At a glanceDaniel Zeichner is a Labour MP for Cambridge, and has represented the seat for 11 years, 2 months. They have cast 437 votes in Commons divisions (76% attendance), tabled 1,768 written questions and registered 2 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Daniel Zeichner did not vote in 138. 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
Current roles
- Science, Innovation and Technology Committee Committee since 27 Oct 2025
- Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill Committee since 21 May 2025
- Cambridge Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
- Labour Party since 7 May 2015
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Alex Mayer Labour 100.0% · 431 of 431 shared votes
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Rachel Hopkins
Labour
100.0% · 427 of 427 shared votes
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Paul Davies
Labour
100.0% · 423 of 423 shared votes
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Steve Yemm
Labour
100.0% · 417 of 417 shared votes
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Chris Vince
Labour (Co-op)
100.0% · 417 of 417 shared votes
Votes least like
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Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Conservative
0.0% · 0 of 128 shared votes
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Alex Burghart
Conservative
0.3% · 1 of 310 shared votes
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Saqib Bhatti
Conservative
0.3% · 1 of 306 shared votes
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Priti Patel
Conservative
0.4% · 1 of 269 shared votes
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Sir Geoffrey Cox
Conservative
0.5% · 1 of 204 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.
Register of financial interests
From the official Register; shown as registered.
Shareholdings1
- Shares in Pettitts Ltd (registered 4 Jun 2015)
Miscellaneous1
- A Director of the Industry & Parliament Trust. This is an unpaid role. (registered 8 Mar 2023)
Written questions
Home Care Services: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the (a) Department for Housing, Communities and Local Government and (b) Local Government Association on the non-payment of travel time for homecare workers
Answer · 2 Jul 2026
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Leeds East on 16 June 2026 to Question 8678.
Home Care Services: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with local councils on the non-payment for travel time between care visits for homecare workers.
Answer · 2 Jul 2026
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Leeds East on 16 June 2026 to Question 8678.
UK Visas and Immigration: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms exist to ensure accountability for decision-making within UK Visas and Immigration.
Awaiting an answer from the Home Office.
Visas: Overseas Students
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has considered the potential merits of commissioning an independent review of the student visa decision-making process within UK Visas and Immigration.
Awaiting an answer from the Home Office.
Fossil Fuels
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to help reduce levels of dependence on international fossil fuel markets.
Answer · 24 Mar 2026
Since coming to office this government has secured enough renewables in our two record breaking auctions to power the equivalent of 23 million homes and embarked on the biggest nuclear building programme in half a century. Only by going further and faster...
Clean Energy: East of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the report by the East of England APPG and Local Government East entitled, Opportunity East: One Year On, published in November 2025, what assessment he has made of the pote
Answer · 26 Jan 2026
The Government recognises the East of England’s contribution to clean energy generation and the Clean Power 2030 mission. It is the home of Sizewell C. The region has also secured the highest offshore wind capacity allocation in AR7, with just over 6GW, d...
Public Expenditure: East of England
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the report by the East of England APPG and Local Government East, published on 25 November 2025, entitled Opportunity East: One Year On; and what
Answer · 26 Jan 2026
The government’s approach to regional growth will drive growth in city regions, towns and communities and make the most of the opportunities in each part of the country, to make everyone better off. The government recognises the vital contribution the Eas...
Economic Growth: East of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the East of England APPG and Local Government East's report entitled Opportunity East One Year On, published on 19 November 2025.
Answer · 23 Jan 2026
The Government welcomes the Opportunity East One Year On report. To support the region, the Chancellor unveiled the OxCam Growth Corridor last year which has the potential to boost the economy by up to £78bn by 2035. This initiative is supported by East-W...
Early day motions
| 17 Oct 2019 | Safety of taxi and private hire sector | 34 sig. |
| 4 Jul 2019 | VIOLENCE IN SUDAN | 24 sig. |
| 5 Mar 2019 | PAY FOR CIVIL SERVANTS | 36 sig. |
| 1 Nov 2018 | TACKLING DIGITAL EXCLUSION | 19 sig. |
| 15 Jun 2018 | ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE CAUSED BY BALLOONS | 9 sig. |
| 26 Mar 2018 | STREET CHILD WORLD CUP 2018 | 17 sig. |
Speeches in the chamber
7 Jul 2026 Agrivoltaics
I commend the Secretary of State and his team for their determination and resolve in the transfer to renewables. In the extraordinary and unprecedented weather that we are having at the moment I can assure the House that some shade would b…
7 Jul 2026 Agrivoltaics
8. What recent assessment he has made of the potential contribution of agrivoltaics to clean energy generation in England.
