Member of Parliament
Nesil Caliskan
Labour MP for Barking
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
At a glanceNesil Caliskan is a Labour MP for Barking, and has represented the seat for 2 years. They currently serve as Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government). They have cast 419 votes in Commons divisions (73% attendance), tabled 36 written questions and registered 1 financial interest.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Nesil Caliskan did not vote in 119. 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 Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government).
Current roles
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government) Government post · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government since 12 May 2026
- Licensing Hours Extensions Bill Committee since 4 Jun 2025
- Barking Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
- Labour Party since 4 Jul 2024
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Sojan Joseph
Labour
100.0% · 402 of 402 shared votes
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Liz Twist
Labour
100.0% · 392 of 392 shared votes
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Lola McEvoy
Labour
100.0% · 388 of 388 shared votes
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Laurence Turner
Labour
100.0% · 386 of 386 shared votes
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Gurinder Singh Josan
Labour
100.0% · 383 of 383 shared votes
Votes least like
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Victoria Atkins
Conservative
0.8% · 2 of 241 shared votes
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Sir Mel Stride
Conservative
1.2% · 3 of 241 shared votes
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Mark Garnier
Conservative
1.3% · 4 of 307 shared votes
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Kevin Hollinrake
Conservative
1.3% · 3 of 232 shared votes
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George Freeman
Conservative
1.4% · 3 of 211 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.
Land and property (within or outside the UK)1
- Property in London (registered 29 Jul 2024)
Written questions
Hate Crime: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the number of hate crime incidences recorded in (a) the Barking constituency and (b) London in each of the last 10 years.
Answer · 23 Jul 2025
The Home Office publishes official statistics on the number of hate crimes recorded by the police in England and Wales at the Police Force Area level.Data for the Metropolitan and City of London Police forces, for the year ending March 2024, can be found ...
Places of Worship Security Funding Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria her Department uses for allocating protective security funds to different religious groups under the places of worship protective security fund; and whether the number of reported religi
Answer · 23 Jul 2025
Funding allocations for the Home Office's protective security schemes for faith communities are informed by threat and risk. We draw on a range of information, such as data on religiously motivated hate crime and assessments from policing and intelligence...
Faith Schools and Mosques: Security
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help keep (a) mosques and (b) muslim faith schools secure.
Answer · 23 Jul 2025
This Government is committed to protecting the right of individuals to freely practise their religion at their chosen place of worship, and to making our streets and communities safer. The Government and police work closely together to review threats and ...
Religious Buildings: Security
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce levels of hate crime around places of worship.
Answer · 23 Jul 2025
This Government is committed to protecting the right of individuals to freely practise their religion at their chosen place of worship, and to making our streets and communities safer. The Government and police work closely together to review threats and ...
Religious Buildings: Security
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of protective security schemes for religious places of worship.
Answer · 23 Jul 2025
This Government is committed to protecting the right of individuals to freely practise their religion at their chosen place of worship, and to making our streets and communities safer. The Government and police work closely together to review threats and ...
Cyprus: Overseas Trade
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of lifting the trade embargo on the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
Answer · 4 Jul 2025
In accordance with the rest of the international community, with the sole exception of Turkey, the UK does not recognise the self-declared 'Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus' as an independent state. Several UN Security Council Resolutions, other multil...
Cyprus: Politics and Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps his Department is taking to support a political solution in Cyprus .
Answer · 7 Jul 2025
The UK is fully committed to supporting ongoing UN efforts to reach a Cyprus Settlement. I represented the UK at the informal talks in Geneva in March chaired by the UN Secretary General, where I encouraged all sides to engage constructively towards a Set...
Betting Shops: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to increase maximum licensing fees for Track Betting Premises to local authorities.
Answer · 18 Jun 2025
The fees that licensing authorities collect for premises licence applications and annual renewals are used to cover administration and enforcement costs. In England and Wales, local authorities can set their own licensing fees for gambling premises, inclu...
Speeches in the chamber
16 Jul 2026 Changing Places Toilets: Capital Funding
That is very generous of the right hon. Member. I again thank all Members for their contributions and provide my reassurance that MHCLG will be committed to doing everything it can to meet the challenges that our constituents face.
