MP for Kensington and Bayswater
“A party-loyal, left‑leaning backbench MP with unusually low voting attendance.”
Joe Powell is Labour MP for Kensington and Bayswater, elected in 2024. He serves on the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee and contributed to the Public Office (Accountability) Bill committee in late 2025. He has recorded relatively low parliamentary attendance compared with his party.
Powell has 100% party loyalty with zero rebel votes, and sits on the left side of the political spectrum. He consistently votes for workers’ rights and trade union powers, and generally supports bus services regulation and protest rights. He tends to oppose stricter prison sentencing and renter protections, and his votes on Universal Credit, mental health services, transgender rights and VAT show a mixed pattern.
Declares six financial interests: donations and other support for MP activities; gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources; land or property holdings (UK or abroad); and miscellaneous interests.
Generated 21 February 2026
How this MP participates in parliamentary votes. These numbers describe activity, not effectiveness.
How often this MP votes
Labour (Co-op) average: 34%
The percentage of parliamentary votes (divisions) this MP participated in. MPs may miss votes for legitimate reasons including ministerial duties, constituency work, or illness.
How often this MP votes with their party
Labour (Co-op) average: 99%
Estimated from voting record, not self-declared. This is a simplified model — real politics is more complex than a single axis.
2 positions
Public Office (Accountability) Bill
Nov 2025 - Dec 2025
Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Oct 2024 - Oct 2025
Figures include only interests with declared monetary values from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Some categories (e.g. hospitality, overseas visits) may not have monetary values recorded, so the total may not reflect all declared interests.
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
NOSteel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill
King's Speech Motion for an Address
AYEKing's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p)
NOKing's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l)
NOKing's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o)
NOKing's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)
NODraft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
AYEDraft Asylum Seekers (Reception Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
AYEPension Schemes Bill: Government Motion relating to Lords Reason 88X
AYECollective Defined Contribution Pension Schemes Bill
Privilege
NOCrime and Policing Bill: Government motion in relation to LA439
AYECrime and Policing Bill
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026
AYEEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Government motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98
AYEEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Government motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41
AYEEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Government motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37
AYEEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
The percentage of votes where this MP voted the same way as the majority of their party. High loyalty is typical; most MPs vote with their party on most issues.
Rebel votes
Times this MP voted differently from the majority of their party. This can reflect independent judgement, but context matters — some rebel votes are on procedural matters, others on major policy.
