Kim Johnson MP: votes, interests and costs
Kim Johnson represents Liverpool Riverside in the House of Commons for Labour and has done since 12 December 2019.
Offices and committees
The Members API lists no current government, opposition or committee post for Kim Johnson; earlier posts are below.
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill | 28 February 2024 | 6 March 2024 |
| Home Affairs Committee | 27 November 2023 | 30 May 2024 |
| Skills and Post-16 Education [HL] Bill | 24 November 2021 | 7 December 2021 |
| Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill | 3 November 2021 | 18 November 2021 |
| Education (Careers Guidance in Schools) Bill | 22 September 2021 | 27 October 2021 |
| Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art | 20 May 2020 | 30 May 2024 |
| Education Committee | 11 May 2020 | 30 April 2024 |
| Women and Equalities Committee | 2 March 2020 | 30 May 2024 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 033bb13ab91d.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests lists 6 entries for Kim Johnson: Miscellaneous (4), Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (2). The most recent was registered on 11 May 2026. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Everton Football Club Limited - £376.30
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Two tickets and hospitality for Everton FC vs Manchester City FC
- Value of the benefit: £376.30
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-05-04
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-05-04
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2026-05-04
- Name of the donor: Everton Football Club Limited
- Status of the donor: Company
Randox Laboratories Ltd - £938.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Hospitality for me and a guest at the Grand National
- Value of the benefit: £938.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-04-11
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-04-11
- Name of the donor: Randox Laboratories Ltd
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: Randox Laboratories Ltd
A Member of the British Group Inter-Parliamentary Union Executive Committee. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2022-11-30
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Trustee of the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2022-04-08
- Date on which the interest ended: 2025-02-21
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Member of the Liverpool City Region Freeport Board. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2022-04-11
- Date on which the interest ended: 2024-09-27
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Voluntary Board Member of SQUASH, Liverpool, a community interest company based in the Liverpool Riverside constituency (a creative food enterprise to empower and enable social change). This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest ended: 2025-11-06
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 27 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 £223,329 for Kim Johnson in 2024-25 against a budget of £250,820. The figure for 2023-24 was £214,911. IPSA lists office spending of £22,201 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 | £223,328.86 | £214,911.00 | £198,542.84 |
| Office costs: spent | £22,200.78 | £25,833.71 | £23,542.61 |
| Accommodation: spent | £27,227.51 | £25,752.31 | £22,964.61 |
| Winding-up: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £14,101.08 | £12,299.71 | £10,735.83 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £33,020, staffing £250,820, accommodation £29,290 (Standard non-London area budget; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Liverpool Riverside BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Office Manager (permanent full time), Senior Caseworker (permanent full time), Caseworker ×2 (permanent full time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Policy Assistant (permanent full time), Communications Officer (fixed term full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
Kim Johnson is recorded voting in 431 divisions since 4 July 2024, according to the Commons Votes API. Of these, 38 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 15 October 2026 Kim Johnson voted No on "Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 27 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Kim Johnson has tabled 537 written questions since 4 July 2024, according to the Written Questions API. The latest 10 were addressed to Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Department of Health and Social Care and 1 other departments.
Local Government Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential merits of increasing the level of resources and funding for councils ahead of the Budget.
Local Government Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to (a) stabilise local government finances and (b) increase the level of funding in order to allow previously closed services to resume and cl …
Local Government Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to improve local government finances and fund public buildings and services, in the context of budgetary cuts under the previous Government.
Local Government Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the estimate of the funding gap for English councils in the financial year 2027/28 in UNISON's publication entitled Bridging the Gap, p …
Sleeping Rough: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that every local authority has access to adequate methods for identifying women experiencing rough sleeping.
Israel: Arms Trade
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to his oral contribution of 8th September 2026, Official Report, Column 911, whether his Department will undertake a specific review process to consider whether a) e …
Fractures: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Fracture Liaison Services are currently operating across the Liverpool City Region; and what steps her Department is taking to improve Fracture Liaison Service provision across the region.
Fractures: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to establish a Fracture Liaison Service in Liverpool; and when she expects people in Liverpool to benefit from such a service.
Apprentices: Shipping
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues in the Department for Transport regarding Skills England’s live review of maritime apprenticeship standards.
Apprentices: Shipping
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking with (a) Skills England, (b) employers and (c) trade unions to help increase the (i) range and (ii) uptake of seafarer apprenticeships in maritime communities.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 8f9a2bf41b22. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Kim Johnson.
2024 general election
At the 4 July 2024 general election Liverpool Riverside returned Kim Johnson with a majority of 14,793: 20,039 votes, 61.9% of those cast, against 5,246 for Chris Coughlan. Result as published: Lab hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Liverpool Riverside 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.