MP for Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket
“A party-loyal, centre-left backbencher who sits on the Home Affairs Committee and backs workers’ rights and public services.”
Peter Prinsley is a Labour (Co-op) MP for Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket, first elected in 2024. He currently serves on the Home Affairs Committee (since October 2025). The available information notes several declared financial interests across employment and earnings, land and property, miscellaneous items, and overseas visits.
Mr Prinsley has 100% party loyalty with no rebel votes, but he has a notably low voting attendance of 17% (compared with a party average of 34%). His voting record shows a mix of positions on Universal Credit, but a general pattern of supporting workers’ rights, trade union powers, bus services regulation, protest rights, mental health services, and VAT changes, while generally voting against transgender rights and stricter prison sentencing; he has supported a publicly owned railway.
Declares eight financial interests, including five related to employment and earnings; one entry for land and property; one miscellaneous interest; and one for visits 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.
2 positions
Health Bill
Since Jun 2026
Home Affairs Committee
Since 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.
Health Bill
Parliamentary role · 11 Jun 2026
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026
AYEArmed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13
NOArmed Forces Bill
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6
NOArmed Forces Bill
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5
NOArmed Forces Bill
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2
NOArmed Forces Bill
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
NOSteel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill
King'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
NOChildren's School and Wellbeing Bill: Motion relating to Lords Amendments 38V to 38X
AYENorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over (Motion)
AYENorthern Ireland Troubles Bill
Pension Schemes Bill: Motion relating to Lords Reason 88Q
AYECollective Defined Contribution Pension Schemes 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.
