Member of Parliament
Carla Denyer
Green Party MP for Bristol Central
Green Spokesperson (Science, Innovation and Technology)·Green Spokesperson (Energy and Net Zero)·Green Spokesperson (Women and Equalities)
At a glanceCarla Denyer is a Green Party MP for Bristol Central, and has represented the seat for 2 years. They currently serve as Green Spokesperson (Science, Innovation and Technology). They have cast 426 votes in Commons divisions (74% attendance), tabled 173 written questions and registered 10 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Carla Denyer did not vote in 148. 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 undertakes the roles of Green Spokesperson (Energy and Net Zero), Green Spokesperson (Science, Innovation and Technology), and Green Spokesperson (Women and Equalities).
Current roles
- Green Spokesperson (Science, Innovation and Technology) Opposition post · Opposition Department since 4 Jul 2024
- Green Party Party since 4 Jul 2024
- Green Spokesperson (Energy and Net Zero) Opposition post · Opposition Department since 4 Jul 2024
- Green Spokesperson (Women and Equalities) Opposition post · Opposition Department since 4 Jul 2024
- Bristol Central Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Hannah Spencer
Green Party
100.0% · 92 of 92 shared votes
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Siân Berry
Green Party
99.7% · 390 of 391 shared votes
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Dr Ellie Chowns
Green Party
99.7% · 386 of 387 shared votes
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Adrian Ramsay
Green Party
99.7% · 297 of 298 shared votes
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Jeremy Corbyn
Your Party
89.7% · 217 of 242 shared votes
Votes least like
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Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Conservative
20.3% · 27 of 133 shared votes
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Suella Braverman
Reform UK
23.7% · 41 of 173 shared votes
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Sir Jeremy Wright
Conservative
24.4% · 53 of 217 shared votes
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Harriet Cross
Conservative
24.6% · 67 of 272 shared votes
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Andrew Griffith
Conservative
24.9% · 66 of 265 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.
Employment and earnings1
- Gameshow guest appearances - ITV Studios Limited (registered 10 Dec 2024)
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments1
- Payment received on 08 December 2025 - £1,800.00 (registered 11 Dec 2025)
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources3
- ITV STUDIOS LIMITED - £855.40 (registered 11 Dec 2025)
- Greenbelt Festivals - £980.92 (registered 15 Sep 2025)
- Incisive Business Media - £495.00 (registered 2 Jul 2025)
Miscellaneous5
- Vice Chair of the Climate and Nature Crisis Caucus. This is an unpaid role. (registered 19 Nov 2025)
- Unpaid director of Company [name redacted]. (registered 29 Jul 2024)
- Member of ACORN Community Union. (registered 29 Jul 2024)
- Shares (not registrable under Category 7) in Bristol Community Energy Ltd, Bristol Energy Cooperative. (registered 28 Jul 2024)
- Co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales. (registered 28 Jul 2024)
Written questions
Asylum: Suicide
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 4 December 2024 to Question 16565 on Suicide: Asylum and Refugees, whether the near to real time suspected suicide surveillance system was expanded to include intell
Answer · 8 Jul 2026
The Department and the police are working together to expand the data used in the near to Real Time Suspected Suicide Surveillance system in a way that has a wider purpose but includes the potential to improve intelligence on refugees and asylum seekers. ...
Care Leavers: Death
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the national review of care-leaver deaths announced on 16 April 2026, whether the review will examine deaths of unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people who have left care.
Answer · 2 Jun 2026
The government is committed to reviewing and addressing the number of early deaths amongst care experienced young people. We recognise that unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and care leavers can be some of the most vulnerable people in our society bec...
Asylum: Suicide
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education and Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on (a) trends in the level of suicide among young asy
Answer · 27 May 2026
The Home Secretary engages regularly with ministerial colleagues across government on a range of issues relating to asylum, including safeguarding and the welfare of vulnerable individuals.The Home Office works closely with the Department for Education, t...
Asylum: Death and Suicide
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce (a) suicide and (b) deaths amongst young asylum seekers.
Answer · 8 Jul 2026
The Government is determined to address the unacceptably high number of early deaths among care experienced young people, including unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and care leavers, who can be among the most vulnerable in society due to their experi...
Life Expectancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the gap in healthy life expectancy between Bristol Central and the rest of the UK.
Answer · 5 Jun 2026
Healthy life expectancy at birth in the City of Bristol is currently 60.1 years for both males and females. This compares to the England average of 60.9 years for males and 61.3 years for females, and the United Kingdom average of 60.7 years for males and...
Offshore Industry: Fines
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the existing cap on fines for offshore oil and gas companies for breaches of environmental regulations.
Answer · 27 May 2026
The Government expects offshore oil and gas operators to meet the highest environmental standards and supports appropriate enforcement action where non-compliance occurs. A range of enforcement powers is already available in respect of breaches of offshor...
Social Rented Housing: Heating
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the risk of overheating in social housing.
Answer · 27 May 2026
All social homes should meet at least a minimum standard of thermal comfort.My Department made an assessment of subjective overheating through the English Housing Survey, which found that in 2024 10.6% of social housing households reported at least one pa...
Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to Written Statement of 24 March 2026 on Future Homes and Building Standards, HCWS1445, whether the technical review of Approved Document O of the Building Regulat
Answer · 22 May 2026
Part O was introduced in 2021 to reduce the risk of overheating in new residential buildings. In the response to the Future Homes and Buildings Standards consultation, the Government committed to a full technical review of Part O to ensure it is effective...