16 Jul 2026 Changing Places Toilets: Capital Funding
My hon. Friend is right to highlight the important point he made earlier. I was coming on to say that of course I absolutely welcome a dialogue with him, but also with the consortium that has been referenced in the debate, which does such …
16 Jul 2026 Changing Places Toilets: Capital Funding
I thank the hon. Lady for making that point. My hon. Friend the Member for Bexleyheath and Crayford and I have spent a long time in local government, so we know all too well that statutory services are under huge pressure and that choices …
16 Jul 2026 Changing Places Toilets: Capital Funding
I thank the hon. Member for her passionate advocacy. Since the fund was allocated, we have had a significant spending review through which moneys were allocated to local government. I will make the case for why decisions around spending ar…
16 Jul 2026 Changing Places Toilets: Capital Funding
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Alec. This is the second or third time we have been in the same debate this week, so Members are in competition with me. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Bexleyheath and Crayford …
15 Jul 2026 Estate Regeneration
Of course I will. The Department welcomes any engagement about that. I have to emphasise that the engagement process requires more than just a “yes or no” tick box, and the best regeneration and estate renewal programme demonstrate a long-…
15 Jul 2026 Estate Regeneration
Yes, and I have a long way to go. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Basingstoke (Luke Murphy) for securing this important debate and thank all Members for their contributions. Each one has provided an important perspective on the ch…
15 Jul 2026 Estate Regeneration
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Murrison. May I thank the shadow Minister, the hon. Member for Orpington (Gareth Bacon), for his generous words? I also thank the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon); he and I are …
14 Jul 2026 Coastal Communities: Isolation and Hidden Deprivation
I am of course very happy to pick that up separately with representatives from the devolved nations, especially in relation to health, because some of the principles obviously go beyond England. I thank Members for highlighting the chal…
14 Jul 2026 Coastal Communities: Isolation and Hidden Deprivation
I apologise but I am going to make some progress because I have very little time. Some coastal communities face the same housing crisis challenges as areas elsewhere in the country but, of course, particular characteristics of that cris…
14 Jul 2026 Coastal Communities: Isolation and Hidden Deprivation
It is as though the hon. Gentleman has read my notes; I was just about to come to that. I welcome the opportunity to address that point, which has long been debated in both Westminster Hall and the Chamber. Flexible working is of course im…
14 Jul 2026 Coastal Communities: Isolation and Hidden Deprivation
The hon. Lady and I have worked well together on Select Committees, and she advocates for her area incredibly well. Others across the political divide will agree with her important point. Rural communities are being addressed through a num…
14 Jul 2026 Coastal Communities: Isolation and Hidden Deprivation
I am happy to give way, but I will just say that after 14 years of austerity imposed on us by Conservatives and Lib Dems, Members should reflect on the multi-year settlement that local authorities are benefiting from.
14 Jul 2026 Coastal Communities: Isolation and Hidden Deprivation
I will make a little progress. Pride in Place funding is important, because £20 million, including for 50 coastal communities, is not nothing. Alongside that, the Pride in Place impact fund is delivering up to £143 million to 93 local auth…
14 Jul 2026 Coastal Communities: Isolation and Hidden Deprivation
The Pride in Place plan sets clear criteria: the first tranche of funding focused on deprivation, and the second focused on deprivation and community cohesion. I am happy to provide more information to the hon. Member. I recognise that not…
14 Jul 2026 Coastal Communities: Isolation and Hidden Deprivation
I will address that point later in my speech. More than 5 million residents live in 169 coastal towns across England and Wales, and they deserve a voice and a future. The Government’s commitment to doing that goes well beyond rhetoric. …
14 Jul 2026 Coastal Communities: Isolation and Hidden Deprivation
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Alec. I also welcome the shadow Minister, the hon. Member for Broxbourne (Lewis Cocking), to his place—although neither of us represents a coastal town. He and I have known each other …
1 Jul 2026 Regeneration in Reddish
I entirely agree that local government has for too long been underfunded, and we are, as a Labour Government, having to respond to 14 years of deep austerity. Having spent 10 years in local government, I would want to see more if the pot w…
1 Jul 2026 Regeneration in Reddish
I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Stockport (Navendu Mishra) for securing this debate, and for using this opportunity to highlight so powerfully not only the brilliant things about his constituency and Reddish, but the challenges that …
30 Jun 2026 High Streets
On car parks in particular, a review is under way; I am happy to write to the hon. Member to set out timelines for when we will have the responses. The point about rural communities is important, which is exactly why the Government are …
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Government posts
- Comptroller (HM Household) (Whip, House of Commons) · HM Household 7 Sep 2025 – 12 Sep 2026
Committee memberships
- Committee of Selection 9 Sep 2025 – 18 May 2026
- Railways Bill 7 Jan 2026 – 10 Feb 2026
- Public Accounts Committee 28 Oct 2024 – 27 Oct 2025
- Planning and Infrastructure Bill 24 Apr 2025 – 22 May 2025
- Finance Bill 22 Jan 2025 – 30 Jan 2025
Expenses
Contact & offices
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
Constituency Office
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Nesil Caliskan, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Nesil Caliskan?
Nesil Caliskan is a Member of Parliament representing Barking in the House of Commons. See Nesil Caliskan's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Nesil Caliskan represent?
Nesil Caliskan sits as Labour. See Nesil Caliskan's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Nesil Caliskan represent?
Nesil Caliskan is the Member of Parliament for Barking. See Nesil Caliskan's official Parliament profile.
How long has Nesil Caliskan been an MP?
Nesil Caliskan has served in the House of Commons for 2 years. See Nesil Caliskan's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Nesil Caliskan?
Nesil Caliskan has 1 entry in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Nesil Caliskan's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.