Kanishka Narayan MP: votes, interests and costs
Kanishka Narayan represents Vale of Glamorgan in the House of Commons for Labour. Current post: Minister of State (Cabinet Office) (Jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Technology), held since 20 July 2026.
Offices and committees
Kanishka Narayan holds this post, according to the Parliament Members API.
Ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of State (Cabinet Office) (Jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Technology) | Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade | 20 July 2026 | Current |
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill | 21 January 2026 | Current |
| Space Industry (Indemnities) Bill | 18 June 2025 | Current |
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | 7 September 2025 | 20 July 2026 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| 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 1cdfd95af85b.
Register of interests
Kanishka Narayan has 2 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, the earliest registered on 2 January 2026 and the latest on 5 March 2026. By category: Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP (2). Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Mundev Wouhra - £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: 2026-02-06
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-02-09
- Name of the donor: Mundev Wouhra
- Status of the donor: Individual
Mundev Wouhra - £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: 2025-12-06
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2025-12-08
- Name of the donor: Mundev Wouhra
- 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 £136,180 for Kanishka Narayan in 2024-25 against a budget of £185,538. IPSA lists office spending of £26,995 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 | £136,180.15 |
| Office costs: spent | £26,994.51 |
| Accommodation: spent | £16,800.00 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £5,648.69 |
| 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: Vale of Glamorgan CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Senior Policy Researcher (permanent full time), Constituency Support Officer (fixed term part time), Policy Assistant (fixed term part time), Office Manager (permanent full time), Policy Assistant (permanent full time), Policy Assistant ×2 (fixed term full time), Caseworker ×2 (fixed term part time), Constituency Support Manager (permanent full time), Constituency Assistant (fixed term part time), Constituency Support Officer (fixed term full time), Research Officer (fixed term full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
Kanishka Narayan is recorded voting in 472 divisions since 4 July 2024, according to the Commons Votes API. Of these, 52 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The 30 most recent on bills and motions are listed here. On 20 October 2026 Kanishka Narayan voted Aye on "Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 25 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Kanishka Narayan has tabled 68 written questions since 4 July 2024, according to the Written Questions API. The latest 10 were addressed to Department of Health and Social Care, Department for Work and Pensions, Treasury and 5 other departments.
Epilepsy: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) support research into (i) Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) and (ii) epilepsy-related mortality, (b) improve understanding of the causes of thos …
Pensions Ombudsman: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to reduce waiting times at the Pensions Ombudsman for (a) older pensioners and (b) other people.
Mileage Allowances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to review the Approved Mileage Allowance Payment rates for employees who use their own vehicles for work purposes, in the context of trends in the level of (a) fuel and (b) maintenance c …
Veterans: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the VALOUR support system is accessible to veterans in (a) rural and (b) remote areas.
Large Goods Vehicles: Concrete
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to support manufacturers of (a) 44-tonne and (b) all weights of volumetric concrete mixers.
Primodos
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to (a) launch a further review into and (b) consider the potential merits of (i) recognition and (ii) redress for people affected by the historic use of Primodos.
Defence: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed increase in defence spending on the economy in Wales.
New Businesses: Investment
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of funding disparities on the growth potential of female-led and minority-led businesses; and what steps he is taking to work with public investment …
Public Bodies: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when her Department plans to introduce the proposed Hillsborough Law, including a legal duty of candour for public servants.
Probation: Information Sharing
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to improve communication and information sharing between (a) South Wales and Gwent and (b) other regional probation services in the management of high-risk offenders.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 b67b2b65d3a0. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Kanishka Narayan.
2024 general election
At the 4 July 2024 general election Vale of Glamorgan returned Kanishka Narayan with a majority of 4,216: 17,740 votes, 38.7% of those cast, against 13,524 for Alun Cairns. Result as published: Lab gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Vale of Glamorgan figures
Statements and pledges on this site
Official corrections
Records in which Kanishka Narayan corrected an answer or the Commons record, or which the UK Statistics Authority addressed to Kanishka Narayan:
- Kanishka Narayan corrected a written answer on AI Security Institute: Staff
- Kanishka Narayan corrected the Commons record on UK-India Technology Security Initiative
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.