Chris Kane MP: votes, interests and costs
Chris Kane (Labour) is the MP for Stirling and Strathallan, elected on 4 July 2024.
Offices and committees
Chris Kane sits on 2 committees, according to the Parliament Members API.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Space Industry (Indemnities) Bill | 18 June 2025 | Current |
| Public Accounts Committee | 28 October 2024 | Current |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Rare Cancers Bill | 26 June 2025 | 2 July 2025 |
| Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL] | 13 May 2025 | 15 May 2025 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 1d24aaf1cd7d.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests lists 2 entries for Chris Kane: Miscellaneous (1), Shareholdings (1). The most recent was registered on 17 July 2024. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Unpaid Director with Bee Herd Media Ltd.
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Shares in Bee Herd Media Ltd
- Registrable threshold for this shareholding interest: (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
- Name of the company or partnership: Bee Herd Media Ltd
- Nature of the company or partnership's business: marketing consultancy and digital content creation
- Held jointly or on behalf of a spouse, partner, or dependent child: jointly with my wife
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 27 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority publishes Chris Kane's 2024-25 staffing spend as £142,702 (budget £185,538). IPSA lists office spending of £29,817 in the same year. Budgets for that year run from the MP's election on 4 July 2024, as IPSA's reason column states. 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 |
|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £142,701.62 |
| Office costs: spent | £29,816.61 |
| Accommodation: spent | £19,872.56 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £28,923.10 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £324.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £31,549 (Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area from 5 July 2024, with an uplift to cover the cost of two dependants).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Stirling and Strathallan CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Office Manager (permanent full time), Senior Caseworker ×3 (permanent part time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent part time), Constituency Support Officer (fixed term part time), Administrative Manager (permanent part time), Press Officer (permanent full time), Parliamentary Assistant (permanent part time), Intern (fixed term part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
The Commons Votes API records 478 votes by Chris Kane in divisions since 4 July 2024. Of these, 56 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The latest 30 votes on bills and motions are below, from 2 September 2026 to 21 October 2026. On 21 October 2026 Chris Kane 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
The Written Questions API lists 49 written questions from Chris Kane since 4 July 2024. The latest 10 were addressed to Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Scotland Office, Department of Health and Social Care.
Fuel Oil: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent discussions he has had with the Competition and Markets Authority on potential reforms to regulation of the heating oil market.
Fuel Oil: Consumers
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with the Competition and Markets Authority on alleged breaches of consumer law in the heating oil market.
Fuel Oil
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with the Fuel Distribution Industry Federation on the supply of heating oil to vulnerable households.
Fuel Oil: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent discussions his Department has had with the devolved Administrations on tackling fuel poverty in the context of recent heating oil price increases.
Rural Areas: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government and local authorities on the use of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund to promote and develop rural resilience in areas classified as remote rural and very rem …
Rural Areas: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps the Government is taking with the Scottish Government to help promote and develop rural resilience in areas of Scotland classified as remote rural and very remote rural.
Rural Areas: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on depopulation in rural areas.
Propranolol
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made on securing an adequate supply of propranolol 80mg and 160mg modified release capsules.
Fuel Oil: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what cost of living support measures are available to households in rural and off-gas-grid areas where domestic heating oil is commonly used as the primary source of heating.
Fuel Poverty: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions his Department has had with the devolved administrations on tackling fuel poverty and providing cost of living support for households in rural and off-gas-grid areas that rel …
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 6adc51e7f465. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Chris Kane.
2024 general election
At the 4 July 2024 general election Stirling and Strathallan returned Chris Kane with a majority of 1,394: 16,856 votes, 33.9% of those cast, against 15,462 for Alyn Smith. Result as published: Lab gain from SNP.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Stirling and Strathallan 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.