MP for Vale of Glamorgan
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
Kanishka Narayan is the Labour (Co-op) MP for Vale of Glamorgan, elected in 2024. He serves as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology and sits on committees including the Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill and the Space Industry (Indemnities) Bill; he previously sat on the Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Bill committee in May 2025.
Mr Narayan has very high party loyalty at 99%, but his voting attendance is low at 15% (party average 33%). His voting record is mixed across topics, generally supporting trade unions and workers’ rights and renter protections, while voting against mental health services and transgender rights; he has shown a cautious approach to climate measures and prison sentencing and has opposed bus services regulation. He has two notable rebel votes in June 2025 by voting AYE on end-of-life clauses for Terminally Ill Adults against his party line.
Declared financial interests include two entries for donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP, and one entry for gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources.
Generated 21 February 2026
4 positions
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill
Since Jan 2026
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
Since Sept 2025
Space Industry (Indemnities) Bill
Since Jun 2025
Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Bill
May 2025 - May 2025
Based on parliamentary votes
has voted a mixture of ways on universal credit
has generally voted for trade union powers
has generally voted for workers rights protections
has voted a mixture of ways on vat changes
has generally voted against prison sentencing
has generally voted against bus services regulation
has generally voted for renter protections
has generally voted against transgender rights
Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2026-27
Local Government Finance Report (England) 2026-27
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading