Daniel Zeichner MP: votes, interests and costs
The Member of Parliament for Cambridge is Daniel Zeichner (Labour), MP there since 7 May 2015.
Offices and committees
UK Parliament records Daniel Zeichner as a current member of these 2 committees.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Science and Technology Committee (Commons) | 27 October 2025 | Current |
| Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill | 21 May 2025 | Current |
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 8 July 2024 | 6 September 2025 |
| Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 10 April 2020 | 30 May 2024 |
| Shadow Minister (Transport) | Department for Transport | 18 September 2015 | 29 June 2017 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Bill | 13 May 2025 | 14 May 2025 |
| Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill | 17 April 2024 | 24 April 2024 |
| Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill | 22 June 2022 | 7 July 2022 |
| Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL] | 9 February 2022 | 10 February 2022 |
| Animal (Penalty Notices) Bill | 1 December 2021 | 8 December 2021 |
| Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill | 3 November 2021 | 18 November 2021 |
| Taxi and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) Bill (England and Wales) | 27 October 2021 | 3 November 2021 |
| Petitions Committee | 12 March 2018 | 6 November 2019 |
| Transport Committee | 11 September 2017 | 6 November 2019 |
| Science and Technology Committee (Commons) | 13 July 2015 | 26 October 2015 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 8c61e124e841.
Register of interests
Entries in the register for Daniel Zeichner, as the MP registered them: Miscellaneous (1), Shareholdings (1). Latest registration 8 March 2023. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
A Director of the Industry & Parliament Trust. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2023-02-18
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Shares in Pettitts Ltd
- Registrable threshold for this shareholding interest: (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
- Name of the company or partnership: Pettitts Ltd
- Nature of the company or partnership's business: Management for the shared freehold flats of which I am a resident.
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 26 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
In 2024-25 Daniel Zeichner's office spent £241,001 on staff, from a staffing budget of £250,820, according to IPSA. In 2023-24 it was £220,438. Office costs came to £21,047 of a £33,020 budget. 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 | £241,001.07 | £220,437.72 | £208,045.62 |
| Office costs: spent | £21,047.28 | £22,392.84 | £21,018.24 |
| Accommodation: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
| Winding-up: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £4,475.27 | £6,199.83 | £5,151.84 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £33,020, staffing £250,820, accommodation £0 (Standard non-London area budget).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Cambridge BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Senior Caseworker (permanent full time), Constituency Support Officer ×2 (permanent part time), Personal Assistant (permanent part time), Chief of Staff (permanent part time), Communications Officer (casual), Chief of Staff (permanent full time), Constituency Assistant ×2 (permanent full time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent part time), Senior Policy Researcher (fixed term part time), Constituency Support Officer ×2 (fixed term part time), Constituency Communications Manager (fixed term part time), Communications Officer (fixed term part 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 462 votes by Daniel Zeichner in divisions since 4 July 2024. Of these, 44 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The latest 30 votes on bills and motions are below, from 23 June 2026 to 15 October 2026. The most recent, on 15 October 2026, was a No on "Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 15 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Daniel Zeichner has tabled 30 written questions since 4 July 2024, according to the Written Questions API. Departments in the latest 10: Department for Education; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government; Department of Health and Social Care; Department for Energy Security and Net Zero; and others.
School Meals: Nutrition
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that schools offer healthy meals.
Oxford-Cambridge Arc
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the Oxford-Cambridge Growth Corridor.
Home Care Services: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the (a) Department for Housing, Communities and Local Government and (b) Local Government Association on the non-payment of travel time for homecare workers …
Home Care Services: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with local councils on the non-payment for travel time between care visits for homecare workers.
Fossil Fuels
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to help reduce levels of dependence on international fossil fuel markets.
Immigration: English Language
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on proposals to move English language testing for immigration purposes to a digital by default …
Public Expenditure: East of England
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the report by the East of England APPG and Local Government East, published on 25 November 2025, entitled Opportunity East: One Year On; and what …
Economic Growth: East of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the East of England APPG and Local Government East's report entitled Opportunity East One Year On, publ …
Clean Energy: East of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the report by the East of England APPG and Local Government East entitled, Opportunity East: One Year On, published in November 2025, what assessment he has made of the pote …
Economic Growth: East of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the East of England APPG and Local Government East's report entitled Opportunity East One Year On, published on 19 November 2025.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 a1a81b556049. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Daniel Zeichner.
2024 general election
The House of Commons Library records a majority of 11,078 for Daniel Zeichner in Cambridge in July 2024, from 19,614 votes on a turnout of 59.9%. Result as published: Lab hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Cambridge figures
Statements and pledges on this site
Official corrections
Records in which Daniel Zeichner corrected an answer or the Commons record, or which the UK Statistics Authority addressed to Daniel Zeichner:
- Daniel Zeichner corrected a written answer on Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Equality
- Daniel Zeichner corrected a written answer on Agriculture: Inheritance Tax
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.