At a glanceMichael Wheeler is a Labour MP for Worsley and Eccles, and has represented the seat for 2 years. They have cast 511 votes in Commons divisions (89% attendance), tabled 145 written questions and registered 2 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Michael Wheeler did not vote in 64. 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
- Committee of Privileges Committee since 3 Mar 2025
- Committee on Standards Committee since 3 Mar 2025
- Procedure Committee Committee since 4 Nov 2024
- Worsley and Eccles 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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Gareth Snell
Labour (Co-op)
100.0% · 453 of 453 shared votes
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Sir Nicholas Dakin
Labour
100.0% · 441 of 441 shared votes
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Charlotte Nichols
Labour
100.0% · 440 of 440 shared votes
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Jas Athwal
Labour
100.0% · 440 of 440 shared votes
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Josh MacAlister
Labour
100.0% · 439 of 439 shared votes
Votes least like
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Mr Mark Francois
Conservative
0.7% · 2 of 298 shared votes
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Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Conservative
0.7% · 1 of 152 shared votes
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Sir Roger Gale
Conservative
1.0% · 3 of 304 shared votes
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Alex Burghart
Conservative
1.1% · 4 of 350 shared votes
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Andrew Griffith
Conservative
1.2% · 4 of 323 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.
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources1
- World Rugby Ltd - £386.40 (registered 1 Oct 2025)
Miscellaneous1
- Labour Party Staff Superannuation Scheme trustee. This is an unpaid role. (registered 30 Jul 2024)
Written questions
Maritime and Coastguard Agency: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason the Maritime and Coastguard Agency changed the operating model of the Coastguard Rescue Service to an unpaid model rather making changes necessary to reflect the Court of Appeal judgment in Mari
Answer · 16 Jul 2026
The Department for Transport has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.
Working Hours
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2026 to Question 9197 and with reference to page 19, paragraph 62 of his Department's impact assessment entitled ZHCs - Right to Guaranteed Hours, published 21 October
Answer · 13 Jul 2026
The government has published the 2024 guaranteed hours impact assessment, including the results of the sensitivity analysis referred to in paragraph 62. The impact assessment made clear that many policy details, including eligibility and the process for m...
Working Hours
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2026 to Question 9197, and with reference to page 19, paragraph 62 of his Department's impact assessment entitled ZHCs - Right to Guaranteed Hours, published 21 Octobe
Answer · 13 Jul 2026
The 2024 guaranteed hours impact assessment clarifies that many policy details, including eligibility and the process for making offers, would be set in secondary legislation following consultation. To account for this uncertainty, the impact assessment u...
Working Hours
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2026 to Question 9197, and with reference to his Department's publication entitled Employment Rights Act 2025: economic analysis and enactment summary impact assessmen
Answer · 14 Jul 2026
The government’s preference is for the hours threshold for the right to guaranteed hours to be between 8 and 20 hours per week, on the basis that options in this range are more likely to provide a favourable balance of costs and benefits. A baseline of 8 ...
Working Hours
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2026 to Question 9197, and with reference to his Department's impact assessment entitled ZHCs - Right to Guaranteed Hours, published 21 October 2024, for what policy r
Answer · 14 Jul 2026
The government’s preference is for the hours threshold for the right to guaranteed hours to be between 8 and 20 hours per week, on the basis that options in this range are more likely to provide a favourable balance of costs and benefits. A baseline of 8 ...
Animal Experiments: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2026 to Question 4646, how the Animals in Science Regulation Unit (ASRU) ensures statutory requirements are met in practice when granting generic licences for regulato
Answer · 6 Jul 2026
Trained Home Office Inspectors assess applications for animal research on a case-by-case basis. All such research must meet the rigorous legal and ethical requirements set out in the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.The use of animals in scientifi...
Animal Experiments: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2026 to Question 4648, what assessment her Department has made of whether the statutory Home Office guidance used by inspectors and the Animal Welfare and Ethical Revi
Answer · 6 Jul 2026
The Home Office keeps guidance related to the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASPA) under review. Regular independent advice is obtained through commissioning the independent statutory advisory body – the Animals in Science Committee (ASC). The ...
Animal Experiments: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2026 to Question 4646, what assessment her Department has made for the implications for her policies of page 14 of the The Animals in Science Committee’s Non-Human Pri
Answer · 6 Jul 2026
The Government has considered the implications of the Animals in Science Committee’s advice, including the findings on page 14 of its October 2024 report on non-human primates used in service licences. The Minister for the Home Office (Lord Hanson of Flin...
