Irene Campbell MP: votes, interests and costs
The Member of Parliament for North Ayrshire and Arran is Irene Campbell (Labour).
Offices and committees
UK Parliament records Irene Campbell as a current member of these 2 committees.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Finance Committee (Commons) | 18 November 2024 | Current |
| Petitions Committee | 28 October 2024 | Current |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) Bill | 9 June 2025 | 11 June 2025 |
| Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Bill | 13 May 2025 | 14 May 2025 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 3d1c6e448ac3.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests lists 2 entries for Irene Campbell: Visits outside the UK (1), Miscellaneous (1). The most recent was registered on 4 February 2026. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
International visit to Netherlands between 18 January 2026 and 19 January 2026
- Purpose of the visit: As part of the Vegetarian Society Hatch and Despatch campaign I visited a facility to see how in ovo sexing in eggs works to avoid killing male chicks at birth.
- Date Member left the UK: 2026-01-18
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2026-01-19
Chair of Splash Group. This is an unpaid role.
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 26 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
In 2024-25 Irene Campbell's office spent £94,017 on staff, from a staffing budget of £185,538, according to IPSA. Office costs came to £17,794 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 | £94,017.10 |
| Office costs: spent | £17,794.32 |
| Accommodation: spent | £15,584.82 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £17,958.55 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £21,667 (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).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: North Ayrshire and Arran CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Caseworker (permanent full time), Senior Researcher (permanent part time), Senior Caseworker (permanent part time), Office Manager (permanent full time), Constituency Assistant (permanent full time), Caseworker (fixed term part time), Research Officer (permanent full time), Administrative Officer (fixed term part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
How Irene Campbell voted in the House of Commons: 470 recorded votes since 4 July 2024, as published by the Commons Votes API. Of these, 45 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. Below, the latest 30 on bills and motions. The most recent, on 21 October 2026, was a No on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 24 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Irene Campbell has tabled 42 written questions since 4 July 2024, according to the Written Questions API. Departments in the latest 10: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Home Office; Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade ; Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.
Dogs: Animal Breeding
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to Naturewatch Foundation's press release entitled Shocking new figures suggest just 10.5-14% dog breeding is regulated, published on 21 September 2026, what steps her D …
Poultry: Animal Welfare
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the answer of 20 July 2026 to Question UIN HL1988, what the results were of the commercial in-ovo sexing trial which took place last year in a UK hatchery.
Animal Experiments: Dogs
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Department will consider conducting a review of the need for dogs across all areas of scientific research and testing.
Animal Experiments
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether data will be collected and reported for the use of polyclonal antibodies.
Animal Experiments
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether he plans to (a) deliver the 2025 Replacing Animals in Science Strategy and (b) ensure that work under that strategy receives dedicated ministerial oversight and resources f …
Livestock: Weather
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the third UK Climate Change Risk Assessment's identification of risks to livestock from multiple climate hazards as a priority risk area, what steps her Department is …
Livestock: Weather
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what data her Department holds on the number of farmed animals that have required veterinary attention and/or died on-farm or in transport as a result of heat stress or other extreme w …
Poultry: Animal Welfare
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the commercial viability of 'day-zero' systems where genetically edited breeding hens ensure only female layer chicks hatch, eliminatin …
Animal Experiments
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what comparative assessment her Department has made of the level of public funding allocated to (a) animal-based research and (b) non-animal New Approach Methodologies in the last five …
Animal Experiments
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has considered whether the relationship between the National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs) and Understanding Animal Res …
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 5b5d5006ee9c. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Irene Campbell.
2024 general election
Irene Campbell won North Ayrshire and Arran at the general election of 4 July 2024 with 16,821 votes (39.8%), a majority of 3,551 over Patricia Gibson (Scottish National Party). Result as published: Lab gain from SNP.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · North Ayrshire and Arran 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.