Afzal Khan MP: votes, interests and costs
Afzal Khan represents Manchester Rusholme in the House of Commons for Labour and has done since 8 June 2017.
Offices and committees
Afzal Khan sits on one committee, according to the Parliament Members API.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Human Rights (Joint Committee) | 13 November 2024 | Current |
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Exports) | Department for Business and Trade | 7 September 2023 | 15 November 2023 |
| Shadow Minister (Justice) | Ministry of Justice | 4 December 2021 | 7 September 2023 |
| Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons | Office of the Leader of the House of Commons | 10 April 2020 | 4 December 2021 |
| Shadow Minister (Home Office) (Immigration) | Home Office | 3 July 2017 | 10 April 2020 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 7cc7176052c9.
Register of interests
Afzal Khan has 6 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, the earliest registered on 5 July 2017 and the latest on 9 March 2026. By category: Visits outside the UK (4), Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (1), Land and property (within or outside the UK) (1). Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
British recorded music industry Ltd - £3,432.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Two tickets to the Brit Awards in a suite. This included seats to the show, food and drink provided and access to the after show event
- Value of the benefit: £3,432.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-02-28
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-02-28
- Name of the donor: British recorded music industry Ltd
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: British recorded music industry Ltd
International visit to Turkey between 15 February 2026 and 17 February 2026
- Purpose of the visit: To deliver a lecture at Necmettin Erbakan University
- Date Member left the UK: 2026-02-15
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2026-02-17
International visit to Turkey between 15 December 2025 and 19 December 2025
- Purpose of the visit: To attend a conference at the invitation of the Mayor of Konya.
- Date Member left the UK: 2025-12-15
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2025-12-19
International visit to Italy between 05 November 2025 and 09 November 2025
- Purpose of the visit: Attended the Concordia Forum
- Date Member left the UK: 2025-11-05
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2025-11-09
International visit to Bahrain between 30 October 2025 and 03 November 2025
- Purpose of the visit: Invited to the Manama Dialogue.
- Date Member left the UK: 2025-10-30
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2025-11-03
Business in Manchester
- Location of the land or property: Manchester
- A description of the property: Dental surgery , used by a family member
- The number of properties this interest relates to: 1
- Country in which the land or property is located: United Kingdom
- The type of property: Business
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 27 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
IPSA, the body that sets and pays MPs' business costs, records staffing spending of £194,633 for Afzal Khan in 2024-25 against a budget of £250,820. The figure for 2023-24 was £189,728. IPSA lists office spending of £18,891 in the same year. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £194,632.50 | £189,727.82 | £184,708.72 |
| Office costs: spent | £18,890.96 | £19,193.84 | £18,719.96 |
| Accommodation: spent | £25,791.84 | £24,060.35 | £23,897.71 |
| Winding-up: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £8,551.74 | £10,354.26 | £11,318.51 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £33,020, staffing £250,820, accommodation £29,290 (Standard non-London area budget; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Manchester Rusholme BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Constituency Support Manager (permanent part time), Office Manager (permanent full time), Caseworker (permanent full time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent part time), Caseworker (fixed term part time), Parliamentary Assistant (fixed term full time), Office Manager/Senior Parl Assistant (fixed term full time), Researcher (fixed term full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
The Commons Votes API records 495 votes by Afzal Khan in divisions since 4 July 2024. Of these, 43 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The latest 30 votes on bills and motions are below, from 6 July 2026 to 21 October 2026. On 21 October 2026 Afzal Khan voted No on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 27 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Since 4 July 2024, 448 written questions have been tabled by Afzal Khan, the parliamentary record shows. The latest 10 were addressed to Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Treasury, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and 1 other departments.
Israeli Settlements
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has discussed the Balfour Declaration of 1917 with his Israeli counterpart in the context of Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories since 8 Se …
Occupied Territories: Demolition
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to paragraphs 209 to 213 of the International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion of 19 July 2024, what representations he has made to the Government of Israel o …
Capital Investment
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of the estimate in the September 2026 Oxford Economics report, titled The UK’s Investment Shortfall, that closing the UK’s busin …
Offshore Industry: Climate Change
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps she is taking to align UK oil and gas production with climate targets.
Air Pollution: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to support the introduction of a new Clean Air Act with statutory air quality targets aligned with WHO guidelines.
Air Pollution: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that improvements in air quality are maintained by local authorities which have achieved compliance and had statutory air quality directions lifted.
Air Pollution: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will give local and strategic authorities the guidance, resources and funding to tackle poor indoor air quality.
Air Pollution: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will develop a national approach to indoor air quality that brings together housing, planning and public health.
Air Pollution: Departmental Coordination
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to coordinate transport, health, housing and environmental policy to reduce air pollution and exposure.
Air Pollution: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance, capability standards and funding her Department provides to strategic authorities and mayors to help them improve air quality.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 717e546469c6. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Afzal Khan.
2024 general election
Afzal Khan won Manchester Rusholme at the general election of 4 July 2024 with 15,054 votes (51.9%), a majority of 8,235 over Thirza Asanga-Rae (Green Party). Result as published: Lab hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Manchester Rusholme figures
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.