Gregor Poynton MP: votes, interests and costs
Gregor Poynton represents Livingston in the House of Commons for Labour. The Members API lists the post of Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury from 22 July 2026.
Offices and committees
The Members API lists one current post for Gregor Poynton.
Ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury | Whips Office (Commons) | 22 July 2026 | Current |
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assistant Whip | Whips Office (Commons) | 7 September 2025 | 22 July 2026 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Sub-Committee on Economic Security, Arms and Export Controls | 5 March 2025 | 27 October 2025 |
| Finance Bill | 22 January 2025 | 30 January 2025 |
| Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee | 21 October 2024 | 27 October 2025 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 d6a3ac939acd.
Register of interests
Entries in the register for Gregor Poynton, as the MP registered them: Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (2), Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP (2), Miscellaneous (1). Latest registration 8 June 2026. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Hanbury Strategy and Communications Limited - £750.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Tickets and hospitality at Lords Cricket Ground
- Value of the benefit: £750.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-06-04
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-06-04
- Name of the donor: Hanbury Strategy and Communications Limited
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: Hanbury Strategy and Communications Limited
Football Association Limited - £360.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Four tickets (two adults and two children) to the Carabao Cup final
- Value of the benefit: £360.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-03-22
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-03-22
- Name of the donor: Football Association Limited
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: Football Association Limited
One ticket to the Kebab Awards (the value of the ticket was below the threshold for registration under Category 3.)
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2026-02-24
- Date on which the interest ended: 2026-02-24
- Name of the donor: Ceftus Ltd, 80 North Block, 5 Chicheley Street SE1 7PN
- The type of interest: Other
Community Union - £1,000.00
- How the donation was received: (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Value of the benefit: £1,000.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-02-10
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-02-10
- Name of the donor: Community Union
- Status of the donor: Trade Union
Daniel Luhde-Thompson - £10,000.00
- How the donation was received: (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Value of the benefit: £10,000.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2025-11-10
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2025-11-10
- Name of the donor: Daniel Luhde-Thompson
- Status of the donor: Individual
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 28 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 £149,174 for Gregor Poynton in 2024-25 against a budget of £185,538. Office costs came to £30,374 of a £30,426 budget. 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 | £149,174.22 |
| Office costs: spent | £30,373.70 |
| Accommodation: spent | £10,736.26 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £32,343.88 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £4,223.17 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £24,633 (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 outside the London area from 5 July 2024, plus an uplift to cover the cost of two dependants).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Livingston CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Office Manager/Senior Parl Assistant (permanent full time), Caseworker ×2 (permanent part time), Constituency Assistant ×2 (fixed term full time), Senior Researcher (permanent full time), Intern (fixed term part time), Caseworker (fixed term part time), Communications Officer (fixed term part time), Constituency Assistant (permanent full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
Gregor Poynton is recorded voting in 563 divisions since 4 July 2024, according to the Commons Votes API. Of these, 60 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The 30 most recent on bills and motions are listed here. The most recent, on 21 October 2026, was a No on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
| Date | Division and vote recorded |
|---|---|
| 21 October 2026 | Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers: No |
| 19 October 2026 to 20 October 2026 | Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading Aye; Programme Motion Aye |
| 19 October 2026 to 20 October 2026 | Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 No; New Clause 7 No; Amendment 32 No; Amendment 51 No; New Clause 21 No; Amendment 47 No; Amendment 4 No; Amendment 52 No; Amendment 23 No |
| 15 October 2026 | Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment: Teller for the Noes |
| 14 October 2026 | Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax No; MoD Bicester and illegal migrants No |
| 13 October 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading: Teller for the Ayes |
| 13 October 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 18 Teller for the Noes; Amendment 1 Teller for the Noes; New Clause 25 Teller for the Noes |
| 11 September 2026 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading: Aye |
| 10 September 2026 | Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading: No |
| 7 September 2026 to 8 September 2026 | Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 Teller for the Noes; Report Stage: New Clause 143 Teller for the Noes; Report Stage: New Clause 142 Teller for the Noes; Report Stage: New Clause 140 Teller for the Noes; Report Stage: New Clause 145 No; Report Stage: New Clause 6 No |
| 2 September 2026 | Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading Aye; Report Stage: New Clause 88 No; Report Stage: New Clause 67 No |
Source: Commons Votes API, read 28 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, 56 written questions have been tabled by Gregor Poynton, the parliamentary record shows. Departments in the latest 10: Department for Business and Trade; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government; Department for Energy Security and Net Zero; Treasury; and others.
Manufacturing Industries: Trade Fairs
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support British manufacturers to attend (a) Marmomac in Verona and (b) other major international trade shows.
Trade Fairs: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the availability of international trade show funding on the competitiveness of (a) exports and (b) exports by the (i) construction and …
Construction: Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the effective enforcement of The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment) Regulations 2024 in relation to imported construction …
Heating: Social Rented Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what plans his Department has to work with housing associations and industry to scale up affordable and tenant-friendly retrofitting models to help meet the Government’s 2030 EPC target for s …
Social Rented Housing: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of modern, low-disruption retrofit techniques on the rate of decarbonisation of the UK’s social housing stock.
Heating: Social Rented Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to increase the deployment of low-carbon heating technologies in the social housing sector; and if he will review and respond to the findings of Mitsubishi Electric’s …
Trade Fairs: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of reinstating funding for UK exhibitors at key international trade fairs in (a) the natural stone sector and (b) other sectors where export po …
Electric Vehicles: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of supporting access to second-hand battery electric vehicles through reduced benefit-in-kind taxation on used electric cars.
Construction: Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure that imported construction products are subject to the same UKCA marking requirements as those manufactured in the UK.
Electric Vehicles: Secondhand Goods
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing targeted funding support for the purchase of used battery electric vehicles; and what steps her Department is taking to ensure parity of finan …
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 6fc35e0fd183. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Gregor Poynton.
2024 general election
At the 4 July 2024 general election Livingston returned Gregor Poynton with a majority of 3,528: 18,324 votes, 40.9% of those cast, against 14,796 for Hannah Bardell. Result as published: Lab gain from SNP.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Livingston 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.