Speeches in the chamber
21 May 2026 Business of the House
A recently elected Reform councillor in my constituency believes that the best way to regenerate Eccles, which he described as a problem area, is to turn it into the UK’s Dubai. It might surprise him to learn that the council has already b…
28 Apr 2026 Topical Questions
T9. This Labour Government have ensured that, as of this month, workers in Worsley and Eccles and across the country get sick pay from day one, including low-paid workers. As chair of the USDAW parliamentary group, and having campaigned…
28 Apr 2026 Cost of Living: Worsley and Eccles
I strongly welcome the steps that the Government have taken to bring down my constituents’ energy bills from the start of this month. However, the effects of the war in Iran are now beginning to feed through into higher food prices. Pressu…
28 Apr 2026 Cost of Living: Worsley and Eccles
2. What steps she has taken to help support people with the cost of living in Worsley and Eccles constituency.
24 Mar 2026 Topical Questions
T3. I welcome the upcoming drop next week in the energy price cap, which I know will help my constituents. With the Government’s focus on the cost of living, we are all concerned that events in the middle east will trigger a price shock …
10 Mar 2026 Cost of Living: Families
While cost of living pressures are affecting people across my constituency of Worsley and Eccles, young families face a perfect storm. Whether it is housing costs, expensive childcare or student loans, many young families are struggling, a…
10 Mar 2026 Cost of Living: Families
9. What fiscal steps she has taken to help reduce the cost of living for families.
23 Feb 2026 Topical Questions
In my constituency of Worsley and Eccles, residents of Peel Green and the surrounding area, including the enthusiastic pupils of Salford City academy, are looking to get their hands on the Pride in Place money. What steps are the Governmen…
28 Jan 2026 Animal Testing
I thank my hon. Friend for another valuable intervention. I agree with her. The Government’s strategy contains a range of positive measures, such as increasing funding for human-specific technologies, but we can move faster—more, we hav…
28 Jan 2026 Animal Testing
I think it will come as no surprise to my hon. Friend that I do agree with him, and I will be making that very call. We are in a good place when it comes to the development of alternatives. I therefore welcome the publication of the Gov…
28 Jan 2026 Animal Testing
I of course agree, and I have some information that will illustrate the point and the importance of inspections. In 2024, just 68 establishments were audited across Great Britain. Only 10 of the inspections were unannounced. That represen…
28 Jan 2026 Animal Testing
Of course. It will surprise my hon. Friend not at all that I agree. I will come to the wider context and wider solutions, but at this time, although we can look to improve the situation, we must absolutely look to make sure that current re…
28 Jan 2026 Animal Testing
I thank my hon. Friend for her intervention, and of course I agree. ASRU is tasked with licensing animal experiments and, importantly, ensuring compliance with the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986. The reason for the Act is to p…
28 Jan 2026 Animal Testing
I beg to move, That this House has considered non-compliance animal testing incidents in laboratories. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Western. The uncomfortable backdrop of today’s debate is that animal experiment…
15 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill
I wonder whether the hon. Member accepts that, as a number of colleagues have drawn to the House’s attention, the current system has a perverse incentive that pushes people towards a more complicated tribunal system that seeks to identify …
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill
Will the hon. Lady give way?
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill
I am perplexed and confused by what I am hearing. Does the hon. Member appreciate that by moving the goalposts once again, and delaying this crucial Bill once again, she is leaving an open goal for unscrupulous employers?
18 Nov 2025 Northern Ireland Troubles Bill
I will keep my remarks brief, because many valued voices are yet to be heard in this debate. I welcome the Bill. Northern Ireland has a special place in my heart. It gave me my mum and treasured memories of time with family, and it will al…
13 Nov 2025 Business of the House
Many of my constituents use the Warburton toll bridge to get to work, visit family and go about their everyday lives. However, residents in Irlam and Cadishead have been arbitrarily excluded from the local resident discount scheme, meanin…
5 Nov 2025 Employment Rights Bill
I thank my good and hon. Friend for giving way. Millions of workers, including those on zero-hours contracts, stand to benefit from the measures in the Bill. Does she agree that the amendments tabled by Liberal Democrat peers on the right …
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Committee memberships
- Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL] 13 May 2025 – 15 May 2025
- Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill [HL] 5 Feb 2025 – 11 Feb 2025
- Employment Rights Bill 13 Nov 2024 – 16 Jan 2025
- Renters’ Rights Bill 16 Oct 2024 – 5 Nov 2024
Expenses
Contact & offices
0161 768 4134
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
Suite 10, Moorfield House, 2a Moorside Road, Worsley, M27 0EW
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Michael Wheeler, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Michael Wheeler?
Michael Wheeler is a Member of Parliament representing Worsley and Eccles in the House of Commons. See Michael Wheeler's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Michael Wheeler represent?
Michael Wheeler sits as Labour. See Michael Wheeler's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Michael Wheeler represent?
Michael Wheeler is the Member of Parliament for Worsley and Eccles. See Michael Wheeler's official Parliament profile.
How long has Michael Wheeler been an MP?
Michael Wheeler has served in the House of Commons for 2 years. See Michael Wheeler's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Michael Wheeler?
Michael Wheeler has 2 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Michael Wheeler's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.