24 Jun 2026 Farming Road Map and Profitability Review
I commend all the hard work that has gone into both the road map and the profitability review by the civil servants, the ministerial team and so many people across the sector, including Baroness Batters. Does the Secretary of State agree w…
23 Jun 2026 Forest City: West Suffolk
On that point about speculative building, I appreciate that the hon. Gentleman is probably not a fan of big, bold projects of this kind, but does he agree that there is a very good example just down the road in Cambridge? The recent sale …
8 Jun 2026 Progression of Bills through Parliament
I can assure the right hon. Lady that there are many people in Cambridge who follow these things very closely, so I do not disagree. I also pay tribute to my friend Meg Russell from the constitution unit, who has become something of a g…
8 Jun 2026 Progression of Bills through Parliament
It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Sir Edward. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Sunderland Central (Lewis Atkinson) on the thoughtful and intelligent way he introduced the debate. As in every constituency, there a…
3 Jun 2026 Improving the UK Visa System
The hon. Member is absolutely right. I remember notorious problems with the system based in Croydon from when I was a teenager living there, so the issue goes back 50 or 60 years. The issue is important because it creates such uncertain…
3 Jun 2026 Improving the UK Visa System
As ever, it is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Stuart. I commend the hon. Member for Mid Bedfordshire (Blake Stephenson) on introducing this important debate. He will not be surprised to hear that I do not agree with everyth…
13 May 2026 Debate on the Address
This is a complicated set of issues. There has been a genuine change in the structure of the industry because of the legal cases to which the hon. Member refers. Over the years, out-of-area working has particularly troubled me; I hope we c…
13 May 2026 Debate on the Address
It is always a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon), just as it was a great pleasure to visit his beautiful constituency last week. Even though I do not agree with everything he said, he is a true gentleman. I wi…
10 Mar 2026 Technology Sovereignty
It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Ms Vaz. I congratulate the Chair of the Select Committee, my hon. Friend the Member for Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West (Dame Chi Onwurah). I have three quick anecdotal points and th…
2 Mar 2026 Representation of the People Bill
I congratulate my right hon. Friend on extending the franchise. Has he thought about the 4 million people who live in this country and do not have access to voting? There are 22,000 of those people in Cambridge. This is a complicated issue…
2 Mar 2026 Representation of the People Bill
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26 Feb 2026 Topical Questions
T5. In Cambridge, like in many other places, many new homes will be built in the coming years, but we need to build communities, not just houses, and a cultural component is absolutely key to that. Will the Minister tell us what he is do…
24 Feb 2026 EU Membership Referendum: Impact on the UK
It is a pleasure to speak with you in the Chair, Sir Desmond. I commend the hon. Member for Arbroath and Broughty Ferry (Stephen Gethins). There is a thirst to discuss this in the Chamber—apart from the shadow Minister’s side; he looks rat…
23 Feb 2026 Oxford-Cambridge Growth Corridor
I am grateful to my hon. Friend for the work he has been doing on this issue, and I was pleased to see the announcement of the consultation on the development corporation a few weeks ago. What further steps can we expect to be taken along …
23 Feb 2026 Oxford-Cambridge Growth Corridor
5. What recent assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the adequacy of progress on the delivery of the Oxford-Cambridge growth corridor.
23 Feb 2026 Firearms Licensing
My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. I want to pay tribute to a stalwart of the British Association for Shooting and Conservation, Christopher Graffius, who died in his sleep last week. There were many issues on which we had diffe…
11 Feb 2026 Engagements
Q13. Last week, the Government launched a consultation on establishing a growth development corporation for Cambridge. In the meantime, Peter Freeman, the chairman of the Cambridge Growth Company, is on the record as saying that Cambridg…
22 Jan 2026 Emergency Preparedness
The advice from the previous Government was that households should stockpile three day’s-worth of non-perishable food and water. This week, The Guardian has reported that other European countries are looking at creating strategic food rese…
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Government posts
- Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 8 Jul 2024 – 6 Sep 2025
Opposition posts
- Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 10 Apr 2020 – 30 May 2024
- Shadow Minister (Transport) · Department for Transport 18 Sep 2015 – 29 Jun 2017
Committee memberships
- Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Bill 13 May 2025 – 14 May 2025
- Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill 17 Apr 2024 – 24 Apr 2024
- Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill 22 Jun 2022 – 7 Jul 2022
- Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL] 9 Feb 2022 – 10 Feb 2022
- Animal (Penalty Notices) Bill 1 Dec 2021 – 8 Dec 2021
- Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill 3 Nov 2021 – 18 Nov 2021
- Taxi and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) Bill (England and Wales) 27 Oct 2021 – 3 Nov 2021
- Petitions Committee 12 Mar 2018 – 6 Nov 2019
- Transport Committee 11 Sep 2017 – 6 Nov 2019
- Science, Innovation and Technology Committee 13 Jul 2015 – 26 Oct 2015
Previous seats
- Cambridge · Elected 3 times 7 May 2015 – 30 May 2024
Elections contested
- Cambridge 6 May 2010
Expenses
Contact & offices
020 7219 4379
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Daniel Zeichner, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Daniel Zeichner?
Daniel Zeichner is a Member of Parliament representing Cambridge in the House of Commons. See Daniel Zeichner's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Daniel Zeichner represent?
Daniel Zeichner sits as Labour. See Daniel Zeichner's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Daniel Zeichner represent?
Daniel Zeichner is the Member of Parliament for Cambridge. See Daniel Zeichner's official Parliament profile.
How long has Daniel Zeichner been an MP?
Daniel Zeichner has served in the House of Commons for 11 years, 2 months. See Daniel Zeichner's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Daniel Zeichner?
Daniel Zeichner has 2 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Daniel Zeichner's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.