Neil Coyle did not vote in 126. 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.

Biographyfrom Parliament

Neil Coyle is the Labour MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark, and has been an MP continually since 7 May 2015.

Current roles2 held

Bermondsey and Old Southwark Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
Labour Party since 24 May 2023

Voting recordlatest 15 shown

15 Jul 2026	Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots	Aye
15 Jul 2026	Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026	Aye
8 Jul 2026	Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026	Aye
8 Jul 2026	Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026	Aye
8 Jul 2026	Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026	Aye
6 Jul 2026	National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1	Aye
1 Jul 2026	Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5	No
1 Jul 2026	Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4	No
1 Jul 2026	Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2	No
1 Jul 2026	Draft Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026	Aye
1 Jul 2026	Draft Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026	Aye
17 Jun 2026	National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3	No
17 Jun 2026	National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13	No
17 Jun 2026	National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8	No
17 Jun 2026	National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3	No

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Voting alignmentmost and least similar MPs

Votes most like

Liz Twist Labour 100.0% · 429 of 429 shared votes
Sojan Joseph Labour 100.0% · 425 of 425 shared votes
Sean Woodcock Labour 100.0% · 423 of 423 shared votes
Dr Lauren Sullivan Labour 100.0% · 409 of 409 shared votes
Alan Strickland Labour 100.0% · 407 of 407 shared votes

Votes least like

George Freeman Conservative 0.8% · 2 of 242 shared votes
Sir Roger Gale Conservative 1.1% · 3 of 270 shared votes
Sir Mel Stride Conservative 1.2% · 3 of 246 shared votes
Victoria Atkins Conservative 1.5% · 4 of 272 shared votes
Sir Oliver Dowden Conservative 1.7% · 5 of 295 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.

From the official Register; shown as registered.

Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP2

Southwark Cathedral - £6,660.00 (registered 15 Dec 2025)
Sunil Gupta - £2,500.00 (registered 21 Oct 2025)

Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources2

Bread Ahead - £1,930.00 (registered 10 Dec 2025)
Southwark Cathedral Dean and Chapter - £705.60 (registered 29 Jul 2025)

Visits outside the UK1

International visit to Ukraine between 19 February 2026 and 25 February 2026 (registered 12 Mar 2026)

Miscellaneous2

Parliamentary Host and Honorary Chairman of the British Chinese Council (registered 3 Nov 2025)
Southwark Charities Trustee-Director (Unpaid) (registered 21 Feb 2025)

Source: Register of Interests on parliament.uk.

Written questions1,682 tabled

Written question 16 Jul 2026 · Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers have received training on identifying and responding to transnational repression; and if she will provide a breakdown of the number of officers trained by each police force.

Awaiting an answer from the Home Office.

Written question 16 Jul 2026 · Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will establish a secure online reporting portal for transnational repression to provide victims and potential victims with a safe means of reporting incidents directly to the UK authorities.

Awaiting an answer from the Home Office.

Written question 16 Jul 2026 · Treasury

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government intends to issue guidance under the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 requiring enhanced due diligence for Hong Kong-linke

Awaiting an answer from the Treasury.

Batteries: Safety 15 Jul 2026 · Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether the regulations to be made under the Product Regulation and Metrology Act 2025 will include provisions to prevent the sale of unsafe batteries, chargers and conversion kits

Awaiting an answer from the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade .

Community Safety Partnerships 14 Jul 2026 · Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of using any of the savings from abolishing Police and Crime Commissioners to help fund Community Safety Partnerships.

Answer · 20 Jul 2026

Abolishing Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) is expected to save the taxpayer around £100m in this Parliament. Savings from cancelling future PCC elections will be retained by the Exchequer with the remainder reinvested back into policing.Funding for ...

Business: Insurance 14 Jul 2026 · Treasury

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with the Financial Conduct Authority on the regulatory consistency of allowing insurers to deduct Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and Self-Employment Income Support Scheme payments from

Answer · 20 Jul 2026

The Government has not made an assessment of the total monetary value of insurance company deductions from business interruption insurance payouts.The Supreme Court published its final judgment in the FCA’s Business Interruption Insurance test case in 202...

