Mr Luke Charters MP: votes, interests and costs
The Member of Parliament for York Outer is Mr Luke Charters (Labour).
Offices and committees
The Members API lists no current government, opposition or committee post for Mr Luke Charters; earlier posts are below.
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Crown Estate Bill [HL] | 29 January 2025 | 6 February 2025 |
| Public Accounts Committee | 28 October 2024 | 27 October 2025 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 dc4005945ab4.
Register of interests
Entries in the register for Mr Luke Charters, as the MP registered them: Employment and earnings (1), Visits outside the UK (1). Latest registration 13 May 2026. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Social media - X Corp
- Type of work or service being provided: Social media
- Date the agreement started: 2026-04-26
- Name of the payer: X Corp
- Payment received on 10 June 2026 - £66.90
- Payment received on 28 May 2026 - £29.19
- Payment received on 13 May 2026 - £555.72
International visit to Switzerland between 06 November 2025 and 08 November 2025
- Purpose of the visit: MP delegation visit with a focus on Switzerland’s rail and transport network, and the Vocational and Professional Education and Training (VPET) system.
- Date Member left the UK: 2025-11-06
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2025-11-08
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 24 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
In 2024-25 Mr Luke Charters's office spent £176,275 on staff, from a staffing budget of £185,538, according to IPSA. Office costs came to £30,270 of a £30,426 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 | £176,274.54 |
| Office costs: spent | £30,269.82 |
| Accommodation: spent | £24,282.98 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £13,516.27 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £26,608 (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, with an uplift to cover the cost of one dependant).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: York Outer CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Office Manager/Senior Parl Assistant (permanent full time), Chief of Staff (permanent part time), Communications Officer (fixed term full time), Caseworker (permanent full time), Senior Caseworker (permanent part time), Senior Casework Team Leader/Manager (permanent part time), Executive Officer (permanent part time), Intern ×2 (fixed term full time), Intern ×2 (fixed term part time), Senior Executive Officer (fixed term part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
Mr Luke Charters is recorded voting in 521 divisions since 4 July 2024, according to the Commons Votes API. Of these, 56 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The 30 most recent on bills and motions are listed here. The most recent, on 21 October 2026, was a No on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 26 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 140 written questions from Mr Luke Charters since 4 July 2024. Departments in the latest 10: Department of Health and Social Care; Treasury; Department for Education; Department for Work and Pensions; and others.
Rare Diseases: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her department is taking to improve access to Trametinib for people diagnosed with rare cancers.
Taxation: Electronic Government
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to ensure an orderly implementation of Making Tax Digital for people due to join between April 2027 and April 2028.
Children: Wearable Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the safeguarding risks arising from the use of AI-enabled and camera-equipped smart glasses in education, youth and care settings.
NHS Foundation Trusts: Public Appointments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications of transferring responsibility for appointing NHS Foundation Trust Chairs and Non-Executive Directors from locally elected governors to cen …
Psychiatry: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure access to Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy training in the North of England.
Sign Language: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support is available to hearing parents of deaf children to learn British Sign Language.
Church Commissioners: Land
To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what consultation the Church Commissioners carried out with tenant farmers and local communities before deciding to market land east of York for sale.
Driving: Republic of Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the compatibility of Irish motor insurance requirements for holders of UK driving licences with the principles of the common travel area.
Bacteria: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the development of Bacteriophage Therapy, and when he expects such treatments to be available for use across the NHS.
Bacteria: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the development of Bacteriophage Therapy; and whether such treatments will be available for use in the NHS.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 6d5c7ed5bfb7. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Mr Luke Charters.
2024 general election
Mr Luke Charters won York Outer at the general election of 4 July 2024 with 23,161 votes (45.3%), a majority of 9,391 over Julian Sturdy (Conservative). Result as published: Lab gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · York Outer figures
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