Karl Turner MP: votes, interests and costs
Karl Turner represents Kingston upon Hull East in the House of Commons for Independent and has done since 6 May 2010.
Offices and committees
Karl Turner sits on one committee, according to the Parliament Members API.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Panel of Chairs | 27 November 2024 | Current |
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Solicitor General | Attorney General's Office | 28 November 2023 | 30 May 2024 |
| Shadow Minister (Justice) | Ministry of Justice | 10 April 2020 | 29 October 2021 |
| Shadow Minister (Transport) | Department for Transport | 3 July 2017 | 10 April 2020 |
| Opposition Whip (Commons) | Whips Office (Commons) | 18 October 2016 | 3 July 2017 |
| Shadow Attorney General | Attorney General's Office | 11 January 2016 | 26 June 2016 |
| Shadow Minister (Justice) | Ministry of Justice | 18 September 2015 | 11 January 2016 |
| Shadow Solicitor General | Attorney General's Office | 3 December 2014 | 11 January 2016 |
| Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons) | Whips Office (Commons) | 11 January 2013 | 18 September 2015 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Pet Abduction Bill | 24 January 2024 | 31 January 2024 |
| Holocaust Memorial Bill Select Committee | 5 December 2023 | 26 April 2024 |
| Seafarers' Wages Bill [HL] | 11 January 2023 | 17 January 2023 |
| Justice Committee | 17 May 2022 | 30 April 2024 |
| Regulatory Reform | 2 March 2020 | 20 May 2021 |
| Regulatory Reform | 6 November 2017 | 6 November 2019 |
| Home Affairs Committee | 26 November 2012 | 4 February 2013 |
| Justice Committee | 12 July 2010 | 21 January 2013 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 a2d5d67c2b00.
Register of interests
Entries in the register for Karl Turner, as the MP registered them: Miscellaneous (2), Employment and earnings (1), Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP (1). Latest registration 3 August 2026. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Director of Pelican Park Community Trust. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2026-07-09
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Guest Panellist - Hat Trick Productions Ltd
- Type of work or service being provided: Guest Panellist
- Date the agreement started: 2026-05-14
- Date the agreement ended: 2026-05-15
- Name of the payer: Hat Trick Productions Ltd
- Brief description of the payer's business: Production Company
- Payment expected for services on 14 May 2026 - £1,500.00
Neil Hudgell Limited - £3,000.00
- How the donation was received: (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Solicitors letter and King's Counsel advising Fee for a political case
- Value of the benefit: £3,000.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-01-10
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-01-10
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2026-01-12
- Name of the donor: Neil Hudgell Limited
Trustee of Pelican Park Community Trust. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2022-11-30
- Date on which the interest ended: 2026-07-09
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 29 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 £158,371 for Karl Turner in 2024-25 against a budget of £250,820. The figure for 2023-24 was £174,979. IPSA lists office spending of £29,051 in the same year. 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 | £158,371.48 | £174,978.72 | £182,901.00 |
| Office costs: spent | £29,050.84 | £26,932.36 | £22,780.96 |
| Accommodation: spent | £21,234.12 | £20,970.19 | £21,057.80 |
| Winding-up: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £9,730.33 | £5,633.11 | £5,752.37 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £33,020, staffing £250,820, accommodation £35,970 (Standard non-London area budget; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area, with an uplift to cover the cost of one dependant).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Kingston upon Hull East BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Office Manager (permanent full time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Caseworker ×2 (permanent full time), Caseworker (fixed term full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
How Karl Turner voted in the House of Commons: 246 recorded votes since 4 July 2024, as published by the Commons Votes API. Of these, 21 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. Below, the latest 30 on bills and motions. On 20 October 2026 Karl Turner voted No on "Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 29 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
The Written Questions API lists 42 written questions from Karl Turner since 4 July 2024. The latest 10 were addressed to Department of Health and Social Care, Northern Ireland Office, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and 1 other departments.
Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing open access care models in mental health services; and if he will take steps to ensure that people have access to timely supp …
Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent assessment he has made of the potential implications of the Dillon judgement for his Department's policies.
Funerals: Environmental Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has the Department made of the potential merits of funeral directors becoming a a) licensable or b) inspectable activity under existing environmental health frame …
Funerals: Environmental Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has the department made of the adequacy of environmental health inspections with regard to the case of Elkin & Bell Funeral Directors, Portsmouth Crown Court 2026 …
Funerals: Environmental Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what data does the department collect on environmental health breaches associated with a) poor hygiene, b) storage of bodies or c) handling practices in funeral premises.
Funerals: Environmental Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has been made of standards of environmental health particular to funeral directors as settings which could impact public health.
Funerals: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has the department made of possible regulatory gaps concerning funeral directors with particular regard to a) environmental health and b) public safety.
Juries
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to apply trial by a single judge sitting alone retrospectively to defendants who have already entered a plea and elected trial by jury.
Crown Court
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the current average number of Crown court courtrooms that are not sitting in a month is; and what steps he is taking to address the issue of Crown Courts not sitting.
Trials
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has conducted an assessment of Crown Court and Magistrates’ Court sitting time lost as a result of the late production or non-production of defendants in custody.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 858df3fbfd51. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Karl Turner.
2024 general election
The House of Commons Library records a majority of 3,920 for Karl Turner in Kingston upon Hull East in July 2024, from 13,047 votes on a turnout of 42.2%. Result as published: Lab hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Kingston upon Hull East 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.