Kevin McKenna MP: votes, interests and costs
The Member of Parliament for Sittingbourne and Sheppey is Kevin McKenna (Labour).
Offices and committees
Kevin McKenna sits on 2 committees, according to the Parliament Members API.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Women and Equalities Committee | 27 October 2025 | Current |
| Space Industry (Indemnities) Bill | 18 June 2025 | Current |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill | 15 September 2025 | 28 October 2025 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 c3266d64c995.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests lists 3 entries for Kevin McKenna: Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP (2), Visits outside the UK (1). The most recent was registered on 11 February 2026. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Homes for Britain Ltd - £2,200.00
- 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: £2,200.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-01-22
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-01-22
- Name of the donor: Homes for Britain Ltd
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: Homes for Britain Ltd
International visit to Switzerland between 08 October 2025 and 09 October 2025
- Purpose of the visit: Visit by MPs with an interest in global health to meet with global institutions working to end TB, malaria and HIV, improve immunisation coverage, and protect child health.
- Date Member left the UK: 2025-10-08
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2025-10-09
Homes for Britain Ltd - £2,800.00
- 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: Communications support, to a value of £400 per month in 7 monthly instalments
- Value of the benefit: £2,800.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2025-06-18
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2025-06-18
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2025-12-31
- Name of the donor: Homes for Britain Ltd
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 28 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
In 2024-25 Kevin McKenna's office spent £139,817 on staff, from a staffing budget of £185,538, according to IPSA. IPSA lists office spending of £16,957 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 | £139,816.77 |
| Office costs: spent | £16,957.03 |
| Accommodation: spent | £18,024.93 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £2,456.17 |
| 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: Sittingbourne and Sheppey CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Caseworker (permanent full time), Parliamentary Assistant (permanent part time), Senior Communication Officer (fixed term part time), Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Senior Caseworker (permanent full time), Caseworker (fixed term part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
The Commons Votes API records 534 votes by Kevin McKenna in divisions since 4 July 2024. Of these, 54 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The latest 30 votes on bills and motions are below, from 23 June 2026 to 15 October 2026. On 15 October 2026 Kevin McKenna voted No on "Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 15 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Kevin McKenna has tabled 21 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 Culture, Media and Sport, Department for Transport and 3 other departments.
Health Services: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to establish a national deployment pathway for ambient voice technology, to move beyond repeated local pilots towards system-wide adoption across the NHS.
Health Services: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that ambient voice technology used in the NHS captures structured, coded clinical data at the point of care rather than unstructured free-text notes; w …
Obesity: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to publish data on the performance of local obesity services, including service coverage, waiting times, and patient outcomes split by age, gender, ethnicity and socio- …
Obesity: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NHS weight management services support long-term weight maintenance.
Newspaper Press: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the current regulatory framework for news publishers in (a) raising press standards and (b) addressing (i) discrimination and (ii) other abuse …
Parking Offences
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to reduce the number of (a) reduce the vehicles that are blocking pavements and (b) unroadworthy vehicles parked for long periods of time in public areas.
Polio: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking with (a) the World Health Organization, (b) Gavi and (c) the Global Polio Eradication Initiative to help eradicate polio.
Passports: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including the names of a child's parents or legal guardians within the body of their passport.
Armed Forces Covenant
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to introduce a (a) formal and (b) accessible complaints system for veterans when public bodies fail to meet their obligations under the Armed Forces Covenant.
Immigration: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce the time taken to reach a decision on the immigration status application of children born in the UK whose biometric enrolment has been completed; and what measures a …
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 d8c33dd04b50. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Kevin McKenna.
2024 general election
The House of Commons Library records a majority of 355 for Kevin McKenna in Sittingbourne and Sheppey in July 2024, from 11,919 votes on a turnout of 51.9%. Result as published: Lab gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Sittingbourne and Sheppey 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.