Early day motions
| 18 May 2026 | Statutory rights for trade union future-proofing jobs representatives | 17 sig. |
| 26 Mar 2026 | Statutory rights for trade union future-proofing jobs representatives | 13 sig. |
| 26 Mar 2026 | Decoupling the price of gas from electricity | 22 sig. |
| 26 Mar 2026 | Higher education funding (No. 2) | 10 sig. |
| 14 Oct 2025 | Indefinite leave to remain and settlement | 15 sig. |
| 15 Sep 2025 | Wealth taxes | 7 sig. |
Speeches in the chamber
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Green-led Bristol city council received glowing peer review from the Local Government Association this month, specifically noting how moving to a committee system has strengthened democratic engagement and transparency. It also, by the way…
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Will the Minister give way?
21 Apr 2026 Middle East: Economic Update
I am relieved that the Government are now committed to breaking the price link between expensive gas and cheap renewables, but given that the proposed solution is voluntary for electricity generators, how will the Chancellor ensure that th…
21 Apr 2026 Middle East: Economic Update
I am relieved that the Government are now committed to breaking—[Interruption.]
24 Mar 2026 Oil and Gas
No, I will not. I will continue for now. What the shadow Secretary of State’s motion would achieve is the raising of a lot of money. When war inflates oil and gas prices, fossil fuel bosses cash in. Just five companies made nearly half …
24 Mar 2026 Oil and Gas
My reliance is on the evidence, which shows that 93% of recoverable oil and gas in the British parts of the North sea has already been extracted. Whatever does remain will be sold on the international market to the highest bidder, as many …
24 Mar 2026 Oil and Gas
I beg the right hon. Lady’s pardon, but they say I am wrong about what?
24 Mar 2026 Oil and Gas
No, I will not, thank you—I will carry on. [Interruption.] Fine, I will give way.
24 Mar 2026 Oil and Gas
Those Members answered the challenges from the shadow Secretary of State, so I will move on, given the limit on time. Given that the measures proposed in the motion will not secure our energy supply, protect jobs or bring down bills, wh…
24 Mar 2026 Oil and Gas
There is simply no case for opening new oil and gas wells in the North sea, for approving Rosebank and Jackdaw, or for removing the windfall tax from oil and gas companies. It is inaccurate, irresponsible and immoral for the shadow Secreta…
23 Mar 2026 Puberty Blockers Clinical Trial
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Mundell. As an MP, I hear far too often from young trans and gender-questioning people and their families who are unable to get the treatment they need. It is important in this debate t…
19 Mar 2026 Climate Change
Will the hon. Lady give way?
19 Mar 2026 Climate Change
I am just coming to an end. We must leave no stone unturned, whether it is housing standards, taxation, jobs, transport, energy, defence or food. That is my main message today, and I hope the Government are open to hearing it. It is imp…
19 Mar 2026 Climate Change
I thank the hon. Member for Basingstoke (Luke Murphy), my fellow member of the all-party parliamentary group on climate change, for securing this debate. The climate and nature emergencies are the most pressing issue of our time. They go t…
9 Mar 2026 Social Cohesion Action Plan
Muslim people across the country face intensifying, dehumanising and often violent racism every day. Now that we have a definition, I am desperate for the conversation to move towards action. How quickly will the Government now move from d…
9 Mar 2026 Immigration Policy
Aside from the cruelty of asking people who have fled war and persecution to re-justify their already-recognised refugee status every 30 months, how does the Minister plan to pay for this huge additional administrative burden? As we have h…
5 Mar 2026 Local Museums
The hon. Member is making an important speech, and is particularly talking about small independently run museums. Does she agree that, since many local museums are owned and run by local authorities and face the risk of closure because of …
10 Feb 2026 Topical Questions
T8. I hope the Secretary of State has seen the reports that show that the proposed Rosebank oil field, as well as being a climate catastrophe, risks breaking international law. If approved, Rosebank’s profits could flow to Delek Group, a …
9 Feb 2026 Indefinite Leave to Remain: Poverty
Some 300,000 children living legally in the UK will face a decade of living in limbo under the Government’s earned settlement proposals, according to new research out this week by the Institute for Public Policy Research. Those children’s …
9 Feb 2026 Indefinite Leave to Remain: Poverty
5. What assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to indefinite leave to remain on the number of people living in poverty.
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Opposition posts
- Green Spokesperson (Immigration) · Opposition Department 4 Jul 2024 – 1 Jun 2026
Other posts
- Co-Leader of the Green Party 1 Oct 2021 – 2 Sep 2025
Committee memberships
- Environmental Audit Committee 21 Oct 2025 – 8 Jun 2026
- Renters’ Rights Bill 16 Oct 2024 – 5 Nov 2024
Elections contested
- Bristol West 12 Dec 2019
Expenses
Source: IPSA (OGL v3.0)
Contact & offices
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Carla Denyer, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Carla Denyer?
Carla Denyer is a Member of Parliament representing Bristol Central in the House of Commons. See Carla Denyer's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Carla Denyer represent?
Carla Denyer sits as Green Party. See Carla Denyer's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Carla Denyer represent?
Carla Denyer is the Member of Parliament for Bristol Central. See Carla Denyer's official Parliament profile.
How long has Carla Denyer been an MP?
Carla Denyer has served in the House of Commons for 2 years. See Carla Denyer's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Carla Denyer?
Carla Denyer has 10 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Carla Denyer's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.