Joe Powell MP: votes, interests and costs
Joe Powell represents Kensington and Bayswater in the House of Commons for Labour.
Offices and committees
The Members API lists no current government, opposition or committee post for Joe Powell; earlier posts are below.
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Public Office (Accountability) Bill | 12 November 2025 | 4 December 2025 |
| Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee | 21 October 2024 | 27 October 2025 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 3011ece6985b.
Register of interests
Joe Powell has 6 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, the earliest registered on 30 July 2024 and the latest on 1 October 2026. By category: Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP (4), Miscellaneous (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.
Ian Hannam - £4,000.00
- 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: £4,000.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-09-30
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-09-30
- Name of the donor: Ian Hannam
- Status of the donor: Individual
Betterworld Limited - £25,000.00
- 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: £25,000.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-07-16
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-07-16
- Name of the donor: Betterworld Limited
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: Betterworld Limited
David Sainsbury - £27,000.00
- How the donation was received: (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: for the services of a Campaign Organiser hired by Labour Party
- Value of the benefit: £27,000.00
- Name of the donor: David Sainsbury
- Status of the donor: Individual
David Sainsbury - £26,827.06
- How the donation was received: (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Description of the payment: for the services of a Campaign Organiser hired by Labour Party
- Value of the benefit: £26,827.06
- Name of the donor: David Sainsbury
- Status of the donor: Individual
Trustee of EDUCATE, a registered charity supporting education projects in Western Uganda. This is an unpaid role.
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Property in London
- Date on which interest in the property ended: 2026-08-14
- Location of the land or property: London
- A description of the property: Flat
- The number of properties this interest relates to: 1
- Country in which the land or property is located: United Kingdom
- The type of property: Residential
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 £189,342 for Joe Powell in 2024-25 against a budget of £198,653. Office costs came to £25,068 of a £33,037 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 | £189,342.13 |
| Office costs: spent | £25,068.01 |
| Accommodation: spent | £0.00 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £33,037, staffing £198,653, accommodation £0 (Standard London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard London area budget from 5 July 2024).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Kensington and Bayswater BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Senior Caseworker ×2 (permanent full time), Office Manager/Senior Parl Assistant (fixed term full time), Senior Communications Advisor (fixed term full time), Office Manager ×2 (casual), Caseworker (fixed term full time), Constituency Support Manager (fixed term full time), Administrative Officer (fixed term full time), Office Manager (permanent full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
The Commons Votes API records 464 votes by Joe Powell in divisions since 4 July 2024. Of these, 53 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The latest 30 votes on bills and motions are below, from 1 July 2026 to 21 October 2026. The most recent, on 21 October 2026, was a No on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
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, 27 written questions have been tabled by Joe Powell, the parliamentary record shows. Departments in the latest 10: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government; Department for Transport; Department of Health and Social Care; Treasury; and others.
Gambling: Impact Assessments
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when gambling impact assessments will come into force.
Electric Bicycles: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the incident rate per mile ridden for dockless e-bikes in London.
Electric Bicycles: Injuries
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cases of leg injuries caused by riding Lime bikes, known as Lime Leg, have presented in accident and emergency departments in each of the last five years.
Money Laundering: UK Relations with EU
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with the Paymaster General on including the topic of cooperation on anti money laundering in the agenda for the next EU-UK summit.
Money Laundering
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on strengthening cooperation on anti money laundering, as part of preparations for the next EU-UK summit.
Leasehold
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to bring the increase to the collective enfranchisement threshold for mixed use premises from 25% commercial to 50% into force.
UK Relations with EU: Money Laundering
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her EU counterparts on strengthening cooperation on anti money laundering, as part of preparations for the next EU-UK summit.
Succession: LGBT+ People
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure parity for same-sex couples with other couples in pension inheritance.
Directors
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she has taken with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle rogue company directors.
Gambling: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when Cumulative Impact Assessments for gambling licensing will be introduced.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 6d66ec1e3655. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Joe Powell.
2024 general election
The House of Commons Library records a majority of 2,903 for Joe Powell in Kensington and Bayswater in July 2024, from 17,025 votes on a turnout of 54.2%. Result as published: Lab hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Kensington and Bayswater 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.