MP for Barking
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
“A party-loyal Labour MP with a housing focus who has rebelled on end-of-life amendments.”
Nesil Caliskan is the Labour (Co-op) MP for Barking, elected in 2024. She is currently a government minister as Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Housing, Communities and Local Government (since May 2026) and serves on the Licensing Hours Extensions Bill committee; her career also includes experience on the Public Accounts Committee and as a government whip, with roles relating to planning, infrastructure and finance bills.
Caliskan shows very high party loyalty (99%) but very low attendance (15%), with four rebel votes. She sits on the left of the spectrum (29/100). Her record generally supports workers’ rights, trade union powers, protest rights, mental health services, and renter protections, while opposing prison sentencing; she has mixed votes on Universal Credit, VAT changes, and transgender rights.
Declares one financial interest in land or property (within or outside the UK).
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.
8 positions
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
Since May 2026
Licensing Hours Extensions Bill
Since Jun 2025
Railways Bill
Jan 2026 - Feb 2026
Committee of Selection
Sept 2025 - May 2026
Comptroller (HM Household) (Whip, House of Commons)
Sept 2025 - Sept 2026
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
Apr 2025 - May 2025
Finance Bill
Jan 2025 - Jan 2025
Public Accounts 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: amendment (i)
NOParliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
Government role · 12 May 2026
Crime and Policing Bill: Government motion in relation to LA439
AYECrime and Policing Bill
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Govt Motion to insist on Amdt 38J and disagree with Amdts 38V to 38X
AYEChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026
Pensions Schemes Bill: Govt motion relating to Lords Reason 88D
AYEDraft 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
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Government motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 36
AYEEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Government motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26
AYEEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Government motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 13
AYEEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Government motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4
AYEEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Government motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2
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.