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and Self-employment Income Support Scheme 14 Jul 2026 · Treasury

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the total monetary value of taxpayer-funded COVID-19 support payments, specifically the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme, that w

Answer · 20 Jul 2026

Private Rented Housing 14 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if the government will expand access to the Private Sector Rental Database and allow trusted partner status for estate agents to sync and share information.

Answer · 23 Jul 2026

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 13906 on 20 July 2026.

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Early day motions5 tabled

3 Nov 2021	Toy safety	41 sig.
25 Jun 2019	PUBLISHERS' ASSOCIATION'S CAMPAIGN AXE THE READING TAX	66 sig.
2 Apr 2019	CENTREPOINT'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY	90 sig.
23 Jan 2018	TACKLING SEX DISCRIMINATION	31 sig.
22 Feb 2017	LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY	9 sig.

Speeches in the chamber1,006 on record

16 Apr 2026 Business of the House

Hundreds of constituents on Acanthus Drive, Abercorn Way and Achilles Close face eviction threats, rent hikes and pressure to sign weaker tenancy agreements from their landlord Freshview and the freeholder BMR St James. Thankfully, they ha…

5 Mar 2026 Local Museums

Ms Lewell, given all the references to Dracula, I am tempted to point out what a shame it is that none of the bloodsuckers from Reform is here. Given the point the Minister has just made, I invite him—and colleagues—to visit the Golden Hin…

5 Mar 2026 Local Museums

I thank my hon. Friend for making an amazing speech and celebrating local history. In my constituency we have the Brunel Museum, which is a fantastic local resource covering engineering history, the Thames and the Brunel family. It makes a…

9 Feb 2026 Russian Influence on UK Politics and Democracy

Does the hon. Member also agree that there is a gap in the information that politicians and those who fund us need to supply? It cannot be acceptable for any Member, or any political leader in the UK, to forget that they met the Russian am…

28 Jan 2026 Youth Unemployment

Does the hon. Lady at least welcome the job guarantee for 18 to 21-year-olds? Does she think that that represents this Government working with employers such as the Premier League and the FA to create opportunities? Is that not in stark co…

21 Jan 2026 Engagements

Q6. Yesterday I welcomed Bermondsey PC Kevin Webster to Parliament, after his recognition as the Met’s Police Constable of the Year 2025. Will the Prime Minister commend Kevin for his local work, and that of Labour Southwark council’s am…

12 Jan 2026 Social Media: Non-consensual Sexual Deepfakes

I thank the Secretary of State for her action on this issue. What role does she think is being played by the tens of thousands of pounds taken by some, particularly on the right, from Musk’s disinformation and child porn generator, in spou…

16 Dec 2025 No Recourse to Public Funds: Homelessness

I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this debate. She is right that it is not cost free to do this. London councils spend tens of millions of pounds supporting families through emergency accommodation. Does she agree with the Select C…

15 Dec 2025 NHS: Winter Preparedness

I thank the Secretary of State and his whole team for all that they are doing to fix the NHS, including boosting the number of appointments by more than was in our manifesto last year. In Southwark, there is particular NHS pressure on GP a…

11 Nov 2025 Draft Radio Equipment (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025

indicated dissent.

5 Nov 2025 House Building: London

My intervention is similar. Under Sadiq Khan’s period in City Hall, there have been 8,236 Greater London Authority-funded affordable starts in my borough of Southwark, including 636 completions in the last year. That somewhat contradicts t…

23 Oct 2025 Building Safety Regulator

I congratulate my hon. Friends the Members for Milton Keynes North (Chris Curtis) and for Northampton South (Mike Reader) and the Backbench Business Committee on this debate. My hon. Friend talks about the frustration of a nine-month delay…

15 Oct 2025 Knife Crime

It was a point of order.

15 Oct 2025 Knife Crime

Wow, brilliant.

15 Oct 2025 Knife Crime

When we are done, yes.

15 Oct 2025 Knife Crime

It is a point of order, so just let me put it on the record.

15 Oct 2025 Knife Crime

Thank you, Ms McVey. Members are all required to not mislead, or accidentally mislead the House, and there is an issue with some of the figures that have just been presented. Could you encourage the hon. Member to either give the dates for…

15 Oct 2025 Knife Crime

On a point of order, Ms McVey.

15 Oct 2025 Knife Crime

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

15 Oct 2025 Knife Crime

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Source: contributions on parliament.uk.

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